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Sustainable bond 'maturity wall' marks major milestone
19 July 2024Record maturing sustainable bond volumes could slow net issuance, but represents a "significant" next step for a market that is coming of age. Ahren Lester reports
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EU Green Bond label faces slow start
10 July 2024Investors would be keen to buy the gold-standard of sustainable bonds, but issuers are struggling to meet the criteria, writes Ahren Lester
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Integrating human rights into investment decision making
19 June 2024By directing funds toward companies that uphold human rights, investors can help drive meaningful progress while generating attractive returns at reduced risk, writes Miranda Beacham
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Emerging market sustainable bond investment momentum building
14 June 2024Investors and issuers are responding to the challenges EM sustainable bonds pose, and the tide is turning in their favour. Ahren Lester reports
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Impact valuations have 'come back down to Earth' after painful 2023, says M&G
23 May 2024M&G's Positive Impact Fund's holdings were affected by rising costs and supply chain issues, Ben Constable-Maxwell tells Jennifer Forrest
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'Remarkable' Italian green bond demand as key tweaks hit mark
16 May 2024Enhancements to the planned use-of-proceeds and 'additionality' credentials of the new Italian green bond helped the sovereign to secure a record orderbook. Ahren Lester reports
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Barclays sees improvements in SLB structuring
14 May 2024Although sustainability-linked bond issuance is in decline, the market is taking several steps in the right direction, Charlotte Edwards tells Ahren Lester
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Going beyond the pale green
08 May 2024Foresight's Irish impact fund aims that one-in-four of its investments will be 'pure green'. Jennifer Forrest reports
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Financial accounting of net-zero commitments? Not yet, IASB says
26 April 2024A decision on whether net-zero commitments should be recognised under IAS 37 lays bare an expectation gap between backward-looking financial accounting and forward-looking sustainability perspectives. Vincent Huck reports
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Natural capital will become a fundamental component of investors' portfolios
16 April 2024Ben O'Donnell responds to Environmental Finance's article: 'Comment: Can natural capital become its own asset class?'