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Japan: Australia 'should have issued a transition bond'

A senior Japanese government official said Australia should have pursued a 'transition bond' label for its sovereign sustainable bond programme as a way of encouraging key hard-to-abate sectors to start seriously thinking about their own transition.

New ICMA metrics could help 'accelerate' biodiversity finance

An influential list of key performance indicators (KPIs) deemed appropriate for structuring sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) has been updated - with the newly added metrics dominated by biodiversity-related datapoints, reflecting keen investor interest in the theme.

'Greenwashing' is the 'Loch Ness monster' of the green bond market

A veteran green bond market participant said 'greenwashing' was not really present in the green bond market despite substantial hand-wringing around the topic.

First 'blue bond' in Vietnam issued

Southeast Asia Commercial Bank (SeABank) has raised $75 million from a sustainable bond which is the first in Vietnam to include a 'blue bond' tranche focused on sustainable marine and water projects.

ECB to set decarbonisation targets for corporate bond portfolios

The European Central Bank (ECB) will target near-term greenhouse gas emissions reductions in its corporate bond portfolio for the first time and will consider 'remedial actions' if these diverge from a strict decarbonisation trajectory.

Bond round-up: JFK International, Pirelli, Iceland ... and more

ICMA Principles to publish whitepaper on SLB 'best practices'

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) working group on sustainability-linked bonds will publish a paper on the "best practices" in the market after ascertaining a "clearer idea" of how to improve the instrument.

ICMA working on detailed 'green enabling' project checklist after guidance

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA)-administered Principles is working on a "detailed checklist" to help issuers and investors use its newly released 'green enabling' project guidance.

Dominican Republic launches $750m debut green bond

The Dominican Republic plans to raise $750 million from its debut sovereign green bond.

ICMA, LMA release 'sustainability-linked loan bond' guidance

Two debt industry bodies have jointly published guidance for the issuance of bonds dedicated to financing sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) in order to develop a new sustainable finance product and support the credibility of the performance-based lending instrument.