Ahren Lester

US climate risk disclosure bill reintroduced

UK, EU urged to link carbon markets ahead of COP26

The UK and EU have been urged to start the process of linking their respective carbon emissions trading systems (ETS) ahead of the COP26 meeting in November.

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Rewe, South Beach, Social Loan Principles, Coats, SJ ... and more

Bond round-up: KfW, EU, UOB, Berlin Hyp, Enbridge, Pertamina, Eurofima ... and more

EU hikes green bond issuance programme to €250bn

Social bond fund growth is coming - but perhaps not imminently

After social bond issuance jumped nine-fold in 2020, attention is increasingly turning to the lack of dedicated social bond funds. They are expected to arrive, but perhaps not immediately. Ahren Lester reports

Further 'sustainability-linked green' bonds expected in future, says Mizuho

Hopes are high that the first sustainability-linked green bond in Japan will spark a flurry of others, according to Mizuho Securities, amid expectations that sustainability-linked fixed income instruments will become the main sustainable bond product in the country in the future.

Social Loan Principles launched by industry associations

Social Loan Principles (SLP) have been published by the trio of industry associations that administer the widely used voluntary principles for green and sustainability-linked loans.

Belgian central bank sued over 'climate failings' in bond buying programme

The National Bank of Belgium (NBB) is being sued by ClientEarth in a 'landmark' legal action to stop the central bank from funding fossil fuel firms through its bond buying programme, amid broader pressure from the environmental law charity on the European Central Bank (ECB) 'quantitative easing' policy.

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