Three years after the last update, the widely adopted Green Bond Principles has received a raft of updates to bring it in line with the developing best practice in the global sustainable bond market. Ahren Lester reports
The labelled bond market needs to start helping dirty issuers finance the transition, argues Peter Cripps
Willis Re Securities' Quentin Perrot tells Ahren Lester that 2021 could finally see the emergence of ESG-labelled cat bonds, as the insurance-linked security market increasingly takes its potential seriously
There are early indications that the market is looking to consolidate existing sustainable bond labels rather than add further ones to the mix. Ahren Lester asks whether this is a worry for the future of the market
This free-to-download report includes graphics and data from the Environmental Finance Bond Database to illustrate the main trends in the market in 2020 together with forward-looking commentary from leading market commentators
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This free-to-download report includes graphics and data from the Environmental Finance Bond Database to illustrate the main trends in the market in 2020 together with forward-looking commentary from leading market commentators
Top 15 largest sectors issuing in 2021 so far
Breakdown of the top 15* largest issuing sectors of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds in 2021 as of 7 May 2021. So far this year the financial sector has been dominant, with nearly 45% of financial issuances being green bonds. National governments, which have issued less than a third of financials are the second largest sector of 2021, whereas local governments/municipalities are the third largest, issuing just over a third of the value of National Governments. Green bonds have made up a much larger of National government issuance than local governments this year, at 77.5% versus just over 44% for local governments.
*Top 15 excluding sectors that fall into the "other" category
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