News

• Green and sustainability-linked loan market breaks $100bn barrier

  19 June 2019

  The combined total of all green and sustainability-linked loans issued to date has reached about $111.5 billion, according to figures compiled by Environmental Finance.

• LGIM calls for bonds to back sustainable palm oil

  19 June 2019

  Investors would welcome specific bonds that help finance the growth of sustainable palm oil, according to Meryam Omi, head of sustainability at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).

• Green bond market should get a boost from proposed EU standards, say insiders

  18 June 2019

  Revised proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) from the EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) have been generally welcomed by market insiders.

• EU’s TEG outlines ‘highly ambitious’ benchmarks proposals

  18 June 2019

  The EU-appointed Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) has published recommendations for two new categories of benchmark indexes, as well as setting out minimum disclosure requirements that will apply to almost all investment indexes.

• Taxonomy says no to nuclear but yes to some cars and fossil fuels

  18 June 2019

  The taxonomy of climate-related activities released today is expected to prove "an important building block" in the creation of a sustainable financial system.

• Proposed green bond standard to 'safeguard' market growth

  18 June 2019

  The proposed EU green bond standard (EU GBS), released today, will 'safeguard' the growth of the green bond market by creating common and safe ground for issuance, delegates at Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income 2019 conference were told.

• EU’s TEG unveils final reports in milestone moment for sustainable finance

  18 June 2019

  In what has been billed a landmark moment for sustainable finance, a far-reaching set of recommendations for a taxonomy of sustainability economic activities, an EU Green Bond Standard and climate-themed benchmark indexes has been published.

• Investors name and shame 700 companies for poor environmental impact reporting

  17 June 2019

  Investors with almost $10 trillion in assets have begun pushing more than 700 companies, including ExxonMobil, Amazon and Volvo, to disclose better environmental impact information.

• Introduce tax exemption for green bond investors, Canada told

  14 June 2019

  Canada’s government has been encouraged to establish a comply-or-explain approach to climate-related disclosures, introduce tax incentives to encourage green bond issuance and develop a ‘transition-oriented’ taxonomy.

• Spatial data's potential to spot environmental risk in sovereign bonds

  14 June 2019

  Data generated by satellite imagery can help sovereign bond investors better assess environmental risks that could weaken a country's economy, a report said.