Results for archive, analysis, Debt, 6
Accelerating investment in the circular economy requires banking innovation as well as increasingly holistic thinking and transparent data, the speakers at an Environmental Finance webinar said, with current progress leaving plenty of reasons to be upbeat. Ahren Lester reports.
Carbon,Debt,ESG,IMPACT,Investment,Policy
Institutional investors are ready to provide an exciting new source of growth for the sustainability-linked loan market, Michael Hurley writes
Debt
Cornelius Riese identifies three key challenges for the sector
Debt,ESG
The banking group's global head of sustainable finance talks about the impact of Covid-19, the future of fossil fuel investment, and reveals that the bank has had almost no response to its TCFD report.
Debt,ESG,Equity,Green Bonds,Policy
Amid the pressing need to rush out Covid-19 bonds, how to uphold best practice, asks Michael Hurley
Debt,Green Bonds,IMPACT
Issuing green cat bonds could help the Italian insurer to diversify its investor base, Mirko Sartori tells Peter Cripps
Debt,Green Bonds
A new climate rating system is needed for all bonds, argues Michael Eckhart one of the original authors of the Green Bond Principles
Debt,Green Bonds
Governments have an opportunity to use their significant fiscal responses to the coronavirus pandemic to help rather than hinder long-term progress on climate action. Ahren Lester explains.
Debt,Policy,Renewables
In February 2010, while CIO at Nikko Asset Management, Stuart Kinnersley* established the world's first dedicated green bond fund - the Nikko/World Bank Green Bond Fund. 10 years on, he answers questions about the subsequent developments in this space and his hopes for the coming decade.
Debt,Green Bonds,Investment,People
Ongoing nerves among corporate treasurers about issuing green, social and sustainability bonds could be settled by helpful engagement with fixed income investors. Ahren Lester hears the views of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Debt,Green Bonds
The growing support for the Poseidon Principles underlines the crucial role for finance in helping the shipping industry chart a course towards a greener future, says Ahren Lester
Carbon,Debt,Policy
To protect the integrity of the sustainability-linked loan market, we need to ensure sustainability performance targets are negotiated and not tendered, argues Daniel Shurey
Debt,Green Bonds
Greater demand for sustainable investment products could lead to pricing advantage, argues Neil Caddy
Debt,ESG,Investment
Meeting the European Commission's sustainability objectives requires innovation, argues Jacob Michaelsen
Debt,Green Bonds
A growing number of mainstream investment firms are allocating capital to preserving and enhancing natural assets, but much more is needed, say Graham Cooper and Sophie Tremolet
Debt,ESG,Equity,Investment
Sustainability-linked bonds have the potential to entice issuers, diversify economic options available to investors, and encourage outcome-focused sustainable finance, argue Aaron Franklin, Paul Davies, Ignacio DomÃnguez and Kristina Wyatt.
Debt,Green Bonds
EBRD issued its first green transition bond last month. Isabelle Laurent and Carel Cronenberg explain its approach
Debt,Green Bonds
Now that the G-word has been dropped, let's talk about it, says Stan Dupré
Debt,Green Bonds
Demographic trends are one of 15 factors considered by Fitch in its ESG relevance scores. Ed Parker explains
Debt,ESG
Dutch bank ING has developed a strategy for aligning its lending portfolio with the Paris Agreement, and urges others to follow, Michael Hurley writes
Debt