Green bond comment, December 2020: Should the UK issue a green gilt? Not necessarily
A green bond can help to shine a spotlight on a credible transition strategy. But it cannot substitute for one, argues Peter Cripps
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A green bond can help to shine a spotlight on a credible transition strategy. But it cannot substitute for one, argues Peter Cripps
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The IFC's Interim Managing Director and Executive Vice President talks to Environmental Finance on the 10th anniversary of its green bond programme
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ESG ratings should only be used as a first step when it comes to assessing issuers, a panel at Environmental Finance's ESG and Fixed Income 2020 conference heard. Ahren Lester reports
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Is a transition bond label still needed now that the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles have been published?
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Ahead of Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 virtual conference next week, speakers reflect on the balance between purity and pragmatism when financing climate transition strategies
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Ahead of Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 virtual conference next week, Jochen Krimphoff, deputy director of environmental finance at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), reflects on what the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan means for the sustainable fixed income market
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Sovereign green bonds experienced a bumper September, with several new issuers, but Ahren Lester argues other hesitant sovereigns should step-up ahead of COP26 next year to light up this potentially significant market
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The proposal has received mixed responses from stakeholders fearful of a greenwashing exercise and the possible limited impact of the initiative. Vincent Huck speaks to the local regulator and industry stakeholders
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After a significant jump in green bond issuance in 2019, the KfW capital markets head tells Ahren Lester they still expect 2020 issuance to hit €8 billion and that 'greeniums' have persisted - but don't expect any social or sustainability-linked bonds from the development bank.
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A pioneering initiative by the IFC to encourage green bond issuance by banks in emerging markets is bearing fruit, reports Graham Cooper
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Issuance from car makers has shifted to a higher gear in recent months, and it is a sign that corporates more broadly are tapping the market, says Ahren Lester
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In a year thrown into disarray by the coronavirus pandemic, Ahren Lester reports on how issuance of green, social and sustainability bonds has continued to power ahead, helped by a broadening range of issuers and more large issues.
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Transition finance has garnered a lot of attention, but the challenge of delineating what exactly it is remains unresolved. Three recent reports try to balance the need for the definition to be both broad enough to be inclusive, yet specific enough to protect the instruments from claims of greenwashing. Ahren Lester reports.
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The market does not have to 'reinvent the wheel' on the structure of transition bonds to support future issuers, ISS ESG tells Ahren Lester, but a clear definition of what activities demonstrate 'transition' is essential for this potentially large market to grow
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The transition label is key to helping meet the Paris Climate Agreement, argue Sandeep Bhattacharya and Sourajit Aiyer
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The sustainable loan market is emulating the labelled bond market in terms of its rapid growth. But the same cannot be said of the level of information it offers, laments Ahren Lester
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Reporting of environmental and social impact is 'patchy' among Asian green bonds, finds a report, which recommends eight priorities for the market. Ahren Lester reports
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The big news at the annual general meeting of the Green Bond Principles was the formation of the Sustainability-linked Bond Principles (SLBPs).
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A massive potential 'green' debt issuance to fund the EU coronavirus (Covid-19) recovery plan could help crowd-in further green private capital to the market, S&P Global Ratings tells Ahren Lester.
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Despite the strong growth in the Chinese green bond market in recent years, analysis by the Climate Policy Initiative's Donovan Escalante and June Choi shows there is still plenty policymakers and investors can do to boost how effective the market becomes
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