07 June 2024

Sustainable Finance 2.0 is coming - and AI is the accelerant

Analysis

06 June 2024

What is driving ESG investment in private markets?

ESG has seen a shift from being a mere compliance consideration to driving value creation for private equity funds, writes Ambarish Srivastava
05 June 2024

Renewables in Europe: time for good projects and patient capital

Price cannibalization and the bottleneck in the approval of new projects rank as the two biggest hurdles to overcome in order to complete the European energy transition, writes Lucas de Haro
04 June 2024

Regulating transition plans

A patchwork of regulations will soon ask financial institutions to publish and implement climate transition plans, Michael Hurley reports
03 June 2024

The complexities of applying the EU's CBAM to aluminium producers

Emissions linked to electricity consumption in aluminium production are currently not included in the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism's calculations, writes Juliette de Valence
31 May 2024

CSDDD - ambitious yet pragmatic

The EU's CSDDD marks a clear inflection point for ESG, where companies move beyond pledges and act on sustainability, writes Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon
30 May 2024

Index providers must account for ESG data quality to avoid under-serving investors

There is a risk that green-labeled indices may overpromise and under-deliver without a commitment to data quality and transparency from their providers, writes Jonathan Gardiner

News

  • "Inflection point" reached on biodiversity in bond markets

    07 June 2024

  • Green bond investor focus on 'co-benefits' continues to grow, says QTC

    07 June 2024

  • Impact investment momentum is unique and growing, Eurazeo claims

    07 June 2024

  • People Moves, 7 June: Abrdn, Savills IM, CPP IB, South Pole ... and more

    07 June 2024

  • Investors call for ramping up of ocean biodiversity data coverage

    07 June 2024

  • Singapore Taxonomy's CGT inclusion progressing - but without transition

    07 June 2024

  • Australian sustainable fund labelling proposal focuses on UK alignment

    07 June 2024

  • Nature is a keystone asset class, says Lombard Odier

    06 June 2024

  • 'Green enabler' green bonds are 'wishful thinking'

    06 June 2024

  • Loans round-up: COPASA, Shriram, OCP Group and more...

    06 June 2024

  • Caution urged over reliance on blue, orange bond labels

    06 June 2024

  • Regenerative agriculture project is first to obtain rating on carbon credits

    06 June 2024

  • JETPs slow with execution and delivery, say banks

    06 June 2024

  • Integrity Council announce first CCP-approved methodologies

    06 June 2024

  • Amazon takes delivery of investor letter on workers' rights

    05 June 2024

  • CA-CIB promoting 'sustainability-linked loan' bond and principles development

    05 June 2024

  • Adaptation funding gap could lead to more opportunities, says Oxford University's Ranger

    05 June 2024

  • Bond round-up: Australia, National Bank of Kuwait, Bloom Energy ... and more

    05 June 2024

  • Carbon finance needs greater transition considerations, says former Verra CEO

    05 June 2024

  • European regulators make recommendations in greenwashing reports

    04 June 2024

  • Policymakers urged to push for taxonomy equivalence over interoperability

    04 June 2024

  • Australia raises AUD7bn from three-times oversubscribed green bond debut

    04 June 2024

  • Asia leading Europe on transition integration, conference hears

    04 June 2024

  • New CDP platform to streamline disclosure for nature and climate reporting

    04 June 2024

  • European issuers have the best impact reporting track records, EF Data finds

    03 June 2024

  • Australia sees strong orderbook for AUD7bn debut sovereign green bond

    03 June 2024

  • VCM down 61% in 2023 as controversy remains

    31 May 2024

  • People Moves, 31 May: Abrdn, South Pole, IOSCO, Climate Impact X ... and more

    31 May 2024

  • UNEP FI launches technical physical risk guidance for banks

    31 May 2024

  • Edmond de Rothschild unveils plans for €26bn net-zero commitment

    31 May 2024

Sustainable Debt Awards 2024

Building for impact in Mexico

Low- and mid-income families in Mexico face a growing housing deficit, Vinte's Domingo Valdes and IDB Invest's Rodrigo Navas Oreamuno explain why it is essential to develop housing solutions that create sustainable and social impact and how labelled bonds can fund such activities across the region.

Event

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Sustainable Debt Asia 2024

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Awards

Sustainable Company Awards 2024

The Environmental Finance Sustainable Company Awards seek to shine a light on those companies that are actively driving change in their approach to responsibility and sustainability. Entries close on 24th June.

ESG Guide

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Most Read
  1. CA-CIB promoting 'sustainability-linked loan' bond and principles development
  2. European regulators make recommendations in greenwashing reports
  3. Policymakers urged to push for taxonomy equivalence over interoperability
  4. Adaptation funding gap could lead to more opportunities, says Oxford University's Ranger
  5. Renewables in Europe: time for good projects and patient capital
  6. Foresight raises €300m for transition-focused fund
  7. Bond round-up: Australia, National Bank of Kuwait, Bloom Energy ... and more
  8. New CDP platform to streamline disclosure for nature and climate reporting
  9. Regulating transition plans
  10. Gresham House raises £50m from South Yorks Pensions Authority

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Leading the charge in transition finance

Looking ahead to transition, nature and social impact

Bringing transparency and integrity to sustainable finance

Building for impact in Mexico

Market Insights

Scope for improvement: Solving the Scope 3 conundrum

In our recent paper, Scope for improvement: Solving the Scope 3 conundrum, we put together a set of 10 key questions on Scope 3 that are frequently asked within the institutional investment community.

Events & webinars

13 June 2024, 3:00 PM BST

Capturing the pulse of sustainable investment in fixed income

Join this free webinar, in partnership with LSEG, to find out the main trends and themes in the sustainable labelled bond market and how investors can approach sustainable investment strategies in fixed income.
19 September 2024, New York

Sustainable Debt Americas 2024

The original event for GSSS bond issuers and investors

EF Data

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Annual issuance of sovereign sustainable bonds

With the debut of Australia in the sovereign sustainable bond market, issuance for sustainable bonds in 2024 year-to-date has now exceeded 50% of issuance for full year 2023.

Sovereign sustainable bonds have seen a significant uptick in issuance since 2020. After a dip in 2022, 2023 broke records as the biggest year on record for sovereign sustainable bond issuance. 2024 has had a strong start to the year; as we approach the halfway point this year we have already seen a number of landmark issuances, including Japan's inaugural transition bonds and debuts from Qatar, Iceland, Romania and Côte d’Ivoire.

You can read more on Environmental Finance Data's forecast and prediction here.

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