Newsletter

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Since the publication of our study the “New Geography of Taxonomies”, in July 2021, jurisdictions in Europe, Asia and the Americas have either begun or concluded their taxonomy de...

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After months of political dead-end[1], market participants were relieved by the political agreement concluded between the Council and the Parliament on the European Green Bond Stand...

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The European Commission (EC) has prompted surprise with the publication of a Green Claims Directive proposal[1] in the end of March 2023. Despite our forecast that greenwashing wo...

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Introduction to Enel’s latest Sustainability-Linked Bond issuance and updated Framework
On February 14th, 2023, Enel launched a dual-tranche “Sustainability-Linked Bond” (SLB) in ...

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Evaluation by investors of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices before investing or financing a company has become mainstream. The banking sector is no exception ...

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On April 5th, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published the long-awaited draft delegated acts (DAs) to the Taxonomy Regulation containing technical screening criteria (TSC) for...

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On Thursday 23rd February 2023, the Green Loan, Social Loan and Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles and related Guidance have been updated by the Loan Market Association (LMA), ...

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The fate of Social Bonds was the topic of a panel at Environmental Finance’s ESG in Fixed Income event on April 17th. “Social bonds, could they die on our watch?” This was the th...

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On March 23rd, 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) released its two first climate-related financial disclosures for both its corporate bonds portfolio and non-monetary policy po...

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The Green & Sustainable Hub (GSH) is delighted to present its best wishes for 2023 and takes the opportunity to draw lessons from 2022.
Before starting the new year, we looke...

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Monetary policy tightening, responding to 2022’s inflationary spike, could hinder the green transition. Interest rates and raw material price increase create new barriers to low-c...

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Introduction
In our July 2022 article entitled, “ESG integration in private debt, challenges and opportunities”, we discussed the rise of the private debt market in recent years a...

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On January 9th, 2023, Air France-KLM has successfully placed its first sustainability-linked bonds, for a nominal amount of EUR 1 billion, linked to the company’s target to reduce...

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2022 ended with COP15 propelling the world on the path to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. 2023 is set to be a decisive year for biodiversity as many agenda coalesce to make b...

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Renew Power has successfully closed a US$985m-equivalent Green Loan to finance round-the-clock renewable energy projects in the States of Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka, India....

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Euro GSSS (Green, Social, Sustainability and Sustainability-linked) issuances, all type of issuers combined, reached EUR 255 bn by the end of September. This represents a 17% decre...

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Details were released late September on how ECB’s green QE would work. The titling of bonds purchasing program focuses on climate change mitigation and began to apply to corporat...

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Ahead of COP 27 starting on November 6th, 2022, the Sustainability-linked Sovereign Debt Hub (SSDH) was launched last September by several Development Finance Institutions (DFI...