3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

ESG-labeled bond issuance surged to new heights in 2021. Green bonds, which fund particular projects, continued to dominate. But issuance of social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds—which reference specific key performance indicators, or KPIs—grew fastest (Display).

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2024

Indeed, sustainable investments are key to building a society that is low-emission , keeping global warming below 2°, and socially inclusive. An interesting ongoing trend is the growth of green bonds. In 2022, green bond issues accounted for more than half of all sustainable bonds issued in the same year (58%, $487.1

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Chris Hall

JULY 7, 2023

David Zahn , Head of Sustainable Fixed Income at Franklin Templeton , says new standards and innovations are expanding the supply of green bonds to meet increased investor demand. Investor demand for green, social, sustainability-linked and transition bonds (GSS+) continues to rise rapidly, outstripping supply.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2023

Despite development barriers, opportunities are emerging for investment in sustainable assets in growing market. Africa has seen rapid growth in issuance of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSS+) bonds and could prove enticing to investors, in spite of existing challenges.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Sovereigns have been relatively late entrants to sustainable bond markets following corporates and supra-national entities (such as the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), which issued the first green debt securities in the mid-2000s.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Benchmarked against the iBoxx Global Green, Social, Sustainability index, it will be assessed at the issuer level for both ESG-labelled debt, including sustainable bonds, and non-labelled debt. The fight against climate change has driven strong growth momentum in the global green bond market.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Yet, establishing robust E&S frameworks to ensure land-use investments create positive impacts and avoid harms is a complex matter, with the physical scale, often geographically remote nature and novelty of such deals all presenting challenges to corporates, agri lenders and investors.

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