topic: sustainable finance

January 10, 2023
Sustainable finance bonds experience first year-on-year decline
Sustainable finance debt issuance suffered declines across bond categories in 2022. Sustainable finance bond issuances fell by more than a quarter in 2022, marking their...
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May 24, 2022
Pension fund focus on ESG opens questions over insurer back books
Billions of assets purchased by insurers to back UK retirement promises have the potential to drive corporate progress on issues such as climate change, and...
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February 3, 2022
ESG regulation still fails to harmonise markets
Growing regulatory activity around sustainable finance has so far led to fragmentation, rather than harmonisation, and created opportunities for 'rules shopping' The regulation of sustainable...
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January 19, 2022
Is Burberry’s new ESG loan a sign of changing times?
Consumer and investor pressure is beginning to move parts of the fashion industry to a more sustainable space, as corporates can no longer hide behind...
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January 12, 2022
SDG bonds: private funds, public goals
A new asset class drives sustainable development on multiple fronts Capital markets have become a driving force in the race towards a sustainable future, and...
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