22 April 2024

Comment: Are we finally ready to have a grown-up conversation about the transition?

Analysis

19 April 2024

Agriculture Capital targeting $600m for regenerative agriculture fund

The firm's latest fund will diversify into generating carbon credits, Ricardo Vernazza-Paganini tells Genevieve Redgrave
18 April 2024

Is Asia's transition finance harming climate goals?

Is the transition label a way to pull the wool over the eyes of investors and the public on climate action, asks Christina Ng
16 April 2024

SFDR 'not working for impact VC funds'

Venture capital funds are calling for special treatment in the updated version of SFDR. Jennifer Forrest reports
16 April 2024

Natural capital will become a fundamental component of investors' portfolios

Ben O'Donnell responds to Environmental Finance's article: 'Comment: Can natural capital become its own asset class?'
12 April 2024

Comment: The rumpus over SBTi's offsetting U-turn

What does the row over SBTi's change of heart on carbon credits tell us about the state of sustainable finance, asks Peter Cripps
11 April 2024

Investors ramp up engagement on 'responsible' AI

Ensuring the responsible use of artificial intelligence is emerging as an important part of investor engagement strategies, writes Michael Hurley

News

  • Moody's promotes Ghosh to global role

    22 April 2024

  • BoE suggests ways financial institutions can build on climate scenarios

    22 April 2024

  • The UK's SDR has overlooked 'ethical' funds

    22 April 2024

  • EFRAG proposes reducing 'circular economy' ESRS datapoints

    22 April 2024

  • Transition bond label is a 'distraction' for transition finance, says MetLife IM

    22 April 2024

  • SBTi regrets 'misinterpretation' over offsets statement

    22 April 2024

  • "Concerted effort" needed to move away from plastic, says Iceberg Data Lab

    22 April 2024

  • Impact taskforce drafts disclosure guidance for meeting SDGs

    22 April 2024

  • Microfinance firm issues first social bond in Panama

    22 April 2024

  • Mandatory plastic disclosure takes centre stage in treaty negotiations

    22 April 2024

  • SEB warns of 'dire need' to tackle slowdown in sustainable bond market

    22 April 2024

  • US launches task force that will study CBAM-style rules

    19 April 2024

  • Hard-to-abate 'transition' bonds can be 'green' if obsolescence risk managed

    19 April 2024

  • People Moves, 19 April: Barclays, Zurich, Eurosif, Scottish Widows, Robeco and ... more

    19 April 2024

  • Most businesses will not comply with CSDDD even by 2030, survey predicts

    19 April 2024

  • TotalEnergies pauses SLB plans amid weak market development

    19 April 2024

  • 160 financial institutions call for international plastic treaty

    19 April 2024

  • 'Huge opportunity' for private transition credit growth, says HSBC

    19 April 2024

  • NZAOA releases fourth target setting protocol

    19 April 2024

  • Gabon's debt-for-nature swap 'still works' despite coup, LGIM says

    18 April 2024

  • Investors increasingly withhold support for companies' climate plans

    18 April 2024

  • Loan round-up: Odfjell, Gerald Group, Société de la Tour Eiffel and ... more

    18 April 2024

  • Sustainable bonds 'on track' for $1bn issuance in 2024

    18 April 2024

  • Sovereign green bonds should 'move on from railways' for impact

    18 April 2024

  • Agri-food sector 'structurally unprepared' to transition smoothly, warns UBS

    18 April 2024

  • Emerging markets sustainable bond issuance still faces challenges

    18 April 2024

  • Sustainability-linked loan model 'may have been ahead of its time'

    18 April 2024

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  1. TotalEnergies pauses SLB plans amid weak market development
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  3. US launches task force that will study CBAM-style rules
  4. Hard-to-abate 'transition' bonds can be 'green' if obsolescence risk managed
  5. Gabon's debt-for-nature swap 'still works' despite coup, LGIM says
  6. People Moves, 19 April: Barclays, Zurich, Eurosif, Scottish Widows, Robeco and ... more
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  8. Comment: Are we finally ready to have a grown-up conversation about the transition?
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  10. Is Asia's transition finance harming climate goals?

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Quarterly sustainable bond issuance by label ($Value)

Provisional data for Q1 2024 shows a general uptick in issuance of all labels from the previous quarter except for sustainability linked bonds which have had their weakest quarter since Q1 2021 and have been on a downward trend since their peak in Q4 2021. Conversely transition bonds have had a record-breaking quarter due to Japan’s pioneering sovereign transition bonds.

Green bonds remain by far the largest label while sustainability and social bonds have kept at similar levels in Q1 2024, with sustainability bonds slightly outperforming social bonds for the first time since Q1 2023. Overall Q1 2024 has been one of the strongest quarters on record.

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

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