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The 'green label effect' for green bonds is real

Corporate Knights

This finding raises critical questions about how sustainable finance is marketed and whether green labels alone are enough to drive real environmental change. Green bonds and retail investors Green bonds are a financial tool designed to fund environmentally friendly projects.

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The nuclear option

Corporate Knights

This turnabout has been most pronounced in the green bond market, where power utilities have, controversially, been adding nuclear energy as an option for green bonds. With this in mind, nuclear green bonds promise to help fund decades of net-zero energy for the public and years of clean financial returns for investors.

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Robeco Launches High Income Green Bond Strategy

ESG Today

International asset manager Robeco announced the launch of the High Income Green Bonds strategy, investing in high yielding green bonds by corporate issuers globally. Kohler added: “Robeco’s High Income Green Bonds strategy is our first strategy focusing purely on green bonds from corporate issuers.

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Goldman Sachs AM Launches Global Green Bond ETF

ESG Today

Goldman Sachs Asset Management announced today the launch of the Goldman Sachs Global Green Bond UCITS ETF, a new Article 9 fund tracking a bespoke index developed with Solactive, tracking the performance of investment-grade bonds denominated in G10 currencies.

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Will sustainability-linked loans drive a revolution in finance?

GreenBiz

In fact, Mather expects the SLL market to grow many times bigger than the green bond market, which because of its higher costs has failed to become the financial mechanism it could have become. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Finance & Investing.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

Copper Mine Operations to Renewable Diesel Southwest Airlines Eliminates 1.5

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Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters

GreenBiz

Promising green finance developments in the fashion industry already are underway. Traditional lenders have begun to ink green bonds and sustainability-linked loans. In February, VF Corporation closed its $591 million green bond, marking the first green bond issued in the industry. . Pull Quote.