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Engagement, SLBs and biodiversity credits: What’s in store for nature in 2023?

Engagement, SLBs and biodiversity credits: What’s in store for nature in 2023?

Engagement, SLBs and biodiversity credits: What’s in store for nature in 2023?

17 January 2023

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Analysis: ECB can cut carbon footprint by shedding bonds of biggest polluters

Engagement, SLBs and biodiversity credits: What’s in store for nature in 2023?

Engagement, SLBs and biodiversity credits: What’s in store for nature in 2023?

13 January 2023

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ECB Floats Major Shift in Handling of Bonds Based on CO2 Record

Engagement, SLBs and biodiversity credits: What’s in store for nature in 2023?

ECB Floats Major Shift in Handling of Bonds Based on CO2 Record

10 January 2023

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Air France-KLM's unrated SLB fly to €1bn

AFII: Milestone 'first' SLB step-up should give investors confidence

ECB Floats Major Shift in Handling of Bonds Based on CO2 Record

9 January 2023

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NordSIP Sustainable Fixed Income Handbook 2022

AFII: Milestone 'first' SLB step-up should give investors confidence

AFII: Milestone 'first' SLB step-up should give investors confidence

9 December 2022

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AFII: Milestone 'first' SLB step-up should give investors confidence

AFII: Milestone 'first' SLB step-up should give investors confidence

AFII: Milestone 'first' SLB step-up should give investors confidence

30 November 2022

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ESG Downgrade Sparks New Penalty in $200 Billion Bond Market

ESG Downgrade Sparks New Penalty in $200 Billion Bond Market

ESG Downgrade Sparks New Penalty in $200 Billion Bond Market

29 November 2022

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Singapore exchange creates sustainable debt label

Global ESG-Linked Bond Market Faces Its First Set of Penalties

Global ESG-Linked Bond Market Faces Its First Set of Penalties

29 November 2022

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Global ESG-Linked Bond Market Faces Its First Set of Penalties

Global ESG-Linked Bond Market Faces Its First Set of Penalties

Global ESG-Linked Bond Market Faces Its First Set of Penalties

17 November 2022

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Sembcorp sends wrong signals with SLB

Global ESG-Linked Bond Market Faces Its First Set of Penalties

Top-Performing Singapore Firm Accused of Greenwashing in India Coal Sale

15 November 2022

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Top-Performing Singapore Firm Accused of Greenwashing in India Coal Sale

Sembcorp should still account for emissions of India coal business even after disposal

Top-Performing Singapore Firm Accused of Greenwashing in India Coal Sale

9 November 2022

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Sembcorp coal deal raises concerns about distortions in green bonds

Sembcorp should still account for emissions of India coal business even after disposal

Sembcorp should still account for emissions of India coal business even after disposal

8 November 2022

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Sembcorp should still account for emissions of India coal business even after disposal

Sembcorp should still account for emissions of India coal business even after disposal

Sembcorp should still account for emissions of India coal business even after disposal

7 November 2022

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Investors urged to vote against Sembcorp coal plant deal

Energy crisis jeopardizes – and galvanizes – Europe’s sustainability leaders

Energy crisis jeopardizes – and galvanizes – Europe’s sustainability leaders

7 November 2022

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Energy crisis jeopardizes – and galvanizes – Europe’s sustainability leaders

Energy crisis jeopardizes – and galvanizes – Europe’s sustainability leaders

Energy crisis jeopardizes – and galvanizes – Europe’s sustainability leaders

2 November 2022

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Paris-alignments of banks - dealbreaker for business relationships?

Energy crisis jeopardizes – and galvanizes – Europe’s sustainability leaders

Paris-alignments of banks - dealbreaker for business relationships?

27 October 2022

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Highlighting Green Leaders and Laggards Among Fixed Income Dealers

Highlighting Green Leaders and Laggards Among Fixed Income Dealers

Highlighting Green Leaders and Laggards Among Fixed Income Dealers

16 September 2022

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Which big fossil fuel financiers do the most sustainable lending?

Highlighting Green Leaders and Laggards Among Fixed Income Dealers

Highlighting Green Leaders and Laggards Among Fixed Income Dealers

15 August 2022

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KfW's quiet fossil bailouts leave green bond investors mute

Highlighting Green Leaders and Laggards Among Fixed Income Dealers

KfW's quiet fossil bailouts leave green bond investors mute

5 August 2022

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ECB’s new green shift: a ‘distraction’ or just ‘peanuts’?

ECB Climate Plan Seen Hitting Debt Costs as Polluters Targeted

KfW's quiet fossil bailouts leave green bond investors mute

6 July 2022

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ECB Climate Plan Seen Hitting Debt Costs as Polluters Targeted

ECB Climate Plan Seen Hitting Debt Costs as Polluters Targeted

ECB Climate Plan Seen Hitting Debt Costs as Polluters Targeted

4 July 2022

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Banks build net green fees

ECB Climate Plan Seen Hitting Debt Costs as Polluters Targeted

ECB Climate Plan Seen Hitting Debt Costs as Polluters Targeted

24 June 2022

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AFII: Sell Euro carbon-intensive bonds ahead of ECB sell-off

Does This CDO Come in Green? With ESG Everywhere, Buyers Beware

Does This CDO Come in Green? With ESG Everywhere, Buyers Beware

10 June 2022

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Does This CDO Come in Green? With ESG Everywhere, Buyers Beware

Does This CDO Come in Green? With ESG Everywhere, Buyers Beware

Does This CDO Come in Green? With ESG Everywhere, Buyers Beware

9 June 2022

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L'Alliance Net-Zero s'attaque à la décarbonation des obligations

Does This CDO Come in Green? With ESG Everywhere, Buyers Beware

L'Alliance Net-Zero s'attaque à la décarbonation des obligations

30 May 2022

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Russia's largest coal miner in index with thermal coal exclusions

Russia's largest coal miner in index with thermal coal exclusions

Russia's largest coal miner in index with thermal coal exclusions

19 May 2022

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AFII Appoints Head of Portfolio Strategy

Russia's largest coal miner in index with thermal coal exclusions

Russia's largest coal miner in index with thermal coal exclusions

11 May 2022

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Should sustainable bond underwriters stop financing fossil fuels?

Russia's largest coal miner in index with thermal coal exclusions

Market is "fixated on 25bps step-ups": Coverage of AFII SLB webinar

10 May 2022

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Market is "fixated on 25bps step-ups": Coverage of AFII SLB webinar

Push banks to do more on climate by cutting trading ties, investors told.

Market is "fixated on 25bps step-ups": Coverage of AFII SLB webinar

26 Apr 2022

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Fixed income needs punchier approach on ESG engagement

Push banks to do more on climate by cutting trading ties, investors told.

Push banks to do more on climate by cutting trading ties, investors told.

22 Apr 2022

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Push banks to do more on climate by cutting trading ties, investors told.

Push banks to do more on climate by cutting trading ties, investors told.

Push banks to do more on climate by cutting trading ties, investors told.

11 Apr 2022

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Credit: Anthropocene fixed income

Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2022: Personality of the year

Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2022: Personality of the year

10 Apr 2022

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Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2022: Personality of the year

Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2022: Personality of the year

Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2022: Personality of the year

31 Mar 2022

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Investors seek to tighten SLBs

Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2022: Personality of the year

How to fix ESG bonds? One study says price them like options

25 Mar 2022

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How to fix ESG bonds? One study says price them like options

Central Bankers Face Activist Rebuke Over Dark Side of QE

How to fix ESG bonds? One study says price them like options

21 Mar 2022.

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Central Bankers Face Activist Rebuke Over Dark Side of QE

Central Bankers Face Activist Rebuke Over Dark Side of QE

Central Bankers Face Activist Rebuke Over Dark Side of QE

10 Feb 2022.

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Buy-side traders start to cool on ESG-deficient dealers

Central Bankers Face Activist Rebuke Over Dark Side of QE

Central Bankers Face Activist Rebuke Over Dark Side of QE

11 Jan 2022.

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Banks hit by 'fraud' complaint to SEC over Adani SLB coal links

Banks hit by 'fraud' complaint to SEC over Adani SLB coal links

Banks hit by 'fraud' complaint to SEC over Adani SLB coal links

21 October 2021.

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Short selling has a role in the road to net zero

Banks hit by 'fraud' complaint to SEC over Adani SLB coal links

Banks hit by 'fraud' complaint to SEC over Adani SLB coal links

21 October 2021. 

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Investors raise red flag over coal miner's debut plans

Banks hit by 'fraud' complaint to SEC over Adani SLB coal links

Investors raise red flag over coal miner's debut plans

3 Sep 2021. 

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The ‘Bond Vigilante’ Exposing Fossil Fuel Risk

Bond Vigilante Calls Out ‘Dead Fish’ Credit Investors on Climate

Investors raise red flag over coal miner's debut plans

15 August 2021. 

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Bond Vigilante Calls Out ‘Dead Fish’ Credit Investors on Climate

Bond Vigilante Calls Out ‘Dead Fish’ Credit Investors on Climate

Bond Vigilante Calls Out ‘Dead Fish’ Credit Investors on Climate

7 April 2021.

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Danish pension group criticised for fossil fuel exposure

Bond Vigilante Calls Out ‘Dead Fish’ Credit Investors on Climate

Bond Vigilante Calls Out ‘Dead Fish’ Credit Investors on Climate

7 March 2021.

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Mark Carney's Net-Zero Claim Confounds Climate Experts

Mark Carney's Net-Zero Claim Confounds Climate Experts

Mark Carney's Net-Zero Claim Confounds Climate Experts

Bloomberg: Mark Carney/Brookfield net zero claims confounds climate experts (AFII)

26 February 2021.

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HSBC, Barclays challenged over coal financing

Mark Carney's Net-Zero Claim Confounds Climate Experts

Mark Carney's Net-Zero Claim Confounds Climate Experts

HSBC, Barclays challenged over bond linked to Vietnamese coal project

24 February 2021.

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Investor activism: three kinds of impact

Mark Carney's Net-Zero Claim Confounds Climate Experts

Investor activism: three kinds of impact

How the bond market is funding the col effort

12January 2021.

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The Power of Green Bond Investors

Investors probe ESG credentials of bond sellers on 'greenwashing' fears.

Investor activism: three kinds of impact

4 December 2020.

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Investors probe ESG credentials of bond sellers on 'greenwashing' fears.

Investors probe ESG credentials of bond sellers on 'greenwashing' fears.

Investors probe ESG credentials of bond sellers on 'greenwashing' fears.

28 October 2020.

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When others are fearful, be greedy/greeny.

Investors probe ESG credentials of bond sellers on 'greenwashing' fears.

Investors probe ESG credentials of bond sellers on 'greenwashing' fears.

18 March 2020.

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Other reports (external links)

AFII Adds New Head of Portfolio Strategy

REDD Insight: Are polluters entering ESG portfolios through the backdoor?

Australia risking 'pariah status' among investors by insuring coal

11 May 2022

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Australia risking 'pariah status' among investors by insuring coal

REDD Insight: Are polluters entering ESG portfolios through the backdoor?

Australia risking 'pariah status' among investors by insuring coal

10 May 2022

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REDD Insight: Are polluters entering ESG portfolios through the backdoor?

REDD Insight: Are polluters entering ESG portfolios through the backdoor?

REDD Insight: Are polluters entering ESG portfolios through the backdoor?

15 Feb 2022

Rockefeller-Intimus nimmt Klimarisiken der EZB-Käufe ins Visier

Rockefeller-Intimus nimmt Klimarisiken der EZB-Käufe ins Visier

REDD Insight: Are polluters entering ESG portfolios through the backdoor?

11 Feb 2022

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Mixed views on SLB partially secured against coal terminal

Rockefeller-Intimus nimmt Klimarisiken der EZB-Käufe ins Visier

Mixed views on SLB partially secured against coal terminal

27 Jan 2022

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Leigh-Bell Joins Erlandsson at AFII

Rockefeller-Intimus nimmt Klimarisiken der EZB-Käufe ins Visier

Mixed views on SLB partially secured against coal terminal

6 Oct 2021

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SMBC, MUFG have highest share of fees from fossil fuel investments, AFII says

SMBC, MUFG have highest share of fees from fossil fuel investments, AFII says

SMBC, MUFG have highest share of fees from fossil fuel investments, AFII says

24 Sep 2021

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Investors raise red flag over coal miner's debut plans

SMBC, MUFG have highest share of fees from fossil fuel investments, AFII says

SMBC, MUFG have highest share of fees from fossil fuel investments, AFII says

6 Sep 2021

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Green washing monitoring intensifying, affecting domestic bond issuers

SMBC, MUFG have highest share of fees from fossil fuel investments, AFII says

Green washing monitoring intensifying, affecting domestic bond issuers

22 Jul 2021

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UK pension campaign branded "misleading" and "unethical"

Taking coal from Newcastle: NAB’s loan for Aussie port greenwashing

Green washing monitoring intensifying, affecting domestic bond issuers

13 Jul 2021

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Taking coal from Newcastle: NAB’s loan for Aussie port greenwashing

Taking coal from Newcastle: NAB’s loan for Aussie port greenwashing

Taking coal from Newcastle: NAB’s loan for Aussie port greenwashing

7 May 2021

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KNOC bond clashed with banks' own climate policies, NGO charges

Taking coal from Newcastle: NAB’s loan for Aussie port greenwashing

Taking coal from Newcastle: NAB’s loan for Aussie port greenwashing

30 March 2021

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Fixed income in the Anthropocene podcast

TELUS and Enbridge deals show SLBs offer no easy answers

Fixed income in the Anthropocene podcast

28 Jun 2021

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Pipeline SLB draws fire

TELUS and Enbridge deals show SLBs offer no easy answers

Fixed income in the Anthropocene podcast

28 Jun 2021

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TELUS and Enbridge deals show SLBs offer no easy answers

TELUS and Enbridge deals show SLBs offer no easy answers

TELUS and Enbridge deals show SLBs offer no easy answers

28 Jun 2021

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ECB’s Schnabel hints at shape of green QE

Climate change pair trade delivers as oil companies' CDS widens

TELUS and Enbridge deals show SLBs offer no easy answers

17 Jun 2021

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Green bond seller investing in coal shows ESG can be tricky

Climate change pair trade delivers as oil companies' CDS widens

Climate change pair trade delivers as oil companies' CDS widens

26 May 2021

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Climate change pair trade delivers as oil companies' CDS widens

Climate change pair trade delivers as oil companies' CDS widens

Climate change pair trade delivers as oil companies' CDS widens

20 May 2021

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NAB faces flak over Port of Newcastle sustainability-linked loan

NAB faces flak over Port of Newcastle sustainability-linked loan

NAB faces flak over Port of Newcastle sustainability-linked loan

7 May 2021

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Blanka möjligheter (Short opportunities) (SWE)

NAB faces flak over Port of Newcastle sustainability-linked loan

NAB faces flak over Port of Newcastle sustainability-linked loan

3 May 2021

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Sin of omission (Bank loan lignite funding)

NAB faces flak over Port of Newcastle sustainability-linked loan

EQT in joint venture with coal power conglomerate (SWE)

14 April 2021

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EQT in joint venture with coal power conglomerate (SWE)

Katrine Marcal: Kan finansmarknadens skurkar bli klimathjältar? (SWE)

EQT in joint venture with coal power conglomerate (SWE)

25 March 2021

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39 NGOs urge JICA to stop financing coal projects citing AFII research

Katrine Marcal: Kan finansmarknadens skurkar bli klimathjältar? (SWE)

Katrine Marcal: Kan finansmarknadens skurkar bli klimathjältar? (SWE)

25 March 2021

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Katrine Marcal: Kan finansmarknadens skurkar bli klimathjältar? (SWE)

Katrine Marcal: Kan finansmarknadens skurkar bli klimathjältar? (SWE)

Katrine Marcal: Kan finansmarknadens skurkar bli klimathjältar? (SWE)

5 March 2021

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ESG laggards could discover debt drying up

Moral Money: Canada's fossil fuel dilemma, fashion falls short etc

Moral Money: Canada's fossil fuel dilemma, fashion falls short etc

pionline Pension and Investments

16 November 2020

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Moral Money: Canada's fossil fuel dilemma, fashion falls short etc

Moral Money: Canada's fossil fuel dilemma, fashion falls short etc

Moral Money: Canada's fossil fuel dilemma, fashion falls short etc

28 October 2020

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Guest view: The ECB can axe Alberta's bond repo-ability

Moral Money: Canada's fossil fuel dilemma, fashion falls short etc

Guest view: The ECB can axe Alberta's bond repo-ability

GlobalCapital

28 October 2020

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The ECB can't pick and choose, even for the environment

News ECB makes ‘exceptional exception’ for sustainability-linked bonds

Guest view: The ECB can axe Alberta's bond repo-ability

GlobalCapital

27 October 2020

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Quant strategist's revelationary road to becoming green bond pioneer

News ECB makes ‘exceptional exception’ for sustainability-linked bonds

News ECB makes ‘exceptional exception’ for sustainability-linked bonds

AMWatch

23 October 2020

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News ECB makes ‘exceptional exception’ for sustainability-linked bonds

News ECB makes ‘exceptional exception’ for sustainability-linked bonds

News ECB makes ‘exceptional exception’ for sustainability-linked bonds

28 September 2020

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Erlandsson and GFF Launch the Anthropocene FI Institute

Campaign Group Has 'Lagging' Green Bond Market in Its Sight

Campaign Group Has 'Lagging' Green Bond Market in Its Sight

NordSIP green bonds

22 September 2020

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Campaign Group Has 'Lagging' Green Bond Market in Its Sight

Campaign Group Has 'Lagging' Green Bond Market in Its Sight

Campaign Group Has 'Lagging' Green Bond Market in Its Sight

Bloomberg greenwashing green bonds CDS

21 September 2020

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Dirty marketing regarding bond investments, FI expert calls for sector clean-up (SWE)

Dirty marketing regarding bond investments, FI expert calls for sector clean-up (SWE)

Dirty marketing regarding bond investments, FI expert calls for sector clean-up (SWE)

Smutsigt spel bakom räntepapper experten efterlyser storstädning

9 March 2021

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Erlandsson Warns Against Canadian Greenwashing

Dirty marketing regarding bond investments, FI expert calls for sector clean-up (SWE)

Dirty marketing regarding bond investments, FI expert calls for sector clean-up (SWE)

NordSIP Mark Carney Brookfield coal Dalrymple climate AFII Ulf Erlandsson

26 February 2021

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Adani Ports and CDP: the problem with self-disclosure

Dirty marketing regarding bond investments, FI expert calls for sector clean-up (SWE)

Adani Ports and CDP: the problem with self-disclosure

18 February 2021

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Green hijacking: SBI and KfW

Big Oil faces credit downgrades as climate risk bites. What comes next?

Adani Ports and CDP: the problem with self-disclosure

10 February 2021

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Goldman joins push to democratise climate data

Big Oil faces credit downgrades as climate risk bites. What comes next?

Big Oil faces credit downgrades as climate risk bites. What comes next?

3 February 2021.

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Big Oil faces credit downgrades as climate risk bites. What comes next?

Big Oil faces credit downgrades as climate risk bites. What comes next?

Big Oil faces credit downgrades as climate risk bites. What comes next?

27 January 2021.

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Japan uses ‘environmental’ fund to finance Vietnamese coal plant

Japan uses ‘environmental’ fund to finance Vietnamese coal plant

Japan uses ‘environmental’ fund to finance Vietnamese coal plant

19 January 2021.

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SSA Issuers face pushback over "Dirty" Lending

Japan uses ‘environmental’ fund to finance Vietnamese coal plant

Japan uses ‘environmental’ fund to finance Vietnamese coal plant

9 January 2021.

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Banks, investors turn a blind eye to SBI's Carmichael links

Japan uses ‘environmental’ fund to finance Vietnamese coal plant

An open letter to HSBC: You need to engage SBI on Carmichael lending

How the bond market is funding the col effort

6 January 2021.

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An open letter to HSBC: You need to engage SBI on Carmichael lending

Amundi threatens to divest State Bank of India's green bonds over coal project

An open letter to HSBC: You need to engage SBI on Carmichael lending

2 December 2020.

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Amundi threatens to divest State Bank of India's green bonds over coal project

Amundi threatens to divest State Bank of India's green bonds over coal project

Amundi threatens to divest State Bank of India's green bonds over coal project

Environmental Finance

27 November 2020.

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Should SBI Green Bond Investors be Suspicious?

Amundi threatens to divest State Bank of India's green bonds over coal project

Amundi threatens to divest State Bank of India's green bonds over coal project

NordSIP Nordic Sustainable Investments

18 November 2020.

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New Swedish think tank aims to expedite green transition in bond markets

New Swedish think tank aims to expedite green transition in bond markets

New Swedish think tank aims to expedite green transition in bond markets

AFII Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute EnergyWatch

4 September 2020

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Vattenfall hoppas på snabb avveckling av stenkolskraftverk (SWE)

New Swedish think tank aims to expedite green transition in bond markets

New Swedish think tank aims to expedite green transition in bond markets

Sveriges radio p1 SR Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute Moorburg coal

4 September 2020

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Sweden Raises $2.3 Billion With Debut Green Sovereign Bond

New Swedish think tank aims to expedite green transition in bond markets

New ESG Credit Swaps Said to Make Slow Start in Trading Debut

Bloomberg

1 September 2020

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New ESG Credit Swaps Said to Make Slow Start in Trading Debut

Missing the bigger picture? How a coal giant scored better on ESG than a renewables firm

New ESG Credit Swaps Said to Make Slow Start in Trading Debut

Bloomberg AFII Ulf Erlandsson Anthropocene Fixed Income institute

28 August 2020

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Missing the bigger picture? How a coal giant scored better on ESG than a renewables firm

Missing the bigger picture? How a coal giant scored better on ESG than a renewables firm

Missing the bigger picture? How a coal giant scored better on ESG than a renewables firm

Responsible Investors

17 August 2020

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Tribe appoints sustainable hedge fund veteran to advisory board

Missing the bigger picture? How a coal giant scored better on ESG than a renewables firm

Missing the bigger picture? How a coal giant scored better on ESG than a renewables firm

CityWire

24 July 2020

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Why negative oil prices are 'The New Big Short'

Why negative oil prices are 'The New Big Short'

Why negative oil prices are 'The New Big Short'

The Telegraph

29 April 2020

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Danish pension funds' fossil exposures

Pension funds dropping fossil bonds

Danish pension group criticised for fossil fuel exposure (breaking story)

Danish pension group criticised for fossil fuel exposure (breaking story)

9 June 2021 

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Danish pension group criticised for fossil fuel exposure (breaking story)

Danish pension group criticised for fossil fuel exposure (breaking story)

Danish pension group criticised for fossil fuel exposure (breaking story)

7 March 2021 

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PFA under heavy criticism for fossil fuel exposure

Danish pension group criticised for fossil fuel exposure (breaking story)

Danish pension PFA criticized for ESG posturing while investing in deep fossil companies (DAN)

08 March 2021 

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Danish pension PFA criticized for ESG posturing while investing in deep fossil companies (DAN)

Danish pension PFA criticized for ESG posturing while investing in deep fossil companies (DAN)

Danish pension PFA criticized for ESG posturing while investing in deep fossil companies (DAN)

09 March 2021 

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International critique of PFA coal and oil investments (DEN)

Danish pension PFA criticized for ESG posturing while investing in deep fossil companies (DAN)

AFII's Erlandsson interviewed on Di TV regarding "dirty" ESG pension fund marketing (SWE)

09 March 2021 

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AFII's Erlandsson interviewed on Di TV regarding "dirty" ESG pension fund marketing (SWE)

Danish pension PFA criticized for ESG posturing while investing in deep fossil companies (DAN)

AFII's Erlandsson interviewed on Di TV regarding "dirty" ESG pension fund marketing (SWE)

09 March 2021 

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Danish FSA takes action against greenwashing investment products (Outcome)

Danish FSA takes action against greenwashing investment products (Outcome)

Danish FSA takes action against greenwashing investment products (Outcome)

15 March 2021 

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Media release

AFII and Climate Smart Ventures launch Transition-Southeast Asia partnership

10 November 2022 – The Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII), a research organization that empowers fixed income investors to drive the climate transition, and Climate Smart Ventures (CSV), an advisory firm based in Singapore focused on corporate energy transition plans that shift coal assets to renewables, are excited to announce their Transition-Southeast Asia (T-SEA) partnership. 


T-SEA will develop compelling financing opportunities for corporates with ambitious plans to move to more sustainable operations, with an initial focus on the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Key to this will be to ensure funding is available through transition and sustainable finance structures, such as Sustainability-Linked Bonds (SLBs) and other labelled debt.   


T-SEA will proactively engage with and match global investors to potential corporate issuers with credible coal retirement targets that require financing to enable the transition. The partnership will work closely with corporate issuers from across Southeast Asia to design SLB and labelled debt structures that will both meet investor expectations and have the potential to deliver a lower cost of capital to corporates with ambitious and transparent carbon reduction plans.    


Justine Leigh-Bell, Executive Director, AFII: “AFII’s market practitioners’ approach combined with CSV’s track record for delivering successful transactions that advance Southeast Asia’s energy transition make this partnership a timely step in addressing the enormous funding gap for corporate decarbonisation in the region. 


“To reach global climate targets, financing needs to be made available to carbon-intensive industries to invest in their transition. T-SEA will help to ensure that the debt instruments are designed to deliver a meaningful transition. AFII’s research shows that ambitious SLBs have the potential to deliver a lower cost-of-capital to corporate issuers.”


Lawrence Ang, Managing Partner, CSV: “There is strong appetite in Southeast Asia among many corporates for alternative financing to support their move to clean energy, including active stewardship of their coal and fossil fuel assets towards an accelerated retirement. It is essential that these opportunities are funded and matched by motivated investors with similar goals in terms of sustainability and risk and returns. This is while ensuring workers and affected communities are not left behind by the transition.


“We’re excited about the potential of T-SEA to help create a way forward for companies that are serious about delivering on climate goals.”   


Media contact: 

Emma Thorpe

eth@anthropocenefii.org

+44 7909 974958

NZAOA and AFII collaborate to promote net-zero alignment in global fixed income markets

26 May, 2022, London/Geneva – The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) and the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII) have announced today their collaboration with an overarching objective to promote net-zero alignment in global fixed-income markets. 


Fixed income is an important asset class for institutional investors and this strategic collaboration will build on AFII’s technical knowledge and expertise to support NZAOA members decarbonise their investment portfolios.


AFII’s founder and CEO, Ulf Erlandsson, has been a long-standing advocate of empowering fixed income markets to drive the climate transition since his days as a credit portfolio manager at the Swedish pension fund AP4. This led Erlandsson to set up AFII with the aim to influence the investment decisions made by bond portfolio managers and traders that could change cost-of-capital in favour of a sustainable future.


AFII’s market practitioner’s approach to embedding positive climate impact across credit portfolios along with NZAOA members’ demonstrated leadership to achieve alignment with the Paris Agreement in their investment portfolios makes this collaboration a timely step in addressing blind spots in fixed-income markets.


Ulf Erlandsson, CEO, AFII: “We are extremely pleased to enter into this collaboration and look forward to the NZAOA members’ input into what are the most important issues for asset owners in driving fixed income climate impact. We seek for AFII’s insights and analysis to serve as a valuable and portfolio relevant resource for NZAOA members.”


Justine Leigh-Bell, Executive Director, AFII: “With the largest pools of capital in the world, asset owners have a unique role to play in driving the net-zero transition through portfolio re-alignment and targeted corporate engagement. We are committed to supporting the NZAOA members achieve their strategic objectives and look forward to our collaboration.”


Erik Bennike, Head of Credit, PensionDanmark: ”We are very pleased that the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance will enter into a closer cooperation with AFII, and we look forward to continue to have many useful dialogues and interactions. AFII’s focused approach to climate related issues in the fixed income markets with emphasis on hard cases fills a gap in the coverage of traditional ESG research providers that will be of great mutual benefit.”


Remco Fischer, UNEP FI Programme Officer for Climate and NZAOA Secretariat Co-Lead: “NZAOA members are very much looking forward to benefitting from the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute’s deep and technical knowledge regarding the decarbonisation of global fixed income portfolios. While listed equity markets are very much in focus in the engagement and the decarbonisation debate, fixed income is for most asset owners the key asset class for steering their investment portfolios to net-zero emissions.”


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