Gustavo Bernal Torres
Green Bonds, Empty Promises
Law professors Quinn Curtis, Mark Weidemaier and Mitu Gulati examined almost 1,000 green bond prospectuses over the past decade. Utilizing...
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Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Feb 17
- 1 min
A Framework to Assess Sovereign Bond Issuers on Climate Change
Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) is a framework to assess sovereign bond issuers on climate change....
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jan 15
- 1 min
Wall Street's New ESG Money-Maker Promises Nature Conservation — With a Catch
Belize is home to a threatened coral reef and a mountain of sovereign debt. It’s become a test case for a new kind of finance that mixes...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jan 15
- 1 min
Air France-KLM: Come Fly with SLBs
The Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute analysis on Air France-KLM's inaugural Sustainability-Linked Bonds (SLBs). The Key Performance...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Nov 4, 2022
- 1 min
Mines, Pipelines and Oil Rigs: What HSBC’s ‘Sustainable Finance’ Really Pays For
HSBC allegedly funneled billions of dollars into expanding fossil labeled fuels, air travel and other polluting activities and labelled it...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Oct 14, 2022
- 1 min
Empty ESG Pledges Ensure Bonds Benefit Companies, Not the Planet
Sustainability-linked bonds let companies borrow cheaply if they meet ESG targets. A Bloomberg News analysis found those goals are weak....
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Oct 7, 2022
- 1 min
Credit Suisse's Guide To Sustainable Portfolio Construction
How retail investors can use sustainable and impact investing strategies as building blocks to construct portfolios while meeting their...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
Some Sustainability-Linked Bonds’ ESG Benefits Fall Short Of Investors’ Expectations
Only 47 per cent included a KPI considered core to their business under ICMA’s KPI registry, study finds. After reviewing deals concluded...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Sep 17, 2022
- 1 min
Deforestation Risks for Banks
Free online training programme developed as a part of the Good Growth Partnership, by UNEP-FI in collaboration with UNEP-WCMC. This...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Sep 16, 2022
- 1 min
New Social & Sustainability Bond Database
Climate Bonds Initiative enhanced screening capabilities for full GSS+ markets. Climate Bonds is expanding its data analysis capabilities...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
ESG Loans With Little Transparency Boom in China, Hong Kong
A record boom of sustainability-linked loans signed by Chinese and Hong Kong firms is raising questions about limited disclosures amid...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 22, 2022
- 1 min
Sustainable Debt Global State of the Market 2021
Climate Bonds Initiative flagship report details the size and substance of green and other labelled bond markets. This, the 11th...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
IFC's Green Bond Handbook
A Step-By-Step Guide to Issuing a Green Bond. The Green Bond Handbook has been developed at the initiative of the International Finance...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 10, 2022
- 1 min
Canada's Green Bond Framework
Canada publishes Green Bond Framework in advance of inaugural issuance. The transition to a net-zero emissions economy will require...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 10, 2022
- 1 min
EU to Consider Massive Joint Bond Sales to Fund Energy, Defense
The invasion has forced the bloc to rethink its most basic energy needs, as more than 40% of EU gas imports and one quarter of its oil...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Feb 18, 2022
- 1 min
Banks Haven’t Quit Coal. Study Says Commercial Lenders Have Channeled $1.5 Trillion To The Industry
A report from Urgewald and Reclaim Finance says banks have channeled more than $1.5 trillion across the coal supply chain since the start...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jan 21, 2022
- 1 min
Credit Worthy: ESG Factors and Sovereign Credit Ratings
A new report from the World Bank looks at how and which ESG factors apply to sovereign fixed-income assets; and the role of credit rating...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Dec 10, 2021
- 1 min
UN PRI's New Case Studies
UN PRI released 17 new case studies of how global asset managers and asset owners integrate ESG factors into their investment process....
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Dec 3, 2021
- 1 min
ESG in Private Debt: Rising to the Challenge
Arcmont Asset Management launches ESG whitepaper in conjunction with KKS Advisors The paper serves as an introduction to ESG integration...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Oct 15, 2021
- 1 min
Squeeze On ‘Greenium’ As ESG Bond Investors Demand More Value
The market in sustainable debt is growing but issuers are being challenged on margins Investors have long been willing to pay a premium...
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