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The importance of being earnest: how sovereign sustainability-linked bonds can evade sustainability commitments
Sovereign sustainability-linked bonds (SSLBs) were launched with a bold promise: unlike traditional green bonds, they would hold governments financially accountable for missing sustainability goals. By tying debt costs to climate targets, SSLBs seemed to...
The European Commission’s Reform and Investment Task Force (SG REFORM), the Florence School of Banking and Finance (FBF) at the European University Institute (EUI), and the Portuguese National Council of Financial Supervisors (CNSF) — which brings together the Banco de Portugal, the Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority (ASF) and the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM) — have launched a new project to evaluate and enhance financial literacy initiatives across Portugal.
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