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Lack of scrutiny on ‘green’ bonds offering firms cheap finance while derailing climate action | The Japan Times
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Lack of scrutiny on ‘green’ bonds offering firms cheap finance while derailing climate action | The Japan Times

By 7 October 2022 November 4th, 2024 No Comments

That firms set their own objectives to evade interest penalties incentivizes them to aim low, as so-called greenwashing enters a $22 trillion corporate bond market.

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