Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

Inconsistent disclosures limiting growth, says Pictet/IIF report, with ‘climate-aligned’ bonds meeting supply shortfall. Global issuance of ESG-labelled bonds could reach US$4.5 trillion per year by 2025, according to new research by Pictet Asset Management and the Institute of International Finance (IIF). trillion per year. “By

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ESG Today

MARCH 2, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU fails to pass environmental & human rights sustainability due diligence law; Singapore to introduce mandatory sustainability reporting; Deutsche Bank launched new sustainable finance framework; Senior execs say sustainability drives better revenues, profitability, IBM survey finds; IAG signs one of largest-ever sustainable (..)

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Telecom giant Verizon revealed today that it is on track to exceed its goal to source or generate renewable energy equivalent to 50% of its total annual electricity consumption by 2025, and set a new target to reach 100% by 2030. The 2022 green bond offering was the fourth from Verizon.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Walmart announced the release of its first Green Bond Impact Report, indicating that the company has allocated $1.1 billion in green bond proceeds, with top investment areas including renewable energy, sustainable buildings, and waste reduction and circular economy initiatives.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The new financing follows the company’s announcement in 2021 of plans for its financing structure to have an increasingly higher percentage of green and sustainable products, estimated to account for nearly two-thirds of its debt by 2025. Iberdrola said that it expects to update its investment plan in March 2024.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 16, 2023

The new agreements bring Verizon’s projected renewable energy capacity to more than 3GW, enough to power more than 707,000 homes for a year, and position the company to meet its goal to source or generate renewable energy equivalent to 50% of its total annual electricity consumption by 2025. in buying renewable energy.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 20, 2023

Most racially diverse executives: HP In 2020, under the leadership of its new CEO, Enrique Lores, HP announced a goal of doubling the number of its executives who are Black and African American by 2025. billion, thanks to environmental lending, lending through high-impact social loans and underwriting green bonds.

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Environmental Finance

APRIL 5, 2023

A green bond-backed, zero-deforestation soy farming finance initiative is planning to grow to $250 million in 2024 and $1 billion in 2025, after the success of a $11 million pilot in Brazil.

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Energy Central

JULY 15, 2022

OPG and X-energy Team Up for Industrial Process Heat OPG Updates Green Bond Framework to Include Nuclear Energy TerraPower Seeks NRC Construction Approval By 2025 NRC Issues Final EIS for Holtec’s Spent Fuel Interim Storage Facility Two Applications for SMRs Submitted to Polish Nuclear Safety Regulator Poland’s KGHM – Nu Scale SMRs (..)

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

In an oversubscribed market, greater opportunities for investors lie in social, sustainable, SLBs and blue bonds. Investor demand for green, social, sustainable, sustainability-linked and transition bonds (GSS+) is far outstripping supply, the Climate Bonds Initiative’s (CBI) Green Bond Pricing in the Primary Market H2 report illustrates.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

The new green loan follows the company’s announcement in 2021 of plans for its financing structure to have an increasingly higher percentage of green and sustainable products, estimated to account for nearly two-thirds of its debt by 2025. In December, Iberdrola announced a €5.3

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ESG Today

MARCH 1, 2023

Corporate interest in sustainability-linked loans has grown rapidly, as the financing provides flexibility to use proceeds for general corporate purposes, while with instruments such as green bonds, raised funds can only be allocated to specific categories of green projects.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The announcement follows Verizon’s issuance earlier this year of its fourth $1 billion green bond. Verizon has allocated billions from green bond offerings over the past few years to scale up its use of renewable energy. In January, the company revealed that it had secured approximately 2.6 energy grid.

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ESG Today

JUNE 1, 2023

The Scope 3 KPI ties the bonds to the company’s performance towards goals, originally set in 2021 , that include reducing Scope 3 emissions by 12.5% by 2025, 17.5% by 2027, and 28% by 2030.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Sustainable Finance Ericsson Issues Inaugural €500 Million Green Bond to Fund Network Energy Efficiency Initiatives Private Equity & Venture Capital Sustainable Building Tech Startup Vizcab Raises $5.5

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

Climate Bonds’ newly released annual report highlighted the discrepancy in green bond issuance volumes between developing and emerging markets last year. . Three quarters (73%) of green bond issuance originated from developed markets (DM), while 21% came from EMs. trillion, the Climate Bonds report said.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 15, 2024

The 2025 deadline for submitting new nationally determined contributions opens the door for sovereign debtholders to push for credible net zero transition plans. At this year’s COP29 in Azerbaijan, the governments of developed countries will be required to establish a new climate finance goal.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The position paper was released alongside a Federal Council report outlining a series of measures planned through 2025 aimed at supporting the council’s goal to consolidate the Swiss financial center’s “position as a leading location for sustainable finance.”

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

By using a pricing mechanism that incentivizes improvement in areas aligned with the company’s 2025 sustainability goals, the loan connects the dots between financial and non-financial risks by replacing the company’s credit line, a longstanding vanguard of business worthiness, with one heavily dependent on sustainability metrics.

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3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Sets interim targets of 1 GW solar by 2025 and net zero for operations by 2030. Builds on company’s leadership in green building, solar and more. These include: 1 GW of solar generation capacity (supported by storage) by 2025. Carbon neutral construction by 2025. SOURCE: Prologis.

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ESG Today

JULY 20, 2022

Launched in 2020, Priceless Planet enables partners to contribute to the goal of restoring 100 million trees by 2025, integrating contributions to the coalition with consumer spending and behaviors. The Coalition is currently running 18 restoration projects around the world. billion to support sustainable forest management.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

Corporate interest in sustainability-linked loans has grown rapidly, as the financing provides flexibility to use proceeds for general corporate purposes, while with instruments such as green bonds, raised funds can only be allocated to specific categories of green projects.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 11, 2022

As part of its net zero strategy for business operations, AB will continue its initiative to locate 85% of employees in green buildings by 2025 and will explore renewable energy options. The firm currently invests approximately $6 billion in green bonds, KPI-linked securities and ESG structures as part of this effort.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Green finance – typically global bond, loans, and other long-term markets – has reached almost US$2 trillion in volume. Annual green bond issuance broke through the half trillion mark for the first time, ending 2021 at US$522.7 billion, a 75% increase on prior year volumes, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative.

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ESG Today

JULY 26, 2022

On the climate finance side, AB, which currently invests approximately $6 billion in green bonds, KPI-linked securities, and ESG structures, will focus on equity and fixed income climate-finance investments as opportunities present themselves.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

billion provided since 2012 towards our goal of $8 billion by 2025. 1, 2021, Fifth Third Bancorp settled the issuance of its inaugural Green Bond for $500 million. The proceeds will fund green projects that align with the Company’s sustainability priorities, as outlined in the Fifth Third Bancorp Sustainable Bond Framework.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 3, 2023

With the IPCC’s urgent reminder that global emissions must decline 45 per cent by 2030 to keep this limit alive, global emissions must peak by 2025. They have developed new innovations to build on products, such as green bonds and sustainability-linked loans, with new nature-based ideas added to the mix.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 27, 2022

We use material sourced from the used IT and electronics in 248 products, and we’re looking to grow this number by 2025. By 2025, Lenovo aims to have 100% of its PC products contain recycled content, and to extend plastic-free packaging to more products.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 11, 2022

By 2025, we intend that 50% of FedEx Express PUD fleet purchases will be electric, increasing to 100% of all purchases by 2030. In April 2021 we issued the first sustainability bond by a North American transportation and logistics company to further our commitment to carbon neutrality.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

billion) in green assets, and £2.5 billion in low-carbon and renewable energy infrastructure by 2025. Additionally, Allianz has only included Scope 3 in its sector targets for oil and gas and automobiles.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

“We believe that the landscape is evolving into a bond picker’s market, and security selection will be increasingly additive to our future return.” . The Aidu Wind Farm has launched a €150 million green bond that will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Much of the action is taking place in Europe, where PwC predicted that ESG funds — "a central tenet of the investment landscape" — could outpace traditional funds by 2025. So, too, the growth of ESG-related bonds and loans. As we reported recently , global green bond issuance shot past the $1 trillion mark in September.

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3BL Media

JULY 28, 2023

NBK recently established Sustainable Financing Framework, aligned with the Green Bond Principles (GBP), Social Bond Principles (SBP) and Sustainability Bond Guidelines (SBG), [ICMA, June 2021]. Net Zero Ambitions: 25% targeted reduction of gross operational emissions by 2025, compared to our baseline year 2021.

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3BL Media

MAY 26, 2022

We are making great progress to achieve our 100 percent renewable purchased electricity target by 2025," says Zettl, "In 2021 alone, we purchased approximately 150 million kilowatt-hours of renewable electricity, which is enough power to meet 46 percent of the company's purchased electricity use.". Calculating Financed Emissions.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Finance climate action Financing climate action can take many forms, such as green bonds or sustainability-linked loans. Even JP Morgan Chase , the world's largest investor in fossil fuels, has taken steps to reduce investment in Arctic oil drilling and coal.

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3BL Media

MARCH 15, 2022

billion provided since 2012 towards our goal of $8 billion by 2025. 1, 2021, Fifth Third Bancorp settled the issuance of its inaugural Green Bond for $500 million. The proceeds will fund green projects that align with the Company’s sustainability priorities, as outlined in the Fifth Third Bancorp Sustainable Bond Framework.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

At the Leaders Climate Summit in April 2021, President Xi Jinping announced that China would control coal generation until 2025 when it will start to gradually phase it out. The official government target for electric cars is a market share of 20% for the full year in 2025. of the total amount of green bonds issued.

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