Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Climate Bonds Initiative, for example, recently expanded its green bond taxonomy to cover adaptation and resilience. With only six more years to 2030, we need a radically new approach to addressing the financing gap,” she said. In addition, finance was a key bottleneck in Cali, according to Ranger.

Banking

Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2025

Outstanding green loans stood at 908 billion in 2023 while green bond volumes reached 781 billion. Total outstanding green debt finance at the end of 2023 was 1.7

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

MARCH 21, 2025

This is estimated to deliver global market growth of 10% annually to a size of between US$12 and US$15 billion by 2030. According to estimates from the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, US$735 billion in investment will be required by 2030 to meet global water and sanitation goals.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The gap between current climate investment and the funds needed until 2030 to achieve the net zero targets of the Paris Agreement currently stands at US$6 trillion annually, according to research from the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and law firm A&O Shearman, equating to approximately 6% of global annual GDP. “We

Paris Agreement

ESG Today

MARCH 30, 2025

ESG Reporting EU Council Approves Delay to CSRD and CSDDD Sustainability Reporting Regulations ISSB Launches New Roadmap Tool to Help Jurisdictions Adopt Sustainability Reporting Standards Guest Post Interoperability: The Missing Link in Global Sustainability Efforts Government & Regulators SEC Drops its Defense of Climate Reporting Rules ESG (..)

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

billion by 2030. SIMA Funds has recently raised one of the largest commercial and industrial solar green bonds in Africa, which is solarizing businesses and other projects in productive use sectors such as manufacturing, agro-processing, healthcare and education, along with other businesses of various types.

Impact Investing

Financial Times: Moral Money

JUNE 8, 2025

Last year, blue bonds worth $2.5bn were issued, according to data provider ICE — a 10.6 per cent of the issuance of green bonds, which raise funds for a wider range of environmentally-friendly purposes. Who has been issuing blue bonds? Blue bond issuance has yet to catch on among governments.

Shipping

3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

An Explosion of ESG Bond Issuance. ESG-labeled bond issuance surged to new heights in 2021. Green bonds, which fund particular projects, continued to dominate. But issuance of social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds—which reference specific key performance indicators, or KPIs—grew fastest (Display).

Green Bonds

ESG Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

billion) in its inaugural green bond offering, kicking off a multi-year program aimed at raising up to S$35 billion to fund the country’s sustainable transition strategy. The offering of the August 2022 bonds was met with strong demand, with the S$2.4 Billion in Inaugural Green Bond Offering appeared first on ESG Today.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Government of India announced the release of its Sovereign Green Bonds framework, in preparation for the country’s inaugural issuance of green bonds to finance renewable energy, clean transport, sustainable water, and other environmental sustainability projects.

Green Bonds

Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

This turnabout has been most pronounced in the green bond market, where power utilities have, controversially, been adding nuclear energy as an option for green bonds. With this in mind, nuclear green bonds promise to help fund decades of net-zero energy for the public and years of clean financial returns for investors.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

APRIL 21, 2023

The government of Australia will issue its first ever green bond next year, joining the growing ranks of sovereign debt issuers participating in the sustainable finance market to help fund their environmental sustainability initiatives, according to an announcement on Friday by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Government of Singapore will launch its first green bond offering this week, kicking off a S$35 billion (US$25 billion) multi-year green bond program with an inaugural issuance of at least S$1.5 The government has stated that it is aiming to issue up to S$35 billion of sovereign and public sector green bonds by 2030.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Tokyo-based banking and financial services company Mizuho announced today an €800 green bond issuance, its largest to date, and the largest euro-denominated green bond issued by a financial institution. The post Mizuho Issues €800 Million Green Bond to Finance Environmental Projects appeared first on ESG Today.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

JANUARY 26, 2023

The Government of India’s first ever issuance of green bonds met strong demand, with orders exceeding the offering size by more than 4 times, earning the bonds a 5-6 basis point “greenium,” or a favorable yield spread relative to similar issues lacking green credentials, according to results released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Green Bonds

ESG Today

MAY 10, 2023

Telecom giant Verizon announced its fifth $1 billion green bond offering since its initial green bond issue in 2019, with net proceeds to be allocated exclusively toward investments in renewable energy. Verizon has now issued five green bonds, totaling $5 billion, since 2019, and has secured 3.2

Green Bonds

ESG Today

AUGUST 30, 2023

Tokyo-based banking and financial services company Mizuho announced that it has issued a €750 million (USD$820 million) green bond, with proceeds from the offering to be used to finance projects supporting the transition to a low carbon society. Proceeds from the green bond will be provided to Mizuho Bank to finance green projects.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Government of India will issue its first-ever green bond this month, according to an announcement by the Reserve Bank of India, with plans to raise approximately US$2 billion to support green infrastructure projects aimed at reducing the carbon intensity of the economy. Last week, the government of Hong Kong raised US$5.8

Green Bonds

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Verizon Communications announced today that it has fully allocated the $1 billion in proceeds from its most recent green bond, issued in May 2023 , will the full amount directed towards investments in renewable energy, supporting the company’s clean energy targets. we are proud to help accelerate the greening of the U.S.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

AUGUST 1, 2022

Automotive giant General Motors (GM) announced the launch of its first green bond offering, pricing $2.25 At its investor day last year, the company outlined the anticipated opportunity from its electric vehicle initiative, with EV sales expected to hit one million units by 2025 and EV revenue forecast to grow to $90 billion in 2030.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Verizon Communications announced that it has completed a new $1 billion green bond offering, with proceeds from the issuance to be allocated entirely towards renewable energy investments. The offering marks the sixth green bond issuance for Verizon, raising $6 billion since the launch of the company’s inaugural green bond in 2019.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Information and communication technology company Ericsson announced today the completion of its inaugural green bond issuance, raising €500 million to investments in energy efficiency initiatives.

Green Bonds

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Daimler’s bond follows a €500 million issuance from Spain’s Banco de Sabadell last week. In other firsts, Germany and Sweden both floated their first sovereign green bonds last week. The post Daimler joins Europe’s green bond parade appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Germany raised €6.5 billion with.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Chemicals and materials science giant Dow announced today the completion of its inaugural green bond offering, raising over $1.2 billion to support the company’s decarbonization and circular economy strategies, including the construction of a new net zero emissions chemical plant in Canada.

Green Bonds

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.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

APRIL 16, 2024

green bond issuance, raising $2 billion to be used to finance renewable energy projects. The offering included $1 billion 10-year, and $1 billion 30-year tranches, and was RWE’s first green bond issuance outside of Europe. billion of bonds per year on average through to 2030 in both euros and U.S.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

JULY 22, 2024

UAE-based clean energy-focused developer Masdar announced that it has raised $1 billion through the issuance of green bonds, with proceeds aimed at investing in new renewable energy projects. According to Masdar, demand for the bonds was strong, with the offering 4.6x oversubscribed.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Railroad company Union Pacific announced today the completion of a $600 million green bond issuance, with proceeds aimed at funding its decarbonize and emissions reduction investments. Union Pacific recently released its Green Financing Framework, outlining eligible categories from investment from its issuances of green bonds.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

JULY 19, 2023

UAE-based renewable energy-focused developer Masdar announced today that it has raised $750 million in its inaugural green bond offering, with proceeds aimed at financing its buildout of new “dark green” renewable energy projects. ” Demand for the offering was strong, with the order book reaching $4.2

Green Bonds

ESG Today

JULY 7, 2023

Tokyo-based banking and financial services company Mizuho announced a new goal to facilitate JPY 100 trillion ($USD 700 billion) in sustainable finance between 2019 – 2030, including JPY 50 trillion in environment and climate change-related finance. Mizuho also announced the issuance of a $1.4

Green Bonds

Corporate Knights

APRIL 30, 2024

In response, Kenya and other African pioneers are exploring alternative financing mechanisms such as green bonds and debt-for-nature swaps. because of climate change, a figure expected to escalate to $50 billion by 2030. trillion in community green bonds in 2022, according to the African Development Bank Group.

Green Bonds

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 26, 2021

American multinational technology company Apple has announced that its 2020 green bonds will support the installation of 1.2 The company funded 17 green bond projects, from the $4.7 billion in green bond funding the company issued since 2016. From its green bond portfolio, Apple has so far allocated $2.8

Green Bonds

3BL Media

MAY 9, 2022

DESCRIPTION: CINCINNATI, May 9, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Fifth Third today announced six new operational sustainability targets to be achieved by 2030. Fifth Third’s new and enhanced operational sustainability targets for 2030 are: Purchase 100% renewable power (continue). Issued inaugural $500 million Green Bond in November 2021.

Chief Sustainability Officer

GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

Without any intervention, that figure is projected to increase more than 60 percent by 2030. Promising green finance developments in the fashion industry already are underway. Traditional lenders have begun to ink green bonds and sustainability-linked loans.

Digitalization

GreenBiz

JULY 21, 2020

Consider that it has convinced more than 70 Apple suppliers to use renewable energy to produce products on its behalf , an effort funded in part by close to $5 billion in green bonds issued by the technology giant as well as a dedicated pool of money in China. . The 2030 timing is as important as the scale of this move.

Supply Chain

3BL Media

AUGUST 13, 2024

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Green Bonds

Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2022

Framework sets out how government will issue and manage sovereign green bond issuances. Singapore’s Ministry of Finance and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have published a new governance framework for sovereign green bonds, announcing plans to issue the first such bonds in the “coming months”.

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