3BL Media

MARCH 30, 2022

Many investors are already familiar with green bonds, which have been on the market since 2007. Green bonds finance a specific project or projects with an environmentally beneficial purpose. Since then, companies have issued new types of bonds to finance a range of green, social and sustainable projects (Display).

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

midsection to dismiss what they perceived as a fad — after he approached them about why courses in green bonds, ESG funds, sustainability-linked loans and other green finance instruments weren’t part of his university curriculum. . CFOs like the optics of green bonds and loans. Sponsored Article.

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ESG Today

JULY 27, 2023

The Impact Corporate Bond Fund will invest globally in corporate high yield and investment grade green, social and sustainable bonds that have clearly defined social or environmental objectives and impact, with a focus on bonds that target a broad range of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Hong Kong and Singapore are competing to be the financial hub of Asia for green finance, with trillions of dollars at stake. In a recent report, Bloomberg Green deep dives into Singapore’s slight edge with carbon trading, green bonds, and ESG asset management, while looking at Hong Kong’s strong presence in ESG assets and close ties to China.

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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. . Sponsored Article. A new materials diet. Information Technology.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

These dynamics have led to the development of stagnant supply chains largely unable to respond to the urgency of the fashion industry’s significant carbon footprint. . Promising green finance developments in the fashion industry already are underway. Sponsored Article. Corporate Strategy. Supply Chain.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

billion sustainability-linked credit facility in 2019, it did so as part of its sustainability-linked financing framework, and to mark its commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Finance & Investing.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 12, 2021

It’s such an exciting time in green finance, with significant news and developments happening at a whirlwind clip. It’s such an exciting time in green finance, with significant news and developments happening at a whirlwind clip. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

Dr Kasper Hanus, Senior Sustainability Manager, Sustainability & Europe Fixed Income, highlights the impact opportunities in the sustainable bond market of cities and regions. Sustainability linked bonds (SLBs) are another possibility for environmentally and socially conscious investors and can be considered an indirect financing.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Elevate the developing world. Gates has shared on his podcast how a personal urgency about the climate crisis built over time as he flew to developing nations for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's global health and poverty-reduction efforts. Develop innovative financial vehicles to scale green technologies.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Gas projects were not widely backed by these bonds. And as debate continues about whether sustainable or green bond instruments offer any borrowing cost advantage over conventional debt, a recent study found that they can – by up to eight basis points in fact. A longer version of this article appears here.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The Africa Development Bank estimates that the continent will require an average of US$1.4 The effects of this impasse are already becoming apparent; the World Bank estimates Africa has less than 1% of global green bond issuances and pays more than twice than similarly rated peers to access markets. Time to commit.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

This article is “sponsored content” as defined by Corporate Knights’ content disclosure policy. . City Developments Limited (CDL) has published its Integrated Sustainability Report (ISR) 2022, its fifteenth sustainability report since 2008. Leveraging Green Finance to Accelerate Low-Carbon Solutions.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

CRISIL’s analysis of more than 400 global bond issuers shows that only 75% of high yield or non-rated firms reported Scope 1 and 2 emissions measures, compared with 95% for investment grade firms. Only 39% of emerging market issuers reported water-related emissions, compared with 55% on average for issuers in key developed markets.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

French asset manager Amundi has announced the launch of the Amundi Funds Euro Corporate Short Term Green Bond (AFECSTGB). The new actively-managed fund will invest in green bonds issued by corporates with proceeds committed to funding environmentally friendly and climate-focused projects.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 8, 2020

If you broaden the aperture a bit more, you’ll see a much, much bigger opportunity: to finance the transition of the global economy to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We’ll focus, as my learning journey did, primarily on ESG investing and green bonds and loans. Sponsored Article. Featured Column.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Corporate bond offerings focusing on sustainability and social issues are growing each quarter, and there’s a burgeoning market for loans linked to a company’s ESG performance or other sustainability metrics. As we reported recently , global green bond issuance shot past the $1 trillion mark in September. Sponsored Article.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2022

The four new funds making up the Future World Equity ESG Index cover investments across company shares, bonds and commercial property in developed economies. The new funds join the previously launched Future World ESG UK Index and Future World ESG Developed Index funds. “We

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 31, 2023

“Financing costs for clean energy projects have recently been driven up significantly by rising interest rates in markets around the world, in particular in emerging market and developing economies,” the IEA states in its most recent energy outlook , published October 24. Recently, BlackRock Inc.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Investments Leadership Development Program at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, U.S. The current green bonds used to offset GHG emissions can be expanded to identify a roadmap that supports individuals within a corporation’s community or supply chain. Sponsored Article. Gabrielle Xu. Finance & Investing. GreenFin 21.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

emissions by greening the electricity and transportation sectors. buildings to be more sustainable, clean energy manufacturing and climate research and development. . He is also calling for funds for workforce development so those workers can respond to new opportunities. Financing the green transition.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

Going forward, it will include lifecycle assessment of materials employed in the construction phase as part of the development design as a way of reducing embodied carbon, waste and pollution. The fund therefore qualifies as Article 8 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

It had previously been possible to launch an EU environmental opportunities fund, claiming Article 8 classification under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) , while allocating as little as 10% of assets to demonstrably green investments.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

AXA Investment Managers ’ new Dynamic Green Bonds fund aims to generate revenue and growth over the long term, as well as financing the transition to a low carbon economy, by investing in green bonds aligned with the firm’s proprietary framework.

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Chris Hall

JULY 15, 2022

Since then, the Paris Agreement and COP26 put forth new demands, resulting in more robust national climate action plans and the recognition that public and private sector initiatives across both developed and developing were required to achieve net zero. Contextualising carbon as a commodity.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The same week that PepsiCo announced its new ambition, the company’s foundation extended the terms of its 14-year-long relationship with the Inter-American Development Bank — with initiatives including a fund meant to promote the inclusion of women in regenerative, sustainable agricultural models in Latin America.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

HSBC Asset Management has launched the HGIF Global Emerging Markets Corporate Sustainable Bond fund. UK-based Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has established the SFDR Article 8-labelled RLAM Global Equity Transitions Fund, which will invest across global equity markets in companies contributing to the transition.

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

Pictet Asset Management has launched the Pictet-Global Climate Government Bond. Classified as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the fund will invest across developed and emerging markets by allocating capital to countries based on their approach to managing carbon emissions. “

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3BL Media

AUGUST 31, 2022

In developed countries such as in Western Europe, where farmers are heavily subsidized and the average livestock farm generated an income of 50,000 euros (about US$52,000) in 2020, there is an opportunity to connect subsidies to improvements in sustainability. This article series is sponsored by DSM Animal Nutrition and Health.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2023

These include companies, governments, foundations and multilateral institutions issuing social and sustainability bonds to fund community development and to facilitate access to essential services and aiming to reduce poverty and inequality, create jobs and empower communities. The new funds will qualify as Article 9 under EU SFDR.

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Chris Hall

JULY 27, 2022

As countries move at different speeds towards developing their own standards, is this multiplicity an obstacle to a greener future? . Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and New Zealand are in various stages of developing their own. . In terms of money flows alone, Asia-Pacific sustainable finance is on an upward trajectory.

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B the Change

APRIL 16, 2023

A corporate professional from Asia asked: “How can developing countries like ours access sustainable innovations?” Get Started: How to Finance Your Sustainability Strategy describes how to access impact investing and green bonds. This article was originally published by the Network for Business Sustainability.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

In that role, she was engaged in helping clients develop strategies for supply chain transparency disclosures and claim, emissions reporting and human rights. . "In It uses the Sustainable Development Goals as a guidepost for many of its policies and has aligned its business with eight of them. . LinkedIn | Twitter.

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Chris Hall

MAY 25, 2022

EFAMA Senior Economist Vera Jotanovic said the supply and demand drivers of sustainable bond fund inflows were being supported by regulatory developments, notably the introduction of the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) and the EU Taxonomy. Equity fund outperformance.

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 7, 2022

Further complicating matters, sustainable investing has not sprung forth as a unified, fully developed investment approach. That’s to be expected when a new concept enters the mainstream in any field, especially when it happens suddenly and unexpectedly.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

To accelerate this transition, UNEP has developed a Land Use Positive Impact Hub to support banks, asset owners and fund managers to determine how to measure the positive environmental and social (E&S) impacts of their land-use investments. Risk management.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 24, 2017

Having grown to enjoy working on the financial aspects of energy – especially business modelling and the aforementioned Monte Carlo method – I was pleased to see that what can be called Green Finance is booming these days. My research for the green bonds article have shown this.

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