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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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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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

In fact, Mather expects the SLL market to grow many times bigger than the green bond market, which because of its higher costs has failed to become the financial mechanism it could have become. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Finance & Investing.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

Promising green finance developments in the fashion industry already are underway. Traditional lenders have begun to ink green bonds and sustainability-linked loans. In February, VF Corporation closed its $591 million green bond, marking the first green bond issued in the industry. . Pull Quote.

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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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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

6] Due to their unique nature, US municipal bonds are excluded from further analysis within this article, although it is important to point out that there are more than 17,200 of GSS bonds in the US municipal market alone, which greatly supersedes the number of issuances on all other markets combined. [7]

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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. Information Technology. Corporate Strategy.

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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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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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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Switching to these systems can be costly, but, as Planet Tracker argues in its report, green bonds can be used to finance the transition. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Food & Agriculture. Food Systems. Aquaculture. Featured Column. Shutterstock.

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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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ESG Today

APRIL 2, 2023

Billion Green Bond Private Equity & Venture Capital JPMorgan Builds Out Sustainable Growth Private Equity Team ESG Data Startup Atlas Metrics Raises €5.2 Billion Green Bond Private Equity & Venture Capital JPMorgan Builds Out Sustainable Growth Private Equity Team ESG Data Startup Atlas Metrics Raises €5.2

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

This article is “sponsored content” as defined by Corporate Knights’ content disclosure policy. . Leveraging Green Finance to Accelerate Low-Carbon Solutions. In April 2021, its South Beach Consortium joint venture (JV) secured a five-year green loan totalling S$1.22 billion – one of Singapore’s largest green loans.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2022

The M&G (Lux) Diversity and Inclusion fund is categorised as Article 9 under SFDR and also targets six of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including reduced inequalities, decent work and economic growth, and peace, justice and strong institutions.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 8, 2020

We’ll focus, as my learning journey did, primarily on ESG investing and green bonds and loans. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Finance & Investing. Featured Column. Two Steps Forward. Shutterstock.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

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. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Finance & Investing. GreenFin 21. Shutterstock.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Additional clarifications about the definition of a sustainable investment and about Article 8 and Article 9 classifications are expected soon, but in the meantime, caution and thorough due diligence remains key,” said Hortense Bioy, Global Director of Sustainable Research at Morningstar. What matters is transparency,” said Bioy.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

Investing in a broad range of liquid fixed income instruments, including inflation-linked government bonds, and securitised and corporate bonds across developed and emerging markets, the fund harnesses Brown Advisory’s framework for analysing sovereign bonds against ESG criteria.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Regulation is also a driving force in this, creating distinctions between fund types, such as EU Article 6, 8 and 9 funds for asset managers to grapple with. Up until now, many ESG analyses have focused primarily on environmental risks and impacts, particularly as issuance has predominately been skewed towards Green bonds.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 31, 2022

It also means tapping into new sources of income — for example green bonds or incentives and payments for environmental services — so that farmers have science-based tools and the capital they need to invest in improving farm sustainability that supports people, profit and planet. Image credit: Evi T.

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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

JULY 15, 2022

An ideological shift demanded that addressing the impact of climate change be a holistic global effort across both the public and private sectors as codified by Article 6 of the agreement. Last year, the value of global carbon markets hit US$851 billion as different stakeholders all flocked to the EU-ETS market, VCMs and VCCs.

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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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B the Change

APRIL 16, 2023

Get Started: How to Finance Your Sustainability Strategy describes how to access impact investing and green bonds. Check this free online report from B Lab that compiles articles and resources to help your business become a climate leader. This article was originally published by the Network for Business Sustainability.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

A little over a year ago we issued our first green bond. It was a $1 billion green bond. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Roughly $200 million of that was specifically to procure recycled PET in our North American beverage packaging.

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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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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. If growth was slow from the first green bond issuance to 2012, things have accelerated since. Green bonds are indeed often oversubscribed due to their success.

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 7, 2022

The rationale for focusing on what the article dismissively calls “the potential impact of the world on the company and its shareholders” was first articulated in a 2005 United Nations report called Investing for Long-Term Value , which led to the creation of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment.

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Chris Hall

JULY 27, 2022

The basis for many of these is the EU taxonomy (and to a lesser extent China’s mandatory taxonomy for use of green-bond proceeds). China’s mandatory bond system covers six sectors it classes as green: clean energy, clean transport, climate change adaptation, recycling or resource conservation, anti-pollution, and energy efficiency. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

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.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In addition to impact funds, there are a growing variety of debt funds, specialised green bonds and listed equity funds that aim to apply E&S frameworks to generate positive impacts. This article was co-authored by Raphaele Deau, Environment and Social Lead, Climate Finance Unit, UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Chris Hall

MAY 25, 2022

At present, there is considerable diversity among sustainable bond funds in Europe, with some existing funds being rebranded to meet SFDR Article 8 or 9 requirements, while others were launched with a specific sustainability focus to meet the regulation’s criteria. Equity fund outperformance.

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Chris Hall

JULY 22, 2022

Labelled as an Article 9 fund under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the strategy aims to invest in net zero pathways while providing strong financial returns. Robeco , a Rotterdam-headquartered asset manager, has launched the Robeco SAM Net Zero 2050 Climate Equities strategy.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

These funds broaden the asset manager’s existing range of thematic ESG ETFs, which also includes low-carbon, the circular economy and green real estate. . Western Asset , the specialist fixed-income investment manager of Franklin Templeton, has launched the Sustainable Global Corporate Bond fund. By launching the E.P.I.C

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GreenBiz

APRIL 12, 2021

We’ve been covering the world of green bonds and sustainability-linked loans for a while now, so it should be no surprise that these and other financing mechanisms are on the rise. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Finance & Investing. Leadership.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

As we understand it, a sovereign cannot be considered sustainable and that hampers when creating Article 9 [a fund that has sustainable or a reduction in carbon emissions as its objective] classified products.”. This tool helped NN IP launch a sovereign green bond fund last April, classified as Article 9 under SFDR.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 21, 2021

The growth of sustainability-linked finance: Another year, another record in the issuance of green bonds, climate bonds, sustainability bonds and others, as well as sustainability-linked loans. But issuing such bonds can be fraught with complexity. Sponsored Article. How are companies managing?

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