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The 25 most sustainable public-sector companies in the world

Corporate Knights

From the ranking leader Hydro-Qubecs $155-billion green-energy expansion plan, to 12th-place Bpifrance banks financing solar and wind power loans, the inaugural list shows how investments in renewable energy pay off. Bpifrance Bpifrance is a French public-sector bank that bills itself as a one stop shop for entrepreneurs.

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How blue bonds could give a boost to ocean finance

Financial Times: Moral Money

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.

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Businesses Across Diverse Industries Remain Focused on Sustainability

3BL Media

Developers and investors are tapping into green financing tools to raise capital to help meet this demand and boost returns. According to an article in Urban Land Magazine, an estimated $1.5 trillion in green, social, and sustainability-linked bonds and other mechanisms are being raised annually around the world.

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Businesses Across Diverse Industries Remain Focused on Sustainability

Sustainability Update

Developers and investors are tapping into green financing tools to raise capital to help meet this demand and boost returns. According to an article in Urban Land Magazine, an estimated $1.5 trillion in green, social, and sustainability-linked bonds and other mechanisms are being raised annually around the world.

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UN: Pandemic causes dip in building emissions, but long-term outlook bleak

Envirotec Magazine

In addition, both public and private sector need to seize the tremendous investment opportunities this sector offers, e.g. through green bonds or through banks increasing green building construction and mortgage finance.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

The newly anointed group sustainability chief for one of Europe’s largest banks, HSBC — a role she will assume in July — London-based Celine Herweijer is a familiar feature in the continent’s corporate climate movement. President Joe Biden announced his support for that philosophy just one week after taking office in January.