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What it took for this company to issue a $625 million green bond

GreenBiz

What it took for this company to issue a $625 million green bond. What does it take for a company to issue a green bond? The chief sustainability officer and the chief financial officer at Johnson Controls offer a behind-the-scenes look at how it successfully issued its $625 million bond last year.

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PepsiCo Issues $1.25 Billion Green Bond to Fund Ag and Value Chain Sustainability Projects

ESG Today

Food and beverage giant PepsiCo announced today the completion of a new green bond offering, raising $1.25 billion, with proceeds aimed at funding projects supporting the company’s agriculture and value chain-focused sustainability initiatives. The post PepsiCo Issues $1.25

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The rise (and rise) of sustainability-linked finance

GreenBiz

Pandemic bonds join a growing list of sustainability-linked financial instruments that have been gaining the attention of investors worldwide. The bonds alone come in a veritable rainbow of flavors: green bonds; climate bonds; sustainability bonds; social bonds; ESG bonds; blue bonds (related to oceans); and more.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements. Switzerland Issues Inaugural $766 Million Green Bond. American Airlines Invests in Aviation-Focused Green Hydrogen Startup Universal Hydrogen. Government & Regulators. Exec Moves.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Walmart Hits Goal to Reduce 1 Billion Tons of Supply Chain Emissions 6 Years Ahead of 2030 Target Microsoft Signs Deal to Remove 350,000 Tonnes of Carbon Through Agroforestry Rio Tinto Signs Australia’s Largest-Ever (..)

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China, Singapore, Partner to Scale Green Finance

ESG Today

The GFTF is co-chaired by Gillian Tan, recently appointed as Chief Sustainability Officer of MAS, and Dr Ma Jun, Chair of the China Green Finance Committee, and is comprised of senior representatives and sustainable finance experts from financial institutions and green FinTech companies from Singapore and China.

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Verizon to Source 100MW of Renewable Energy from New Solar Project

ESG Today

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.