Environmental Finance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Attitudes towards the place of nuclear power in sustainable finance markets have "definitely shifted" in the last couple of years, an Environmental Finance event has heard - but their place in green bonds remains a "separation point" in the market.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

1 Seventy percent of investors in full- or part-time jobs would probably or definitely include sustainable funds in their 401(k)s if offered by their employers’ plans. Investors can expect to see more sustainable efforts like the Principal bond: The sustainable bonds and loans sector is experiencing record-breaking growth.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

19, Fifth Third Bancorp announced a definitive agreement to acquire Dividend Finance, a leading fintech point-of-sale lender, providing financing solutions for residential renewable energy and sustainability-focused home improvement. 1, 2021, Fifth Third Bancorp settled the issuance of its inaugural Green Bond for $500 million.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Under this definition, products that are aimed at reducing ESG risk, without pursuing a specific sustainability goal, will not qualify for a sustainable label. Click here to access the greenwashing position paper and the sustainable finance report.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 8, 2020

That’s a monstrous opportunity, and it broadens the definition of "sustainable finance" even further to include vast pools of capital to take on humanity’s most pressing challenges. We’ll focus, as my learning journey did, primarily on ESG investing and green bonds and loans.

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ESG Today

APRIL 24, 2023

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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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Financial institutions and market participants will be able to refer to a common set of definitions under the CGT to facilitate sustainable development in markets covered by the CGT. This includes the basis for identifying, selecting, managing, and reporting on expenditures financed with green bonds. degree celsius (1.5°C)

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ESG Today

JULY 25, 2024

The document also includes recommendations aimed at establishing the EU Taxonomy as the sole reference point to be used to assess and measure sustainability performance, noting that the SFDR – which predates the Taxonomy – provides its own, more flexible, definition of sustainable investments.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Mandatory EU Green Bond Standard risks slowing issuance, but voluntary approach can still drive Taxonomy-aligned volumes. On the face of it, the market for green bonds is heading in the right direction, and fast.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In ESMA’s new report, the regulator noted that while a clear framework or definition for transition funds does not yet exist, these funds already appear to be taking a homogeneous investment approach, with a much higher degree of similarity relative to green funds.

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ESG Today

JULY 26, 2022

Actions will include the definition of metrics and strategy approaches, encompassing engagement, data-driven research and monitoring, and increasing climate-finance exposures.

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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.

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Chris Hall

MAY 3, 2022

Last year, new issuance of GSS bonds as defined by PwC totalled €500 billion, which accounted for approximately 13.7% PwC does not include in its GSS definition bonds that are not directly tied to specific sustainability projects. Social bonds are expected to make up 23% and sustainable bonds 28%.

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Impakter

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

What Is Green Finance and Why Does it Matter so Much? What is green finance? There are a lot of questions and doubts about its definition. What countries are the best for green finance? What is green finance? How does it differentiate from sustainable finance? Let’s try to clear up some of the confusion.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

She argued that because there is no standardized definition for sustainable investment, it is harder to determine which ESG initiatives are causing a net change for the good. Right now] ESG is basically a box of chocolates; you don’t know what you are going to get,” said Pretorius.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Up until now, many ESG analyses have focused primarily on environmental risks and impacts, particularly as issuance has predominately been skewed towards Green bonds. However, with the rise of sustainability-linked bonds, a wider and more comprehensive view is becoming increasingly important.

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3BL Media

MARCH 15, 2022

19, Fifth Third Bancorp announced a definitive agreement to acquire Dividend Finance, a leading fintech point-of-sale lender, providing financing solutions for residential renewable energy and sustainability-focused home improvement. 1, 2021, Fifth Third Bancorp settled the issuance of its inaugural Green Bond for $500 million.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

trillion in Asia-Pacific alone; regulatory uncertainty around a concept barely a decade old and the difficulty of valuing a communal fluid asset has opened a trench in financing between sustainable green bonds and their blue peers. The cumulative value of green bonds issued reached US$2.2

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

Initial reactions suggested the market has welcomed some aspects – such as definitions for what could be included in a fund with an ‘impact’ or ‘transition’ label – but is baffled by others. Italy’s green debt relief – Scarcity of sustainable assets was only one of the reasons for record-breaking demand for €9 billion (US$9.71

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

“The issuer base is likely to expand through multilateral support and as investor appetite for sustainable bonds catches up with vanilla bonds,” Moody’s added. Global sustainable bond issuance surged in 2021, with data providers estimating total volumes just above or below US$1 trillion; green bonds accounted for roughly half.

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We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The EU Green Taxonomy is also instrumental for the upcoming EU Green Bonds Standard. As the cornerstone of many current and upcoming regulations, the quality and comparability of the EU Green Taxonomy’s reporting data is crucial.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 28, 2022

These include new definitions for green securitisation, a climate transition finance methodologies registry, new metrics for impact reporting, updated high-level mapping to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and pre-issuance checklists for green bonds. .

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Global interoperability To enhance interoperability with global taxonomies, MAS has commenced an exercise to map the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy to the IPSF’s (International Platform for Sustainable Finance) Common Ground Taxonomy (CGT), which currently covers the EU Taxonomy and China’s Green Bond Endorsed Project Catalogue.

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Jon Hale

APRIL 22, 2022

So it’s definitely worth asking whether your funds are being managed with climate risk in mind. Green bond funds invest in bonds that finance projects that facilitate the clean energy transition. Examples include Calvert Green Bond ( CGAFX ), Fidelity Environmental Bond ( FFEBX ), and Pimco Climate Bond ( PCEIX ).

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Although China – through the Green Bond Endorsed Projects Catalogue – Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand all exclude gas financing, most Asian taxonomies are more permissive in that regard. “In contrast, Malaysia and the Philippines follow a principles-based taxonomy that avoids using quantitative criteria.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Although China – through the Green Bond Endorsed Projects Catalogue – Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand all exclude gas financing, most Asian taxonomies are more permissive in that regard. “In contrast, Malaysia and the Philippines follow a principles-based taxonomy that avoids using quantitative criteria.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

China’s green bond issuances are set to exceed US$100 billion this year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The issuance of Chinese green debt, including instruments that meet only local standards, could grow by at least 80% this year after raising US$94.77 of the total amount of green bonds issued.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Sherry Madera, Chair of FoSDA, says that the EU has been a leader in pushing the growth of taxonomies worldwide, but notes its own taxonomy was the preceded by the Chinese Green Bond Endorsed Projects Catalogue , and notes that its efficacy is yet to be tested. “It The limits of harmonisation.

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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. Lack of definition.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 9, 2023

For this to occur, green definitions, like the new criteria being developed by CBI, are required to facilitate financial flows to companies that can demonstrate their contribution to the transition of the agri-food sector. .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

Currently, there is no clear definition of what constitutes a “green” investment, which has led to a proliferation of green bonds that are not truly environmentally friendly.” Hewett says a key challenge for China’s sustainable finance sector is a lack of unified standards and regulations.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2023

“Systemic reform, rather than individual announcements, is needed if we are to collectively mobilise the scale of investment needed for a just transition to a low-carbon economy.” The new €4 billion commitment adds to the €26.7

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 7, 2022

So there is a definite link between ESG ratings and data as they exist today and the broader idea of impact. Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021 This is due, in no small part, to the explosion of ESG into the mainstream. The message is that managing climate and other ESG issues is core to business value,” Wintston writes.

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Chris Hall

MAY 25, 2022

For the report, EFAMA conducted an analysis of Morningstar Direct’s database, containing funds available to both retail and institutional investors, and relied on Morningstar’s definition of sustainable bond funds as those which explicitly indicate use of sustainability, impact, or ESG strategy in their prospectus or offering documents.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Alignment between JETP countries’ standards and definitions is also necessary to instil private investors with more confidence in prospective JETP-aligned investments, according to CoEPB’s Hillis.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

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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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A statement from 150 global financial institutions with US$24 trillion in AUM backed a “robust” GBF that provided a clear mandate for the alignment of financial flows, supported the disclosure of nature-related risks, impacts and dependencies, and outlined clear targets and definitions to enable the development of nature-positive projects.

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