ESG Today

APRIL 27, 2023

Issuance volumes of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds rebounded strongly in Q1 2023, resuming double-digit growth trends after falling 18% in 2022, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service. Non-financial corporate issuance in the U.S.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 9, 2024

Originally published on bloomberg.com Bloomberg announced the launch of new green-tilted fixed income indices, which seek to increase weighting to green bonds in some of Bloomberg’s flagship indices such as the Global Aggregate, Treasury and Corporate Indices.

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ESG Today

JULY 29, 2022

Sustainable bond issuance outperformed the broader market in the second quarter of 2022, reaching a record 15% of global total issuance, according to a new report from Moody’s ESG Solutions. Moody’s maintained its forecast for stronger GSSS volumes in the second half of the year, and its $1 trillion full year estimate.

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

JULY 7, 2023

David Zahn , Head of Sustainable Fixed Income at Franklin Templeton , says new standards and innovations are expanding the supply of green bonds to meet increased investor demand. Investor demand for green, social, sustainability-linked and transition bonds (GSS+) continues to rise rapidly, outstripping supply.

Green Bonds

3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2024

ESG finance is growing in importance precisely because it makes a key contribution to achieving these goals toward more sustainable development models. Indeed, sustainable investments are key to building a society that is low-emission , keeping global warming below 2°, and socially inclusive. billion).

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Shades of Green’s Second Party Opinions (SPOs) are independent, research-based assessments on companies’ and governments’ green, sustainability and sustainability-linked debt issuances and frameworks, evaluating alignment with market standards, typically provided before any borrowing is raised. trillion 2 years ago.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

Moody’s anticipates that volumes may bottom out in the region in 2024, with tailwinds from incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act driving increases in green technologies, although the report also notes uncertainty from the upcoming U.S. election on federal climate policy clouding the issuance outlook.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

JULY 5, 2023

Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), the manager and developer of Rome Fiumicino and Ciampino airports, announced the completion of a new 10-year €400 million sustainability-linked bond (SLB), with the cost of debt on the bond tied to a series of the airport operations group’s climate-related goals.

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ESG Today

JULY 27, 2023

The launch of the new funds follows several years of significant growth in the sustainable bond market, as companies and governments have turned to sustainable bonds to help finance their climate, environmental and social commitments and initiatives.

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ESG Today

JULY 4, 2024

Eligible use of proceeds for social instrument offerings include financing and investments related to the development and provisioning of adequate and affordable housing for disadvantaged populations or communities, or to the promotion and enhancement of access to senior housing with special care.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Ujala Qadir, Director of Strategic Programmes at the Climate Bonds Initiative, explains why the organisation has expanded its green bond taxonomy to cover climate resilience. The third criterion considers the potential of harming climate mitigation or other environmental and social goals.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 24, 2023

For this, the development of high-quality data is key.” The new data sets cover three areas, including sustainable finance, financed emissions, and the impact of physical climate risks on loan and security portfolios.

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

In an oversubscribed market, greater opportunities for investors lie in social, sustainable, SLBs and blue bonds. Thematic bonds have issuers and investors head over heels for one another ! In the GSS+ bond market, green bonds are the most established label and account for over half of labelled volumes.

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

As climate urgency increases, and countries around the world look to make good on their nationally determined contributions, the more pressure there is across both emerging and developing markets to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change, panellists said. . trillion, the Climate Bonds report said. billion. .

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

AUGUST 14, 2023

Green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition ( GSS+ ) bonds are shaking off recent macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility, with the market on track to hit US$5 trillion in combined issuance by the end of the year. Green bonds made up 62% of the total aligned GSS+ debt (US$278.8

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2023

Despite development barriers, opportunities are emerging for investment in sustainable assets in growing market. Africa has seen rapid growth in issuance of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSS+) bonds and could prove enticing to investors, in spite of existing challenges.

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Krisztina Tora, Chief Market Development Officer at the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, outlines three key areas that show great potential to improve outcomes at scale for people and the planet. In times of crisis, capital is often pulled out of developing economies but that is where some of the greatest opportunities exist.

Impact Investing

Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

Developed countries have belatedly reached a target for climate finance, only to be set a new one for nature. Developed nations mobilised US$115.9 billion of climate finance for developing countries in 2022, it was revealed this week, exceeding for the first time the US$100 billion annual level set in Copenhagen in 2009.

Paris Agreement

Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

The market for climate-aligned bonds has developed in response to a shortage of ESG-labelled debt, with investors seeking instead to identify the debt securities of firms deriving the vast majority of their revenues from climate-aligned activities. Green bonds accounted for around half of all issuance (US$488.8

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Sovereigns have been relatively late entrants to sustainable bond markets following corporates and supra-national entities (such as the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), which issued the first green debt securities in the mid-2000s.

Green Bonds

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The database simplifies sustainable investing with an intuitive, easy-to- use solution that allows investors to discover, compile and compare sustainable bonds as well as generate impact reports. The platform also provides issuer-level information on UN Sustainable Development Goals allocation.

Sustainable Investment

B the Change

APRIL 16, 2023

A corporate professional from Asia asked: “How can developing countries like ours access sustainable innovations?” Get Started: The Innovation North Compass shows how to tailor sustainable innovation. Social sustainability requires considering their needs. Sustainable Finance 10. Location matters as well.

Supply Chains

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Moody’s cited challenges including short-term post-pandemic support for businesses and households, long-term sustainable development challenges, including climate risk mitigation, and gradual, uneven recovery in revenue streams. Developing economies globally need to invest as much as US$4.5 trillion) to reach the goals.

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2023

Strategy looks to invest in issuers “actively” shifting towards renewables, environmentally sustainable practices. According to JPM AM, a broader range of stakeholders are now taking steps to address social as well as environmental challenges, which has helped drive the rise in interest in sustainable fixed income strategies.

Social Sustainability

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Benchmarked against the iBoxx Global Green, Social, Sustainability index, it will be assessed at the issuer level for both ESG-labelled debt, including sustainable bonds, and non-labelled debt. The fight against climate change has driven strong growth momentum in the global green bond market.

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Ashok Parameswaran, President of the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance, highlights the challenges of achieving environmental and social impact via emerging markets bonds. trillion by September, with demand for emerging market labelled bonds far outstripping the rest of the world. Weak frameworks.

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The MS INVF Calvert Sustainable Climate Transition Fund and MS INVF Calvert Sustainable Global Green Bond Fund are two new Article 9-compliant Luxembourg-domiciled global responsible investing funds developed in partnership with Calvert Research and Management.

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects. Risk management.

UNEP

Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2024

billion in federal grants across 30 states to 25 projects aiming to boost clean-energy development and reduce the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. In related news, NatWest Group issued this week the first bond by a UK bank dedicated to financing and re-financing electric vehicles (EV), raising net proceeds of €750 million (US$811.4

Shipping

Chris Hall

JANUARY 29, 2025

After years of debate, the European Union Green Bond Standard (EUGBS) finally made its formal debut at the end of last year. However, all of the projects must comply with the taxonomys do no significant harm (DNSH) criteria, as well as be certified by a designated EU green bond reviewer.

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