Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

So the fact that it needed some form of recognition at a global climate event seems curious. Gas projects were not widely backed by these bonds. Overwhelming investor interest consistently dwarfing the supply of green bonds is another factor driving lower financing costs for green projects.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Which is why GreenBiz Group is pleased to announce GreenFin 21 , the launch of a new annual event, virtual for now, taking place April 13-14. GreenFin will join our other annual event brands — GreenBiz , Circularity and VERGE — on the sustainability conference calendar. I hope you’ll join us for this landmark event. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 8, 2020

30 of our newest annual event: GreenFin , taking place in April. It drew the attention of a number of friends, colleagues and veritable strangers who wanted to discuss the event’s themes, tracks and topics. We’ll focus, as my learning journey did, primarily on ESG investing and green bonds and loans. Let me explain.

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ESG Today

JUNE 27, 2023

The bond offering follows the publication in November 2022 by DHL of the group’s new Sustainability-Linked Finance Framework, outlining the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Sustainability Performance Targets (SPTs) to be used in sustainability-linked issuances, and trigger events that cause a step-up in debt cost.

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ESG Today

MARCH 1, 2023

Corporate interest in sustainability-linked loans has grown rapidly, as the financing provides flexibility to use proceeds for general corporate purposes, while with instruments such as green bonds, raised funds can only be allocated to specific categories of green projects.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

"Finance professionals make up a fraction of the global population but are positioned to make and incentivize decisions that can shape the trajectory of the global economy," observed Ogechukwu Anyene, energy consulting manager at PowerAdvocate, who was part of the Emerging Leaders cohort at GreenBiz Group’s inaugural GreenFin event.

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ESG Today

MAY 23, 2023

Physical climate risks can result from several factors such as exposure of assets to climate events including heat stress, floods or hurricanes, while natural capital can arise dependence on goods and services derived from nature that become depleted.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 3, 2023

However, the event in Sharm-el-Sheikh overran by several days (making it the third longest COP in history) as leaders battled to thrash out agreements, giving cause for disheartenment in the wake of COP27 by the lack of certainty surrounding how progress can be accelerated.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

According to BondLink, the new resource “significantly improves” the ability of municipal issuers to highlight how they’re addressing current ESG credit risks and showcase their green bond programs to investors in the US$4 trillion municipal bond market. of ESG issuance for 2021, according to the IHS Markit.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 11, 2022

FedEx understands the impacts climate change poses to our business, such as intensifying weather events, emerging GHG emissions regulations, increased media and investor attention, and enhanced customer demands to address environmental challenges. Climate change.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2024

Fittingly perhaps, the UN Environment Programme marked World Environment Day on Wednesday through a series of events directing attention to desertification, soil degradation, and efforts to build drought resilience. billion) in green sovereign debt. billion people negatively impacted by desertification.

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 26, 2022

“Time for action on SDG financing is now”, highlighted several government and UN officials, as well as representatives from international organizations and Multilateral Development Banks during the webinar “Financing for Sustainable Development in Vulnerable Countries”, an official side-event at the High-Level Political Forum 2022.

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3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

Issued 16 green bonds between 2018-2021, and its global line of credit and additional lines of credit are linked to sustainability metrics. In its 2021-22 ESG report, the company outlines its progress toward its environmental, social and governance goals. Achieved 325 MW of solar generation capacity as of April 30, 2022.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 28, 2022

However, in the event a core KPI is “not feasible” or applicable on a given sustainability theme, related secondary KPIs can be used, so long as they “effectively add up to the equivalent of a core KPI”. . The ICMA has encouraged issuers to select at least one core KPI for an SLB.

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Jon Hale

APRIL 22, 2022

Physical climate risk is about how much companies are exposed to the direct risks of more-frequent extreme weather events and of the long-term chronic effects of global warming. Green bond funds invest in bonds that finance projects that facilitate the clean energy transition.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 2, 2019

On September 28th, Caroline Fox, Elena Crete and Jeffrey Sachs from SDSN USA hosted the Pathways Project Open Meeting as an event alongside the UNGA. Around 35 people from academia, private industry, and government agencies participated in the four hour long meeting.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 25, 2022

C, leaving the global climate at risk, particularly for fast-rising sea levels and extreme weather events. With companies facing mounting pressure to invest in green capex, we expect the market for green bonds and bonds linked to key performance indicators (KPIs) to continue to surge in size and importance.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 29, 2021

The three-day event covered the following themes: Day 1. Green recovery. Tools like green budgets, green bonds, macroeconomic modeling, and fiscal policies were discussed as well as how to promote the involvement of private sector. Macroeconomics of decarbonization, Day 2. Solutions for decarbonization, and Day 3.

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 28, 2019

More information about the event can be found here. Currently, passes for the event our discounted by $500. To confirm a place at this year's event click here. For further details contact Ed Long, Head of US Operations at Ethical Corporation at ed.long@ethicalcorp.com or call +44 (0) 207 375 7188.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Getting to zero is one of the most difficult challenges people have ever taken on," he said in a keynote address broadcast at the GreenBiz 21 virtual event Tuesday. Beyond traditional venture capital, creative tools to accelerate sustainability are gaining hold, including green bonds and special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACS.

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3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

Just a few months ago, in November 2021, Fifth Third settled the issuance of its inaugural Green Bond for $500 million. The proceeds will fund green projects that align with the Bank’s sustainability priorities as outlined in our Sustainable Bond Framework. With the issuance, Fifth Third became the first U.S.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Midway through our inaugural GreenFin event last week, during a break devoted to three-minute bursts of randomly selected networking conversations, I found myself paired with a university student attending the conference as part of his studies. . CFOs like the optics of green bonds and loans. Heather Clancy.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Climate risk and resilience are largely modeled by insurance companies, looking at how a company’s assets may be affected by rising sea levels, extreme heat, increasing natural disasters and other future climate events as climate change worsens. They need to showcase they are having a positive impact on the climate as well,” said Free.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

The pandemic didn’t stop Verizon from advancing its sustainability strategy significantly over the past 12 months, with a pledge to become carbon neutral by 2035 and the pricing of a second $1 billion green bond meant to support the construction of renewable energy resources for its telecommunications networks.

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

It includes mandatory climate-related disclosures of which the consultation paper came out this month, Australia launching a sovereign green bond, regulator Australia Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) stepping up greenwashing enforcement, work on the sustainable finance taxonomy and a scaled up international agenda.

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