Green bonds are beating all expectations in the post-pandemic recovery
GreenBiz
AUGUST 4, 2021
Europe is leading the acceleration in green bond issues, while China and the U.S. are the most active markets.
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GreenBiz
AUGUST 4, 2021
Europe is leading the acceleration in green bond issues, while China and the U.S. are the most active markets.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
With green bond growth projected strong for 2023, investors would do well to read the fine print.
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Corporate Knights
MARCH 7, 2025
This finding raises critical questions about how sustainable finance is marketed and whether green labels alone are enough to drive real environmental change. Green bonds and retail investors Green bonds are a financial tool designed to fund environmentally friendly projects.
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
billion) in green bonds, with proceeds aimed at financing green projects at the company including renewable energy and decarbonization solutions. Equinix issued its updated Green Finance Framework earlier this year, detailing eligible use of proceeds from green bond offerings. billion (USD$1.21
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Can financial instruments such as green bonds and other sustainability-related financial instruments deliver enough financing for a multi-trillion-dollar energy transition?
ESG Today
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Paris-area public transport authority le-de-France Mobilits announced that it has raised 1 billion in a new green bond offering, the first by a public entity to be issued under the European Green Bond (EuGB) Regulation.
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
The program targets having 30% of its budget financed through green bonds, and requires at least 37% of spending in Member States’ Recovery and Resilience Plans (RRPs) must be used for sustainable investments and reforms in areas addressing climate change, such as green infrastructure and renewable energy. million tons.
Corporate Knights
JULY 26, 2022
Provincially owned Ontario Power Generation has adopted a green bond framework that includes nuclear power – a first for the electricity utility. . The move followed a controversial decision in the European Union to classify natural gas and nuclear investments as green. . But does that make them objectively green?
GreenBiz
JULY 21, 2023
2023 is poised to be a record year for the booming green bonds market, according to a new Linklaters analysis.
GreenBiz
APRIL 26, 2021
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.
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Spanish energy giant says it received "strong interest" in green bonds issued to help underwrite the expansion of its renewables portfolio in Australia. The post Iberdrola raises $750m in green bond to drive Australia renewables and green hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.
ESG Today
JUNE 23, 2025
billion through its first-ever green bond issuance. Oliver Roes, Managing Director of Volkswagen Bank GmbH, said: “We are delighted with the enormous interest investors have shown in our first green bond. Volkswagen AG’s vehicle financing business Volkswagen Bank announced that it has raised €1.5
GreenBiz
AUGUST 17, 2021
From Apple to New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority, dozens of corporations and public agencies have issued green bonds, yet none answers to a global standard.
Renew Economy
JUNE 14, 2023
The post WA raises $1.9bn from state’s first ever green bond to fund 50GW transition appeared first on RenewEconomy. Western Australia raises $1.9 billion to help fund the state's decarbonisation plans, including big batteries, wind farms and standalone power systems.
3BL Media
MARCH 23, 2022
An Explosion of ESG Bond Issuance. ESG-labeled bond issuance surged to new heights in 2021. Green bonds, which fund particular projects, continued to dominate. But issuance of social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds—which reference specific key performance indicators, or KPIs—grew fastest (Display).
ESG Today
MAY 9, 2025
Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced that it has raised 750 million in a new green bond offering, its first and the first by any Spanish company to be issued under the new European Green Bond (EuGB) standard. billion of green bonds, 15.6
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
The market for sustainability bonds reached almost $940 billion in 2023, with more growth expected in 2024.
GreenBiz
MAY 4, 2020
The variety of purposes has expanded beyond alternative energy to green building and sustainable-transport projects. And that's just a start.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 16, 2021
With more than 230 data centers worldwide, Equinix is the first company in its industry to embrace a climate-neutral commitment.
GreenBiz
APRIL 1, 2020
Certification and labeling schemes are important for diversifying the investor base, clarifying market signals and responding to investor demands.
GreenBiz
MARCH 30, 2020
Most central banks in Asia already believe they should help to promote green bonds and other low-carbon initiatives.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 8, 2022
Automaker GM sells $2.25 billion in notes to fund electric vehicle transition, Lenovo makes its first offering and food and beverage company PepsiCo raises another $1.25
ESG Today
MARCH 24, 2025
Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced that it has raised 400 million in a new green bond offering, with the bonds linked to the companys share price, enabling investors to benefit from the performance of its shares. The coupon on the bond was set at 1.5%. billion of green bonds, 15.6
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Two tools funding decarbonization: Green bonds and supply chain financing programs.
3BL Media
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Comcast Corporation published its 2024 Green Bond Report , which outlines the full allocation of proceeds from its inaugural green bond issued in February 2023. To learn more about Comcast’s full green bond allocation, please download its 2024 Green Bond Report.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
European companies with circular initiatives are benefiting from a strategy that encourages innovation and private investment, from venture capital to green bonds, while providing copious amounts of public funding.
GreenBiz
MAY 4, 2023
PepsiCo’s allocation of green bond proceeds offers insights into how the food and beverage company considers climate goals when reviewing capital requests.
Corporate Knights
MARCH 20, 2024
This turnabout has been most pronounced in the green bond market, where power utilities have, controversially, been adding nuclear energy as an option for green bonds. With this in mind, nuclear green bonds promise to help fund decades of net-zero energy for the public and years of clean financial returns for investors.
GreenBiz
MARCH 9, 2022
ESG strategies and green bond products have been dismissed as meaningless efforts to address climate change.
Environmental Finance
JUNE 20, 2025
The orderbook for the first Nigeria sovereign green bond in almost six years was almost twice the offered amount as the country emphasised that these instruments will become "increasingly important" to the issuer.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
International asset manager Robeco announced the launch of the High Income Green Bonds strategy, investing in high yielding green bonds by corporate issuers globally. Kohler added: “Robeco’s High Income Green Bonds strategy is our first strategy focusing purely on green bonds from corporate issuers.
Environmental Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
Green bonds represent a potential opportunity for investors to gain exposure to an attractive bond market with access to the entire range of fixed income performance drivers, writes Johann Plé
ESG Today
MARCH 5, 2024
The Government of Canada announced that it has completed the issuance of a C$4 billion green bond, the country’s second, and the first by a sovereign issuer to include nuclear energy expenditures as an eligible use for proceeds.
3BL Media
MAY 16, 2024
(“O-I Glass”, “O-I” or the “Company”) announced that the Company has completed full allocation of the proceeds from its second round of Green Bond offerings to advance the company’s climate-change strategy. launched private Green Bond offerings of $690 million and €600 million, respectively. and OI European Group B.V.
Environmental Finance
JULY 7, 2025
The Green Climate Fund's (GCF) investment in the Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI) will boost "its strong potential to help countries mobilising climate finance at scale", according to the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Environmental Finance
JULY 2, 2025
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a €200 million ($235 million) anchor investment in a public-private emerging market (EM) green bond fund developed by the EU-led Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI).
ESG Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The Government of Canada announced that it will issue its second green bond this week, aimed at unlocking financing to accelerate green infrastructure and nature conservation projects, and supporting the achievement of the country’s climate goals.
ESG Today
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Deutsche Bank and DZ Bank announced that they have been mandated by the Federal Republic of Germany as joint ESG coordinators for the planned update of the government’s Green Bond Framework. The government has been one of the most active sovereign green bond issuers since its initial €6.5
Environmental Finance
MAY 28, 2025
France has overhauled its sovereign green bond framework for the first time since 2017, as the major issuer made significant updates to reflect market changes - including the inclusion of nuclear energy.
Global Renewable News
JANUARY 15, 2024
Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC), the Commonwealth's designated joint action agency for municipal utilities, has closed on approximately $15 million in green bonds to co.
ESG Today
AUGUST 9, 2024
Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced that its has raised $525 million in a new green bond issuance through its U.S. Overall, Iberdrola has approximately €23 billion in green bonds outstanding. network business.
Environmental Finance
JUNE 13, 2025
Galicia marketing potential EuGB debut as issuance quickens 13 June 2025 The Spanish region of Galicia is understood to be roadshowing the potential debut issuance of a gold standard European Green Bond (EuGB), shortly after Madrid hailed its own "impressive" entry into the new market. Not registered? Sign up today for free.
Global Renewable News
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Statkraft has today (Sept 11) issued SEK 500 million 14-year senior unsecured green bonds with a coupon of 3.21% under its EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) programme.The settlement date is set to Se.
Environmental Finance
MAY 29, 2025
Early European Green Bond (EuGB) deals show sustainable fixed income markets remain "inefficient" in assessing the quality of frameworks, according to M&G - presenting an opportunity for active investors.
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