ESG Today

MAY 2, 2024

By bond type, green bonds continued to dominate the GSSS market at 60% of volumes, with issuance rising 26% quarter-over-quarter and 3% year-over-year to $169 billion, with strong performance from nonfinancial corporate issuers and sovereigns at $61 billion and $53 billion, respectively.

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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

APRIL 19, 2024

Malaysia, for example, offers a Green Investment Tax Allowance on green assets for the owners of those assets and companies that undertake green technology projects, and a Green Income Tax Exemption for service providers, including a separate category for owners of solar photovoltaic systems.

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Impakter

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Impakter How the European Central Bank’s New Climate Policy Could Reduce Both Emissions and Inflation More often than not, conversations on the economy engender a somewhat inanimate, two-dimensional and transactional impression, but in truth, the economy is defined by more than just balance sheets, the stock exchange, trade, or investment.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 26, 2022

As sukuk are linked to assets that may be eligible for green and social projects, they will become vital tools to fund the UN SDGs,” said Shrey Kohli, Director, Head of Debt Capital Markets, London Stock Exchange, and Chair of the HLWG on Green and Sustainability Sukuk. Future growth potential in Gulf.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The IEEFA’s Christina Ng says China’s state-owned enterprises continue to allocate up to half of their green bond proceeds to non-green projects. . China’s ambition to green its financial market has been making significant progress. SOEs accounted for about half the onshore green issuances from 2019 to 2022.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Green finance – typically global bond, loans, and other long-term markets – has reached almost US$2 trillion in volume. Annual green bond issuance broke through the half trillion mark for the first time, ending 2021 at US$522.7 billion, a 75% increase on prior year volumes, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 3, 2025

The pullback threatens to erode years of progress, which has made Europe the leading market for sustainable funds , green bonds and other responsible investments, and jeopardizes the capital needed for the EUs ambitious climate goals.

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ESG Today

JULY 24, 2022

NN IP Expands Impact Range with New Social Bond Fund. Billion Green Bond to Fund Ag and Value Chain Sustainability Projects. Iberdrola Signs $550 Million Green Loan with EIB to Fund Wind & Solar Projects. OPG Issues $300M “Nuclear Green Bond”. Sustainable Finance. PepsiCo Issues $1.25 Exec Moves.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

It had previously been possible to launch an EU environmental opportunities fund, claiming Article 8 classification under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) , while allocating as little as 10% of assets to demonstrably green investments.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

Issuance volume rose 45% over 2020, with sustainable bonds accounting for 10% of overall debt capital market activity. Green bonds accounted for around half of all issuance (US$488.8 Social bond issues totalled US192.9 Q4 2021 was the fourth consecutive quarter to surpass US$200 billion and over 400 issues.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Transition funds’ fossil fuel investments, however, were highly concentrated in “firms rated by ESG rating providers as environmental leaders within their sector, and with the potential to contribute to the EU’s environmental objectives,” and also tended to favor green bonds issued by fossil fuels and utilities sector firms.

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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.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The rise of taxonomies of sustainable activities reflects a recognition from policymakers that global financial markets depend on a shared classification system if they are to identify ‘green’ investment opportunities.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Achieving certification will help demonstrate alignment with the green bond requirements of the Climate Bonds Initiative and the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Investment, as well as with World Bank and IFC performance standards.

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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

AUGUST 18, 2023

This week, green and blue debt were in focus around the world, while the US courted further climate controversy. New peaks – Green bonds and other sustainability-related instruments demonstrated their resilience this week. The act also kickstarted an era of green investment competition.

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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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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

The takeaway : Expect sustainable mutual fund and ETF inflows to bottom out in 2025 and investors to return to these products, as long-term interest rates improve conditions for green bonds and climate-friendly stocks and European investors become more familiar with ESG fund-disclosure rules.

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