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The nuclear option

Corporate Knights

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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ESG Bond Issuance to Quadruple by 2025

Chris Hall

Achieving net zero by 2050 could require the climate bond universe to reach US$36 trillion by 2025 and over US$60 trillion by 2030, it added. The ESG-labelled bond markets are typically considered to include green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bonds.

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Opportunity Matched by Demand

Chris Hall

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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Building a Dark Green Superhighway

Chris Hall

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 ‘greeninvestment opportunities. The post Building a Dark Green Superhighway appeared first on ESG Investor.

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How the European Central Bank’s New Climate Policy Could Reduce Both Emissions and Inflation

Impakter

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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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

UK Commits to Net Zero Domestic Aviation and Airports by 2040. UK High Court Orders Government to Provide Details on Plans to Hit Net Zero Targets. Robeco Launches Climate Fund Targeting Net Zero Transition Leaders and Enablers. NN IP Expands Impact Range with New Social Bond Fund. PepsiCo Issues $1.25

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Take Five: Green Bonds Scale New Peaks  

Chris Hall

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.