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.
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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We Mean Business Coalition
AUGUST 23, 2023
The EU Green Taxonomy is one of the cornerstones of the EU Action Plan on financing sustainable growth and is also the foundation of many other pieces of legislation currently being implemented. The EU Green Taxonomy is also instrumental for the upcoming EU Green Bonds Standard.
Renewable Energy World
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
IHA said it would expect its members to certify new projects under the Hydropower Sustainability Standard, in line with the organization’s updated membership charter. It will address any confusion about whether a new hydropower project is sustainable and will, crucially, help to unblock green investment and licensing decisions.”.
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. This dark green superhighway would run across all taxonomies.
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.
ESG Today
JULY 24, 2022
This week in ESG news: Vanguard launches its first impact fund; Biden considers declaration of climate change emergency; Deutsche Bank appoints its first Chief Sustainability Officer; UK government given 8 months by high court to come up with a climate plan; BlackRock acquires waste-to-renewable gas company for $700 million; PepsiCo issues $1.25
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