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How Green Bonds Will Fund a Green Future

3BL Media

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).

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The potential of green bonds in emerging markets

Renewable Energy World

Between 2015 and 2018, emerging markets accounted for an increasingly larger share of this investment, yet high-income economies have accounted for the majority since 2018. Clearly the green finance revolution has taken the world by storm, with investment in low-carbon energy remaining robust throughout the pandemic.

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Is swapping debt to protect nature the key to solving Africa's climate woes?

Corporate Knights

In response, Kenya and other African pioneers are exploring alternative financing mechanisms such as green bonds and debt-for-nature swaps. trillion in community green bonds in 2022, according to the African Development Bank Group. Europe alone issued more than $100 billion in green bonds that year.

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Will sustainability-linked loans drive a revolution in finance?

GreenBiz

We shifted course dramatically in 2015, realizing that the only way forward to run a viable sustainable company is by choosing the sustainable way, that is, helping decarbonize our economy, digitize our infrastructure and electrify consumption," he offered.

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Storebrand Fund a Gauge for Green Bond Growth

Chris Hall

Asset managers Head of Fixed Income hopes market expansion will eliminate need for the purely green bond-focused vehicle within the next decade. Launched in 2015, the fund has hit almost SEK 11 billion (US$1.1 Storebrands fund is an actively managed fixed-income fund that invests in green bonds. said Linnell.

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Apple embeds racial justice into new supply-chain carbon neutrality pledge

GreenBiz

Consider that it has convinced more than 70 Apple suppliers to use renewable energy to produce products on its behalf , an effort funded in part by close to $5 billion in green bonds issued by the technology giant as well as a dedicated pool of money in China. . Now, it's wandering farther into uncharted territory. 35 percent.

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Fifth Third Publishes Second Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Report

3BL Media

1, 2021, Fifth Third Bancorp settled the issuance of its inaugural Green Bond for $500 million. The proceeds will fund green projects that align with the Company’s sustainability priorities, as outlined in the Fifth Third Bancorp Sustainable Bond Framework. About TCFD.

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