ESG Today

MARCH 1, 2023

Lawmakers in the European Parliament and the European Council announced today an agreement on the creation of standards for proposed European Green Bonds (EuGB), as well as voluntary disclosure guidelines for green bond issuers aimed at preventing greenwashing in the sustainable bond market.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

The Government of Hong Kong announced today the completion of a green bond issuance, raising $5.75 billion in a triple-currency offering, with bonds denominated in US dollars, Euros and Renminbi (RMB). According to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the offering marks the largest ESG bond issuance in Asia to date.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 26, 2023

The Government of India’s first ever issuance of green bonds met strong demand, with orders exceeding the offering size by more than 4 times, earning the bonds a 5-6 basis point “greenium,” or a favorable yield spread relative to similar issues lacking green credentials, according to results released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 29, 2021

A 2020 report co-authored by Amundi and the IFC pointed out that investment flows since the start of the COVID-19 crisis have proven more resilient towards green investments when compared to their traditional counterparts. What is the potential of green bonds to address this imbalance? What is a green project anyway?

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Council of the European Union announced today the adoption of a regulation creating a new European Green Bond Standard, marking the last major step for the establishment of a new European Green Bonds (EuGB) label, aimed at fighting greenwashing and helping advance the sustainable finance market in the EU.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Government of India will issue its first-ever green bond this month, according to an announcement by the Reserve Bank of India, with plans to raise approximately US$2 billion to support green infrastructure projects aimed at reducing the carbon intensity of the economy. Last week, the government of Hong Kong raised US$5.8

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ESG Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Government of Singapore will launch its first green bond offering this week, kicking off a S$35 billion (US$25 billion) multi-year green bond program with an inaugural issuance of at least S$1.5 The government has stated that it is aiming to issue up to S$35 billion of sovereign and public sector green bonds by 2030.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 418-79 on Thursday to approve the adoption of a new European Green Bond (EuGB) label, aimed at fighting greenwashing and providing investors with confidence that their investments are being appropriately directed towards financing sustainable business activities and technologies.

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ESG Today

JUNE 30, 2022

Leading European asset manager Amundi announced today the launch of Amundi Funds Euro Corporate Short Term Green Bond, a new actively-managed fund investing in green bonds issued by corporates whose proceeds are committed to funding environmental and climate-friendly projects.

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Impakter

MARCH 11, 2023

Impakter EU Green Bond Deal: Sustainable Gold Standard or Unrealistic? In what’s being labelled a “landmark’’ moment for sustainable finance, EU negotiators last week finally announced the agreement of a provisional deal establishing a gold standard for European green bonds (EuGB). appeared first on Impakter.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Information and communication technology company Ericsson announced today the completion of its inaugural green bond issuance, raising €500 million to investments in energy efficiency initiatives.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 27, 2025

While 2024 issuance remained flat year-over-year at $1 trillion, however, sustainable bond volumes underperformed strong growth in the overall bond market in the year, with share of global issuance declining to 11% from 15% in the prior year.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Chemicals and materials science giant Dow announced today the completion of its inaugural green bond offering, raising over $1.2 Dow initially unveiled its plans for the new plant in 2021 , along with its intentions to allocate approximately $1 billion per year of capex on investments aimed at decarbonizing its global asset base.

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3BL Media

MAY 27, 2022

2021 Corporate Responsibility Report At-a-Glance. 2B green bonds/notes issued (CBRE IM) . 2B green bonds/notes issued (CBRE IM) . Read the Full 2021 CSR Report Download PDF. KEYWORDS: CBRE, NYSE:CBRE, Corporate Responsibility, CBRE 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report. charitable giving (incl.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 30, 2024

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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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 20, 2023

The multinational IT corporation is already well on its way to diversifying its leadership, as 58% of its executives are racially diverse, up from 43% in 2021. million in 2021, his financial services company leads when it comes to the ratio of CEO-to-worker pay: 6.5 million kroner in 2022 from 9.03

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Out of its class A secured debt of £15 billion, about £3 billion is labelled green, potentially making the company a green bond default case. Green bonds are structurally no different to conventional bonds under the same class (with the same ranking, covenants and security package among all creditors in the case of distress).

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

Thu, 04/15/2021 - 01:30. In fact, Mather expects the SLL market to grow many times bigger than the green bond market, which because of its higher costs has failed to become the financial mechanism it could have become. Will sustainability-linked loans drive a revolution in finance? Aman Singh.

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3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: In 2021, I was named Responsible CEO of the Year for Community Impact by 3BL Media. I am proud that we were again recognized as a leader by CDP in the 2021 survey for the third consecutive year, as well as other ESG data providers. Carmichael, Chairman & CEO. SOURCE: Fifth Third Bancorp.

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ESG Today

APRIL 27, 2023

Issuance volumes of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds rebounded strongly in Q1 2023, resuming double-digit growth trends after falling 18% in 2022, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service. trillion in 2021. Non-financial corporate issuance in the U.S.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The 2021 TCFD Report demonstrates the Company’s progress in implementing the TCFD’s recommendations and summarizes the Bank’s advancement in climate-related disclosures since its inaugural report in late 2019. Fifth Third received the top score among peers in the 2021 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 16, 2021

Fri, 04/16/2021 - 01:00. 3 innovations in green steel. Green Bonds. Episode 264: GreenFin insights from Salesforce, State Street and Johnson Controls. Heather Clancy. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (9:58). When it comes to climate investment funds, diverse management is imperative. Contributors. Joel Makower.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2025

According to the report, debt financing remains the dominant source of sustainable investment flows, with green European bond issuance exceeding 200 billion every year since 2021. Outstanding green loans stood at 908 billion in 2023 while green bond volumes reached 781 billion.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2022

Framework sets out how government will issue and manage sovereign green bond issuances. Singapore’s Ministry of Finance and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have published a new governance framework for sovereign green bonds, announcing plans to issue the first such bonds in the “coming months”.

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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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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 7, 2024

So how long will it be until crypto earns its green credentials? Green investments are assets like bonds that pay for projects with positive environmental and social outcomes. The fact is that crypto has a challenging but reachable path towards being widely accepted as green.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Despite macroeconomic headwinds, GSS+ issuance maintains pace with overall bond market, reports Climate Bonds Initiative. The cumulative figure was described as “a huge milestone” in the latest quarterly update from Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), which administers the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme.

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ESG Today

JULY 29, 2022

Green bonds were the primary driver of the quarter-over-quarter GSSS bond recovery, growing 28% in the quarter to $136 billion, and roughly flat over the prior year quarter. Volumes for both social, at $34 billion, and sustainability bonds, at $35 billion, continued to decline, falling 40% and 36% year-over-year, respectively.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Walmart announced the release of its first Green Bond Impact Report, indicating that the company has allocated $1.1 billion in green bond proceeds, with top investment areas including renewable energy, sustainable buildings, and waste reduction and circular economy initiatives.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 12, 2022

Norfolk Southern Corporation released a report on projects funded by the $500 million in green bonds issued by the company in 2021. The post These are the Projects Norfolk Southern’s $500 Million in Green Bonds Funded appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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3BL Media

MARCH 30, 2022

Many investors are already familiar with green bonds, which have been on the market since 2007. Green bonds finance a specific project or projects with an environmentally beneficial purpose. Since then, companies have issued new types of bonds to finance a range of green, social and sustainable projects (Display).

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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. Here are the main rollbacks proposed in the initial package.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Global media and communications company announced today its first green bond offering, raising $1 billion, with proceeds from the 10-year bond aimed at supporting the company’s environmental sustainability goals, including its target to be carbon neutral by 2035. Comcast announced its 2035 carbon neutrality goal in 2021.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 1, 2024

Green bonds continued to account for the majority of sustainable bond issuance at $146 billion for the quarter. Green bond volumes were down 12% year-over-year in the first half of 2024, driven by a sharp decline in Asia Pacific issuance.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

Achieved 42% reduction in carbon emissions intensity from 2007 levels in 2021. Over S$34 million in energy savings from energy-efficient retrofitting and initiatives across all its commercial buildings from 2012 to 2021. In April 2021, its South Beach Consortium joint venture (JV) secured a five-year green loan totalling S$1.22

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Corporate issuance of sustainable bonds has pulled back sharply over the past several quarters, falling to $53 billion in Q3 from its peak of $115 billion in Q2 of 2021. Moody’s reduced its forecast for full year green bond issuance to around $500 billion from $550 billion.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Corporate interest in sustainability-linked loans has grown rapidly, as the financing provides flexibility to use proceeds for general corporate purposes, while with instruments such as green bonds, raised funds can only be allocated to specific categories of green projects.

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