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The nuclear option

Corporate Knights

In a survey of 200 European and North American fund managers with social and environmental exclusions, 37% of funds reported having a nuclear energy screen in 2022, down from 43% in 2021. 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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The crypto industry was supposed to decarbonize by 2025 - how’s that going?

Corporate Knights

Cryptocurrencies have been condemned over their environmental record at a time when traditional investments have been rapidly moving towards greener environmental, social and governance (ESG) values. So how long will it be until crypto earns its green credentials?

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SOEs Undermine Credibility of China’s Green Bonds

Chris Hall

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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Global Sustainable Bond Issuance Rebounds to $281 Billion in Q1 2024: Moody’s

ESG Today

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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A New Frontier for Green Investment

Chris Hall

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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Opportunity Matched by Demand

Chris Hall

Southeast Asian nations, with abundant sunlight, tend towards solar: Thailand’s Board of Investment, for example, approved 19 investment solar projects in 2022 with a total investment value of US$1.3 The focus of renewable development varies from nation to nation, shaped mainly by the circumstances of each geography.

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Hurdles to Growth of Green Islamic Finance

Chris Hall

The total outstanding on sukuk bonds is estimated at US$749.6 billion represents ESG bonds. This year has seen a continued uptick in activity, with global green and sustainability sukuk issuance totalling US$4.4 billion during the first half of 2022, following a record annual issuance of US$6.1 billion last year.