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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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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Corporate Knights

MARCH 21, 2022

One of 44 global signatories to pledge to WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment covering a whole life carbon emissions approach . City Developments Limited (CDL) has published its Integrated Sustainability Report (ISR) 2022, its fifteenth sustainability report since 2008.

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

DESCRIPTION: One of 44 global signatories to pledge to WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment covering a whole life carbon emissions approach. City Developments Limited (CDL) has published its Integrated Sustainability Report (ISR) 2022, its fifteenth sustainability report since 2008. SOURCE: 3BL Alerts.

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3BL Media

JULY 28, 2023

Leadership Commitment: “With 2022 marking the 70th anniversary of NBK's founding, this year was a time of celebration and reflection on our progress, accomplishments, and strategic growth over the past 7 decades. Our 2022 Sustainability Report is organized based on the four pillars of NBK’s evolved ESG Strategy Framework.

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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. was particularly slow in the quarter, falling to $9 billion from $17 billion in Q1 2022.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

By assessing the positive and negative impacts of total volumes of financial flows and stocks on climate mitigation goals, the report found a low degree of climate-alignment across asset classes Within an outstanding corporate bonds universe of US$34 trillion in 2023, green bonds made up US$1.6 trillion, compared with US$1.7

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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 second aim states that signatories should achieve net-zero emissions from electricity consumption by 2030.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Net-zero carbon goals are now expected, and the emphasis is on what companies are doing to get there.”. In response to internal goals and public interest and expectations, Principal ® issued its first sustainability bond in August 2021. Continuing growth for sustainability bonds. ©2022 Principal Financial Services, Inc.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The number of companies proclaiming their intent to go net-zero by 2050 has expanded exponentially in the past 12 months, but the ones short-cutting that commitment by a decade are a rarer breed. A little over a year ago we issued our first green bond. It was a $1 billion green bond. Corporate Strategy.

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Chris Hall

JULY 7, 2023

David Zahn , Head of Sustainable Fixed Income at Franklin Templeton , says new standards and innovations are expanding the supply of green bonds to meet increased investor demand. Investor demand for green, social, sustainability-linked and transition bonds (GSS+) continues to rise rapidly, outstripping supply.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

For its new report, “2022: Sizing the Impact Investing Market,” the GIIN screened and analyzed data from over 3,000 public and private market asset owners and managers. The report highlights some of the key drivers of the impact investing market’s momentum, including the rapid growth of the green bond market.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Singapore plans to submit a more ambitious emissions reduction goal at the upcoming COP27 climate conference in November, according to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, as part of a strengthened commitment to achieve net zero by 2050. Wong said: “As you can see, our net zero path is not an easy one.

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Sphera

JANUARY 10, 2022

In 2022, however, there are many important new regulations and standards in development to bring clarity to this picture. Here is a taste of some of the upcoming ESG regulations and standards around sustainable finance we’ll see in 2022. 1, 2022, but fully integrated on Jan. Net Zero Standard Financial Sector.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

trillion in AUM, has launched the L&G Net Zero Global Corporate Bond Fund. Targeting British and European institutional investors and wealth managers, the fund aims to deliver long term returns, net zero carbon emissions and improved ESG outcomes. Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) , which has £1.42

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Net Zero on Campus: From Principles to Action initiative, a collaborative effort between SDSN, the Climateworks Centre, and Monash University, aims to facilitate the sharing of lessons and resources to accelerate the decarbonization of university campuses around the world.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Iberdrola has set goals to achieve carbon neutrality in its power generation plants by 2030, and to reach net zero across its full value chain by 2040, and to increase the presence of women in relevant positions to 35 % by 2030.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Transition activities are comprehensively defined through two new approaches: A traffic light system that defines green, transition and ineligible activities across the eight focus sectors. Transition” refers to activities that do not meet the green thresholds now but are on a pathway to net zero or contributing to net zero outcomes.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 3, 2023

Innovative solutions and collaboration are crucial in striking success to meet the climate target, and financial markets play a vital part in helping achieve the transition towards net zero goals.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Moody’s forecasts the GSSS bond market to grow 10% in 2023 to issuance of $950 billion, after declining 18% in 2022 to $862 billion, from a record $1.05 Despite the 2022 decline, the sustainable bond market substantially outperformed the global bond market, which saw issuance volume fall by 27%. trillion in 2021.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

Global index, data and analytics provider FTSE Russell has partnered with the Japan Exchange Group (JPX) and JPX-owned subsidiary JPX Market Innovation and Research to launch the FTSE JPX Net Zero Japan Index series. It consists of two indexes, the FTSE JPX Net Zero Japan 500 index and the FTSE JPX Net Zero Japan 200 index.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 30, 2024

There are now over 100 transition-labelled funds, but investors can’t yet be sure they will keep their promises. Pierre Garrault, Senior Policy Adviser at the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif), points to fund names rules published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) – which will come into effect from 21 November.

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Chris Hall

JULY 15, 2022

When global leaders gathered at COP26 last year, governments pledged ambitious 2030 emissions reduction targets to achieve net zero by 2050. While VCCs are undoubtedly useful in the race to net zero, integrity is sorely lacking, leading to projects exploiting the lack of clear, uniform standards by double counting to make a profit.

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3BL Media

MAY 27, 2022

DESCRIPTION: CINCINNATI, May 27, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Fifth Third today announced six new operational sustainability targets to be achieved by 2030. The 2017 goals were to purchase 100% renewable power and to reduce its energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and waste sent to landfills by 2022. SOURCE: Fifth Third Bancorp.

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3BL Media

MAY 9, 2022

DESCRIPTION: CINCINNATI, May 9, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Fifth Third today announced six new operational sustainability targets to be achieved by 2030. The 2017 goals were to purchase 100% renewable power and to reduce its energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and waste sent to landfills by 2022. SOURCE: Fifth Third Bancorp.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 25, 2022

This could translate in 2022 into stronger Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that take the world a step closer to the 1.5°C For instance, governments have provided little clarity about how they’ll reach their net-zero carbon targets , mostly set for 2050 to 2060, that promise to take global warming projections nearer to 1.8°C.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Mandatory EU Green Bond Standard risks slowing issuance, but voluntary approach can still drive Taxonomy-aligned volumes. On the face of it, the market for green bonds is heading in the right direction, and fast.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

In this paper, we describe our process for assessing ESG-labeled bonds and show that, by systematically applying this framework, investors can help set a gold standard for the market, avoid surprises from controversy and greenwashing, and potentially generate more alpha over time. Nearly US$800 billion ESG-labeled bond issuance in 2021.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Furthermore, a 2022 paper published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) openly discredited the credentials of gas as a transition fuel, for the first time. Gas projects were not widely backed by these bonds. COP28 also resulted in a new global target to triple renewable energy generation and double energy efficiency by 2030.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 4, 2024

Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), which first emerged in late 2019, have seen a ramp-up in adoption, as more corporates and sovereigns set ambitious commitments to transition towards net zero carbon emissions. The green bond market has taken 10 years to build out the infrastructure for UoP-labelled debt to flourish.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 15, 2024

The 2025 deadline for submitting new nationally determined contributions opens the door for sovereign debtholders to push for credible net zero transition plans. Sovereign issuers seeking to tie fundraising to ambitious net zero transition goals have been met with intense scrutiny.

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3BL Media

JULY 11, 2023

Target-Based: ESG Bond Goals Have Expanded ESG-labeled bonds have come a long way quickly, and innovation shows no signs of slowing. UOPs, which are project-based, include green bonds and social bonds that firms issue to finance their environmental or social programs.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Companies need capital to transition their business models, assets and activities to align with net zero, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimating the financing required between now and 2050 for businesses to stay within 1.5°C C scenarios at US$109 – US$275 trillion.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

billion of climate finance for developing countries in 2022, it was revealed this week, exceeding for the first time the US$100 billion annual level set in Copenhagen in 2009. Ten years after – It might have taken them a little more than a decade, but at last they got there. Developed nations mobilised US$115.9

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Jon Hale

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Some fixed-income funds may purchase green bonds issued by fossil fuel companies to help them finance renewable energy projects. Innovations include funds focusing on improving corporate behavior through deep engagement and proxy voting, and funds starting to apply net-zero criteria to their investment selections.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

The two nations also agreed to establish a Net Zero Government Working Group to bolster the decarbonisation of public services, climate‑related disclosures, and sustainable procurement.

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3BL Media

JUNE 18, 2024

Notable accomplishments outlined in this year's report, which is based on full-year 2023 data, include: Protecting the climate Approved the final investment decision to build the world's first net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.

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