Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

For example, the Global Finance Group at the ECI, Green Finance Institute and Impax Asset Management published a report in July 2023 on adaptation as an investable asset class. The Climate Bonds Initiative, for example, recently expanded its green bond taxonomy to cover adaptation and resilience.

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3BL Media

JULY 13, 2022

PNC Bank will receive approximately 148 million kilowatt hours of energy per year through its retail agreement with Constellation, with that energy matched by Green-e® Energy Certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) sourced from other renewable facilities located throughout the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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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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Environmental Finance

JANUARY 13, 2025

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has raised NOK2 billion ($175 million) from its first green bond of 2025, as the issuer kick-starts its long-standing NIB Environmental Bond (NEB) programme following record issuance in 2024.

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Environmental Finance

AUGUST 22, 2024

billion) green bond persisted after the deal was more than twice oversubscribed by investors, with the German development bank already reaching its 2024 green bond funding target. KfW reported the 'greenium' on its €3 billion ($3.3

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Environmental Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Aareal Bank is planning to issue its third benchmark-sized green bond in 2024, after the German property lender updated its green finance framework with new and tightened green building criteria.

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Environmental Finance

MAY 1, 2024

billion) from an "extraordinary" green bond of 2024, which the German development bank said reopens the discussions around the 'greenium' for green bonds. KfW has raised €4 billion ($4.3

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Environmental Finance

DECEMBER 7, 2023

KfW has added biodiversity to its green bond framework as the German development bank aims to raise up to €13 billion ($14 billion) from its green-labelled issuance in 2024.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Originally published on bloomberg.com Green finance regulatory developments The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) galvanized the energy around the global green finance agenda, setting the stage for a busy 2024 of green-related rulemaking and policy guidance for the financial services sector.

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Environmental Finance

AUGUST 21, 2024

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is on track for record green bond issuance in 2024 following the latest deal from the long-standing issuer, with its updated framework also expected in the "coming weeks".

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Environmental Finance

APRIL 17, 2024

German development bank KfW has raised CNY2 billion ($275 million) from its first Chinese yuan-denominated green bond deal of 2024, Environmental Finance has learned - consolidating its position as the largest foreign issuer of green notes in this currency.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The new financing follows the company’s announcement in 2021 of plans for its financing structure to have an increasingly higher percentage of green and sustainable products, estimated to account for nearly two-thirds of its debt by 2025. Iberdrola said that it expects to update its investment plan in March 2024.

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ESG Today

APRIL 23, 2023

This week in ESG news: IBM study shatters “myth” that ESG harms profitability; PwC boosts nature and biodiversity capabilities; Starbucks certifies 3,500 environmentally sustainable stores; Hong Kong to require all issuers to report on climate; EU lawmakers adopt rules tackling deforestation in supply chains; Schneider Electric launches (..)

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU adopts new law against greenwashing; Walmart reaches 1 billion ton supply chain emissions reduction milestone; S&P forecasts $1 trillion sustainable bond market in 2024; Airbus, TotalEnergies launch sustainable aviation fuel partnership; Verizon invests $1 billion in renewable energy; EU lawmakers agree to certification (..)

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The labelled bond market – including green and social bonds – has grown rapidly in recent years, reaching US$5.1 trillion in the first half of 2024, or 4.2% of global debt issuance, according to a recent Climate Bonds Initiative report. In contrast, sustainability-linked bond (SLB) volumes dropped 45% to US$4.6

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 19, 2024

Biodiversity’s bond boom – Demand for sovereign debt is already soaring this year on expectations of falling interest rates, with France already benefiting from a twelve-fold oversubscription to its fourth green bond earlier this week. billion over four issues.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As of January 2023, green bonds had raised US$2.5 trillion globally, according to the World Bank from a mere US$15 billion in 2013. Part-credit for this meteoritic growth has been given to the Green Bond Principles (GBP) launched in 2014. we combine this so the guidance draws on that ”.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. Finance climate action Financing climate action can take many forms, such as green bonds or sustainability-linked loans.

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Sphera

JANUARY 10, 2022

Just one year ago, a European Central Bank report, which addressed how the European banking sector manages climate and environmental risks, found that most banks do not have concrete plans to start preparing for climate change. The question is: How soon will this change? Changing ESG Landscapes. EU TAXONOMY (Effective Jan.

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We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The CSRD has already been adopted and will kick in from reporting year 2024. The EU Green Taxonomy is also instrumental for the upcoming EU Green Bonds Standard. As the cornerstone of many current and upcoming regulations, the quality and comparability of the EU Green Taxonomy’s reporting data is crucial.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

THE GREEN BANKER Mitch McEwen 27, Montreal Senior manager, Enterprise Sustainable Finance TD Bank Group Mitch McEwen had always envisioned a career for himself in conventional finance. But studying abroad while the Paris Agreement was being adopted changed everything.

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James Militzer

OCTOBER 1, 2024

How can this be in 2024? And governments and multilateral development banks have never made the issue a real priority. However, there are other funding solutions, such as providing impact finance to clean cookstove manufacturers and distributors through equity investments or green bonds. billion annual funding gap.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2024

Meanwhile, Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso reached a deal after two years of negotiations, resulting in the introduction of the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 – due to speed up the nation’s energy and infrastructure projects, and improve its ability to build out power lines by shortening regulatory approvals.

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2025

Among the financial instruments most used by the companies, green bonds (53%) lead, followed by sustainability-linked bonds (30%) and loans (25%). Moreover, 25% of the companies have sought support from DFIs and multilateral development banks such as IFC, EBRD and ADB.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Pioneering microfinance firms such as Grameen Bank in Bangladesh received subsidies and initial funding from development finance institutions and foundations, which allowed them to gradually scale their businesses. The bank has achieved a recovery rate of over 96%, which is significantly higher than traditional banking systems.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Climate risks and geopolitics were both in the limelight, and often clashing, in 2024 as a myriad of questions were raised concerning the future of sustainability efforts. In 2025, there is likely to be much scrutiny around US President Donald Trumps anti-green agenda. This requires a multi-stakeholder approach.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

Aconsequence of this pushback came on New Years Eve, when global financial behemoths Bank of America and Citigroup left the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, one of the investment industry climate coalitions championed by the United Nations. In 2024, large U.S. In 2024, large U.S. What does this mean for the year ahead?

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2025

In Canada, cities like Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver are leading the way in disclosing climate-related financial risks and leveraging municipal green bonds, fixed-income investments issued by cities to finance infrastructure resilience and climate initiatives. But the heightened risk is still out there.

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 13, 2023

India’s central bank is expected to raise $3 billion through sale of green bonds over the next 12 months. The Reserve Bank of India may auction green bonds worth $3 billion sometime after September this year.

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