Asia's central banks must rise to the challenge of climate change
GreenBiz
MARCH 30, 2020
Most central banks in Asia already believe they should help to promote green bonds and other low-carbon initiatives.
Île-de-France Mobilités Raises €1 Billion in First-Ever Public Sector “EuGB” Green Bond Offering
ESG Today
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Paris-area public transport authority le-de-France Mobilits announced that it has raised 1 billion in a new green bond offering, the first by a public entity to be issued under the European Green Bond (EuGB) Regulation.
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Ontario Power Generation includes nuclear energy in green bonds
Corporate Knights
JULY 26, 2022
Provincially owned Ontario Power Generation has adopted a green bond framework that includes nuclear power – a first for the electricity utility. . The move followed a controversial decision in the European Union to classify natural gas and nuclear investments as green. . But does that make them objectively green?
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How Green Bonds Will Fund a Green Future
3BL Media
MARCH 23, 2022
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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Iberdrola Issues Green Bond Linked to its Share Price
ESG Today
MARCH 24, 2025
Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced that it has raised 400 million in a new green bond offering, with the bonds linked to the companys share price, enabling investors to benefit from the performance of its shares. The coupon on the bond was set at 1.5%. billion of green bonds, 15.6
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Germany Hires Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank for Update of Green Bond Framework
ESG Today
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Deutsche Bank and DZ Bank announced that they have been mandated by the Federal Republic of Germany as joint ESG coordinators for the planned update of the government’s Green Bond Framework. The government has been one of the most active sovereign green bond issuers since its initial €6.5
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Canada can’t finance the energy transition without getting tough on banks
Corporate Knights
JULY 31, 2023
At Investors for Paris Compliance, we just reviewed our major banks' net zero progress to assess whether they may have it covered. Unfortunately, this isn’t what the banks mean. As long as banks can profit from increasing emissions, they will – even if it contradicts their own net-zero promises.
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Singapore Raises S$2.4 Billion in Inaugural Green Bond Offering
ESG Today
AUGUST 5, 2022
billion) in its inaugural green bond offering, kicking off a multi-year program aimed at raising up to S$35 billion to fund the country’s sustainable transition strategy. The offering of the August 2022 bonds was met with strong demand, with the S$2.4 Billion in Inaugural Green Bond Offering appeared first on ESG Today.
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Singapore to Launch Inaugural Green Bond this Week
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 billion, according to a statement from central bank and financial regulator the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
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Mizuho Issues €750 Million Green Bond to Help Finance Low Carbon Transition
ESG Today
AUGUST 30, 2023
Tokyo-based banking and financial services company Mizuho announced that it has issued a €750 million (USD$820 million) green bond, with proceeds from the offering to be used to finance projects supporting the transition to a low carbon society.
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Mizuho Issues €800 Million Green Bond to Finance Environmental Projects
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Tokyo-based banking and financial services company Mizuho announced today an €800 green bond issuance, its largest to date, and the largest euro-denominated green bond issued by a financial institution. Proceeds from the new issuance will be used to finance environmentally friendly projects through Mizuho Bank.
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India’s Inaugural Green Bond Earns ‘Greenium’ on Solid Demand
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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India to Launch Inaugural $2 Billion Green Bond Offering this Month
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.
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The potential of green bonds in emerging markets
Renewable Energy World
JUNE 29, 2021
This is supported by findings published in their most recent report (2021), which described a 21% increase in emerging market (ex-China) green bond issuances from 2019 and a total of $40billion emerging market green bond issuances in 2020. What is the potential of green bonds to address this imbalance?
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Iberdrola Raises $525 Million in Green Bond Offering to Invest in U.S. Network
ESG Today
AUGUST 9, 2024
Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced that its has raised $525 million in a new green bond issuance through its U.S. Overall, Iberdrola has approximately €23 billion in green bonds outstanding. network business.
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Iberdrola Issues €1.5 Billion Green Bond
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
billion in green bonds, in an offering that saw strong investor demand, despite recent market headwinds. The green bond offering, consisting of a €750 million six-year maturity bond and a €750 million a ten-year maturity bond, was more than 3.5x Billion Green Bond appeared first on ESG Today.
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Constellation Energy Issues First Nuclear-Focused Green Bond in U.S.
ESG Today
MARCH 19, 2024
Energy provider Constellation Energy announced today that it has raised $900 million through a green bond offering, the first of its kind in the U.S. The inclusion of nuclear power in the eligible use of proceeds for green bonds is a still rare, but increasing phenomenon. Constellation is the U.S.’
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Can Vietnamese banks seize the green-bond opportunity?
McKinsey Sustainabilty
AUGUST 3, 2022
The market for financing climate-related projects through green bonds is surging, but Vietnamese banks need to act quickly to reap the rewards.
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ESG Today: Week in Review
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 3, 2024
Copper Mine Operations to Renewable Diesel Southwest Airlines Eliminates 1.5
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Is swapping debt to protect nature the key to solving Africa's climate woes?
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. The African Development Bank estimates that Africa incurs annual losses of between $7 and $15 billion (all dollar figures are U.S.) The bond, valued at 4.3 billion shillings ($42.5
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ESG Today: Week in Review
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements HSBC Buys Biomass-Based Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Deal with Cathay Pacific, EcoCeres Alfa Laval Accelerates Net Zero Goal by 3 Years to 2027 Mercedes-Benz Sharpens Sustainability Focus on 6 Key ESG Areas BlackRock, (..)
Meet six Global 100 companies transforming the way business is done
Corporate Knights
JANUARY 20, 2023
The German bank had the highest ratio of cash taxes paid over the 2017 to 2021 period of any G100 company, at 30% (down from 34.63% in the previous period). Highest growth in sustainable revenue: Intesa Sanpaolo The Italian bank had the largest growth in sustainable revenue – skyrocketing 234% over last year.
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ESG Today: Week in Review
ESG Today
MARCH 30, 2025
This week in ESG news: EU Council approves delay of sustainability reporting regulations; ING becomes first major bank with approved science-based financed emissions targets; PwC study finds vast majority of companies are keeping – or raising – climate goals; SEC walks away from climate reporting requirements; Airbus commits to build hydrogen-powered (..)
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Apeiron Bioenergy - Apeiron Bioenergy Raises S$50 million through an Investment Grade Green Bond, the First Bioenergy-Focused SGD Bond Issuance in Asia
Global Renewable News
JUNE 26, 2023
Highlights Guaranteed by Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility, a trust fund of the Asian Development Bank, the 5-year senior unsecured green bond has been rated AA by S&P Global Ratings.
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Green Bonds Down the Drain
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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Will sustainability-linked loans drive a revolution in finance?
GreenBiz
APRIL 15, 2021
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. But the dramatic surge will depend on better disclosure, better ratings and better metrics. Finance & Investing. GreenFin 21.
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The Brief: 10x’ing systemic investing, election impact (audio), impact agtech, corporate green bonds, communal ride-hailing, immigrant bonds, inclusive NMTCs
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 11, 2020
Living Cities’ Demetric Duckett, Cambridge Associates’ Sarah Hoyt, Sinclair Capital’s Jon Lukomnik and The Investment Integration Project’s Bill Burckart will join David Bank and Monique Aiken to take systemic impact from talk.
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Deutsche Bank Issues Inaugural €500 Million Social Bond
ESG Today
JULY 4, 2024
Deutsche Bank announced today that it has raised €500 million through its first-ever social bond offering, with proceeds aimed at supporting the bank’s sustainable asset pool which provides financing for areas including affordable housing, and access to essential services for elderly or vulnerable people.
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Banks Split on Views of ESG as Source of Risk vs Opportunity, Bain Study Finds
ESG Today
MAY 9, 2023
For the study, Bain surveyed 55 banks together with the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers (IACPM), and also carried out conversations with respondents, IACPM’s advisory council, as well as senior risk, finance and sustainability executives. The banks’ views of risks and opportunities varied significantly by region.
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Hong Kong Tells Banks to Target Net Zero Financed Emissions, Disclose Climate Risks and Opportunities
ESG Today
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Among the key priorities outlined by the HKMA’s new agenda include directives for banks to reach net zero financed emissions by 2050 and to provide disclosures on climate risks and opportunities, and for the HKMA to incentivize sustainable finance innovation and to provide sustainable-financed training programs for finance professionals.
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Triodos Bank develops impact bond fund for U.K. retail investors
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Triodos Bank U.K. is responding with an impact bond fund that starts at £20 per share. The Triodos Sterling Bond Impact Fund, launching in early November, will invest in corporate, social and green bonds, and U.K. The post Triodos Bank develops impact bond fund for U.K. want impact investment options.
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Fifth Third Publishes Second Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Report
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
It also makes Fifth Third the only bank in its peer group to have maintained a leadership band score for three consecutive years. The Bank has been recognized as a leader by other ESG data providers, including Sustainalytics, MSCI and S&P Global. About Fifth Third.
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BIS Launches APAC Green Bond Fund
Chris Hall
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Third BIS green bond fund to channel central bank reserves to green projects in the Asia and Pacific region. . The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has launched a new green bond fund dedicated to help finance investments in green projects in the Asia and Pacific region.
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Storebrand Fund a Gauge for Green Bond Growth
Chris Hall
MARCH 13, 2025
Asset managers Head of Fixed Income hopes market expansion will eliminate need for the purely green bond-focused vehicle within the next decade. Niche to mainstream evolution Storebrand stated that the fund was the first commercial green bond fund, building on the first ever green bond issued by the World Bank in 2008.
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Commercial Bank of Ceylon plans LKR15bn green bond 'Tier 2' debut
Environmental Finance
APRIL 9, 2025
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon (ComBank) is planning to raise up to LKR15 billion ($50 million) from its inaugural green bond, believed to be only the third sustainable bond issuance in the country and the first issued as a 'Tier 2' bond.
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PNC Bank Enters Into Agreement With Constellation To Power Operations With Renewable Energy
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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Halyk Bank issues first bank green bond from Kazakhstan
Environmental Finance
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Almaty-based lender Halyk Bank has raised KZT20 billion ($38 million) from the first green bond issued by a commercial bank in Kazakhstan.
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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - The EBRD's investment in green bonds passes 1 billion
Global Renewable News
JULY 3, 2022
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How Finance can help stop climate change: Green bonds
Edouard Stenger
MAY 24, 2017
Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. If growth was slow from the first green bond issuance to 2012, things have accelerated since. Green bonds are indeed often oversubscribed due to their success.
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Iberdrola Secures €300 Million ESG-Linked Loan from World Bank for Energy Transition Projects in Emerging Markets
ESG Today
JANUARY 10, 2024
Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced a €300 million (USD$328 million) ESG-linked green loan from the World Bank, through its private sector investment arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), aimed at funding renewables projects in countries that depend coal, including Morocco, Poland and Vietnam.
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ESG Today: Week in Review
ESG Today
MARCH 2, 2024
This week in ESG news: EU fails to pass environmental & human rights sustainability due diligence law; Singapore to introduce mandatory sustainability reporting; Deutsche Bank launched new sustainable finance framework; Senior execs say sustainability drives better revenues, profitability, IBM survey finds; IAG signs one of largest-ever sustainable (..)
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GAM: Bank, insurer green bond focus 'amplifies' investment impact
Environmental Finance
APRIL 24, 2023
The Swiss asset manager has been "positively surprised" by the financial institution response to engagement by its ground-breaking green bond fund, Ahren Lester reports
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Global Renewable News
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Highlights This operation is the first of its kind performed by the EIB in France. The funds raised will be used to finance projects related to production systems and new technologies in clean.
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Green Bonds Pass “Huge Milestone”
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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