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The potential of green bonds in emerging markets

Renewable Energy World

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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Code Word: Transparency

3BL Media

Read more about topics related to environmental and social sustainability, themes and projects close to us in terms of culture and corporate modus operandi on our Soft&Green blog.

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Sofidel: The Forum for Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

An interesting ongoing trend is the growth of green bonds. In 2022, green bond issues accounted for more than half of all sustainable bonds issued in the same year (58%, $487.1 After demonstrating resilience in a turbulent economic environment, green bond issuances in the first half of 2023 increased by 22.2%

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Hong Kong and Singapore Spar for Green Finance Supremacy in Asia

3BL Media

Hong Kong and Singapore are competing to be the financial hub of Asia for green finance, with trillions of dollars at stake. Featuring commentary from Acre's Paddy Balfour. Type of Content. Featured Media. By Paddy Balfour.

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Following the money: A sustainable finance odyssey

GreenBiz

"They create a virtuous ESG Loop, where goal-setting, bench-marking and course-correcting reinforce sustainability," wrote Richard Peers, founder at ResponsibleRisk Ltd, a London-based consultancy, in the blog Finextra. We’ll focus, as my learning journey did, primarily on ESG investing and green bonds and loans.

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How NABERS, GRESB and Green Star work together

CIM

You can find out more about NABERS in our blog here. You can find out more about GRESB in our blog here. What is Green Star? Green Star is an internationally recognised rating system that was founded by the Green Building Council of Australia in 2003. You can find out more about Green Star in our blog here.

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Now a sustainable MBA graduate, for hire !

Edouard Stenger

Having grown to enjoy working on the financial aspects of energy – especially business modelling and the aforementioned Monte Carlo method – I was pleased to see that what can be called Green Finance is booming these days. My research for the green bonds article have shown this.