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Asia Wakes Up to Blue Finance Regulation

Chris Hall

trillion in Asia-Pacific alone; regulatory uncertainty around a concept barely a decade old and the difficulty of valuing a communal fluid asset has opened a trench in financing between sustainable green bonds and their blue peers. The cumulative value of green bonds issued reached US$2.2

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Social Enterprises Can Grow Their Revenue and Impact by Partnering with Corporations – Here’s How to Support Them

James Militzer

In financial markets, we’ve seen a significant increase in the issuance of green, social and sustainability bonds – according to a 2020 IFC report , “social bond issuances increased eightfold over 2019, sustainability bond issuances increased by a factor of three over 2019, and green bonds broke $1 trillion in cumulative issuances.”

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Strengthening the ‘Environment’ Component of ESG: How Financial Institutions Can Bring Green Financing into the Mainstream in India

James Militzer

Green Financial Instruments: Contrasting India to the Global Market. In the global market there are dedicated ESG funds and green instruments (ranging from green bonds to green insurance ) to facilitate projects – not only in the domain of climate finance, but also focused on the environmental objectives necessary to support sustainability.