RaboBank, the world's leading food and agricultural bank, has signed up as a Climate Bonds Partner. Evertjan Manuels, Head of Corporate Fixed Income Origination at RaboBank, said:
"We joined because the effort the Climate Bonds Initiative is taking in encouraging issuers, supporting investors and developing standards is pivotal to growing this market - and we see many opportunities to work together, for example in developing green bonds for the agricultural and food sectors."
Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, said:
"RaboBank have been an important innovator around environmental issues in their lending programs. We're excited to have the opportunity to work with them to mobilize the $100 trillion debt capital markets for climate solutions."
The Climate Bonds Initiative has issued an open invitation to banks, issuers, investors and NGOs to join as Climate Bond Partners to help rapidly grow what is already a US$50bn market of green and climate bonds. The Climate Bonds Initiative is a registered charity, and donations are tax deductible in the UK.
