Quarterly Newsletter: US Munis lead on green, new Criteria coming soon, latest Certified bonds, standards development, harmonisation, HLEG and... We're hiring!

Issue 4 of our Quarterly Newsletter

If you’re already an avid follower of our Standards and Ceritification quarterly editions and need no further introduction, go straight to the newsletter here.

 


 

What's inside?

 

Munis dominate US green bond issuance

 

Municipals make up nearly 50% of total US green bond issuance.

Building this figure to 50% and beyond should be high on the agenda for the cities and states committed to the Paris Agreement and needing to fund new infrastructure. 

California has already taken steps to promote green bonds to meet infrastructure and climate change needs across the US.

We look forward to Treasurer Chiang's Green Bonds Symposium in February 2018 to provide further direction for prospective issuers at city & municipal level. 

 

"Be Climate Smart says BART" & "Invest in the Planet-Invest in the MTA"

Big public authorities on both the East and West Coast are taking the lead on green finance with innovative campaigns aimed at "mom & pop" retail investors.  Both have had some success. 

They are also becoming early adopters of the streamlined programmatic process for multiple Climate Bonds Certification.

The programmatic process is well suited to municipal authorities and cites with ongoing bond programs and a desire to meet best practice in climate standards.

There's more information in our previous Q1 newsletter or contact Rob Fowler direct for a one-on-one briefing. 

 

New Criteria in the pipeline

Release or public consultation is imminent for:

• Marine Renewable Energy Criteria

• Nature Based Water Criteria

• Bioenergy Criteria

• Forestry & Land Conservation Criteria

• Fisheries Criteria

 

Watch our Blog or Twitter for announcements and Webinar dates. 

 

Certified Bond Issuance on the up

Over Q1 and Q2 this year, USD 6.5bn of Certified Climate Bonds have been issued, raising the total of Certified Climate Bonds to USD 15.8bn.

In 2016, USD 7.5bn of Certified Climate Bonds were issued.

At the halfway point of 2017 we are now only USD 1bn shy of the total for all of 2016.

And there’s more coming in the pipeline for Q3. 

See page 3 for full data analysis of Q2 Certified Climate Bonds.

 

Snapshot of Certified Climate Bonds Q2: April – June 2017

 

 

 

Want to see the full picture? Download the Q2 Newsletter here

 

The Last Word

Climate Bonds is hiring! 

While we’ve got your focus on Standards and Certification we should remind you we have a new opening for Climate Science Programme Manager.

A role that sits square in the middle of our Climate Bonds Standards work.

Is this you or maybe someone you know? 

Take a look at the job description for more details.

 

‘Till next time

Climate Bonds

 

 

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