“Anchors Away!” - World first Certification under the Shipping Criteria sets sail with an impressive fleet of ferries.
Public consultation opens for Cement Criteria as the Climate Bonds Standard sees expansion into Transition sectors!
Two new proxies available for Certification under the Low Carbon Buildings Criteria in Australia.
New! Post Issuance Reporting 2021 brings you issuers' reporting practices on UoP & enviro-impact metrics. Read our full post.
12 brilliant news stories from COP26 to give you hope! Read here...
Sean Kidney sets new global target of $5Trillion Annual by 2025!
Sovereign Green, Social & Sustainability Bonds Survey is released, reporting on the experience of the sovereign issuance
India plans 1/3rd of light vehicle sales including 2 & 3 wheelers to be #ElectricVehicles by 2030, watch the full discussion!
Climate Bonds Standard passes $200bn in Certifications and furthering expansion in Basic Chemicals, Cement, Steel Sectors!
It's time to turn the tide! The message cannot be clearer listen and share Sean Kidney's keynote address.
Australian Elections: Policymakers must act on climate or face higher capital costs and carbon risk premiums.
Webinar: Greenium, pricing advantages for investors, sovereign bonds from Spain, Germany, and Hong Kong and much more, 30th Mar
Desalination Certification now available under the Climate Bonds Standard!
Standard's expansion continues: Credible Transitions for Chem Industry begins with Basic Chemicals, provide your Feedback here.
$1Trillion Annual Green Bond Milestone Tipped for end 2022 says New Market Survey
Aiming high & aiming well, Transition needs Ambition, read the latest in our 3-part series
Market Intel now available at your fingertips and it's public! Click here to explore our latest tool!
Get connected with our webinar programme, covering a range of sustainable finance subjects, click to find out more!
Groundbreaking ‘Financing Credible Transitions’ Paper lays out Entity & Activity based approaches for Transition Finance Labels.
Released: Green Bond Pricing in the Primary Market H2 2021 examining pricing advantages for investors & issuers.
Soaring green finance continues to stir growth of Taxonomies worldwide, here is our full coverage.
New Criteria for Sustainable Hydropower Projects now available for Certification under the Climate Bonds Standard.
Climate-aligned investment mounts to $913bn, our latest report uncovers these opportunities.
2021 meets expectation of half trillion in green: social & sustainable soar: $1tn in sight for 2022, next milestone $5tn by 2025
New central banks & market neutrality blog post, a climate bonds policy view.
Set for launch this week, our flagship report: Sustainable Debt Global State of the Market 2021, Register!
  1. About
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The Climate Bonds Team

Senior Management Team

Sean Kidney
CEO and Co-founder
Claire Berson
Executive Director
Karthik Iyer
Director of Programmes
Helen Ferguson
Director of People and Culture
Elizabeth Grayer
Interim Director of Risk Management and General Counsel

Executive Office

Deborah Rossi
Executive Assistant

Taxonomy

Bridget Boulle
Head of Taxonomies
Mireille Martini
Taxonomy Outreach Manager
Zofia Wetmańska
Senior Taxonomy Analyst

Standards

Anna Creed
Associate Director of Thought Leadership
Michael Bullen
Agri-Food Systems Manager
Chris Moore
Sustainability Analyst, Climate Transition
Marian Alejandra Rodriguez
Sustainability Analyst, Climate Transition
Fabiana Contreras
Sustainability Analyst

Certification

Marina Strovolidou
Head of Certification
Brian Robertson
Senior Certification Manager
Meggie Eloy
Certification Assistant

Policy

Evangelos (Vangelis) Papakonstantinou
Head of Policy
Clodagh Muldoon
Policy Manager
Lily Burge
Policy Research Analyst
Juan Viver
Transition Programme Policy Manager
Fabio Passaro
Transitions Programme Policy Analyst

Market Intelligence

Krista Tukiainen
Head of Market Intelligence
Candace Partridge
Social and Sustainability Bond Data Manager
Amanda Giorgi
Senior Research Analyst
Caroline Harrison
Senior Research Analyst
Daniel McGree
Senior Research Analyst
David Simms
Lead Green Bond Analyst
Miguel Almeida
Research Manager
Matthew MacGeoch
Transition Analyst
Shaorui (Rob) Zhang
Sustainable Debt Data Analyst
Carlotta Michetti
Research Analyst
Prashant Lonikar
Sustainable Debt Data Analyst
Paola De Paola
Sustainable Debt Data Analyst
Ang Gao
Research Intern
Calum Smart
Junior Data Engineer

Communications & Media

François Rogers
Global Head of Communications and Media
Mariana Caminha
Head of Regional Communications
Leena Fatin
Senior Communications & Digital Manager
Liam Jones
Communications and Digital Media Officer
Gabriel (Gabe) Carhart
Communications Officer
Luiza Mello
LatAm Communications Officer
Leticia Braga
LatAm Communications Analyst
Felipe Teixeirense
LatAm Communications Assistant
Joel Milstead
Junior Designer

Events & Training

Alicia Bastos von Döllinger
Head of Events & Training
Isabella Rolla
Training Manager
Abraham Pedroza
Lead Trainer

Partnerships

Elisabeth Vishnevskaja, CFA
Head of Partnerships
Fabrizio Palmucci
Senior Advisor
Claire Austin
Junior Relationship Manager
Cedric Rimaud
ASEAN Programme Manager
Bipasha Chatterjee
Senior Vice President, North America Partnerships
Haran Siva
Australia & New Zealand Manager
Sandeep Bhattacharya
India Project Manager

Operations

Edward Drewery
Head of IT
Rebecca Holland
Talent Acquisition Manager

Finance Team

Susan Jakobsen
Financial Controller
Sandy Sivasothy
Finance Manager
Lina Baltrūnaitė
Assistant Accountant
Alex Medd
Finance Business Partner

Programmes & Projects

Ujala Qadir
Head of Programme Design
Nathalie Villahoz
Programmes & Projects Manager
Marc Jackson
Senior PMO Manager
Abigail Deffee
Senior Proposal Development and Grants Manager
Rachel Hemingway
Head of Transition Programmes
Mari Chrys Pablo
Advisory Group Coordinator – Agri Food Transition
Anna-Maria Spyriouni
EU Outreach Manager
Geoff Pearce
Grants Coordinator

Regional Teams

Leisa Cardoso de Souza
Head of LatAm
Iraís Vázquez
LatAm Senior Technical Analyst
Valeria Dagnino Contreras
LatAm Programme Analyst
Alicia Lerner
LatAm Junior Research Analyst
Julia Ambrosano
LatAm Programme Analyst
Raquel Bonelli
LatAm Agriculture Project Assistant
Angela Sierra Guerrero
LatAm Programme Assistant
Marina Barki
Stakeholder Relations Manager LatAm
Lilian Salvador Caetano Garcia
Brazil Agriculture Programme Manager
Leonardo Gava Mataram
Brazil Agriculture Transition Manager
Nabilla Gunawan
ASEAN Programme Analyst
Phi Thi Minh Nguyet (Moonie)
ASEAN Programme Analyst
Wenhong Xie
Head of China Programme
Manshu Deng
Research Manager - China Programme
Aliya Saierjiang
China Programme Assistant
Xiaoyun Xu
Research Analyst - China Programme
Laqiqige Zhu
China Programme Analyst
Neha Kumar
India Programme Manager
Gunjan Daryani
Market Outreach Analyst

Technical Advisors

Justine Leigh-Bell
Senior Advisor
John H. Matthews
Lead Expert, Water Infrastructure Technical (AFOLU) Working Group
Nick Silver
Director and Co-founder
Frank Van Gansbeke
Research Fellow
Namita Vikas
Senior Advisor
Motoko Aizawa
Senior Fellow
Bob Buhr
Consultant
Mark Burrows
Senior Advisor
Stuart Clenaghan
Senior Fellow
Mark Fulton
Senior Fellow
Tanja Havemann
Lead Expert, Agriculture & Forestry Technical (AFOLU) Working Group
Gary Hoffman
Lead Expert, Low Carbon Transport Technical (AFOLU) Working Group

Consultants

Alan Gordon
Senior Advisor
Helen Jackson
Freelance Environmental Economics Consultant, Cross-cutting
Dr Christine Negra
Versant Vision LLC
Michael Paparian
Consultant
Ché Wall
Lead Specialist, Buildings
Andrew Whiley
Senior Advisor
Dr Aneil Tripathy
Academic Research Consultant