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May Events Blog: From Panama to Greece to Tokyo. Stay connected with us!

May 3, 2025

First of its kind: Colombia leads globally in Green Taxonomy implementation tools

Apr 16, 2025

Certified Climate Bonds: the role of Approved Verifiers in Latin America

Apr 15, 2025

A New Pathway for Agrifood: Climate Bonds Launches Agrifood Transition Framework

Apr 8, 2025

China debuts landmark sovereign green bond on global stage

Apr 5, 2025

April Events Blog: From France to Romania to India. Stay connected with us!

Apr 2, 2025

New “5 Degree Fund” to seek investment opportunities in climate collapse

Apr 1, 2025

Advancing Sustainable Finance & Green Building Certification – A New Partnership with CERTIVEA

Mar 27, 2025

March Events Blog: From Brazil to Germany to India. Stay connected with us!

Mar 5, 2025

Public Consultation Now Open: Help Shape the Food Value Chain Criteria

Feb 18, 2025

February Events Blog: From South Africa to India. Stay connected with us!

Feb 4, 2025

January Events Blog: From Brussels to Cairo to Japan. Stay connected with us!

Jan 7, 2025

Blog: Unlocking China’s Climate Investment: Transition Opportunities in the Energy and Agriculture Sectors

Dec 23, 2024

Three opportunities for Japan in 2025 - a New Year's reflection on Green Transformation (GX)

Dec 19, 2024

China’s Agri-food Transition: Financing a sustainable, just, and resilient sector

Dec 13, 2024

Public Consultation now open: Help shape the Alternative Proteins Criteria!

Dec 10, 2024

How EU subsides can turn agriculture into a climate hero

Dec 6, 2024

December Events Blog: From Brussels to Bangkok to Tokyo. Find Climate Bonds worldwide!

Dec 3, 2024

Climate Bonds CONNECT24 in London

Nov 21, 2024

Climate Bonds at COP29

Nov 9, 2024

UK Budget: What does it mean for sustainable finance?

Nov 6, 2024

November Events Blog: From COP29 to Brazil to Shanghai. Stay connected with us!

Nov 5, 2024

A Blueprint for Green Transition and Resilience: Highlights from Climate Bonds CONNECT 2024 in New York

Nov 2, 2024

Growing Greener: New Agriculture Criteria Enables Credible Investment in Sustainable Agriculture

Oct 25, 2024

China’s Green Steel Decade: New Paper on Financing, Policy, and Standards

Oct 11, 2024

October Events Blog: From Toronto to Romania to Kuala Lumpur. Find Climate Bonds worldwide!

Oct 2, 2024

Climate Bonds at Climate Week New York City 2024

Sep 21, 2024

Expanding the Scope of the Climate Bonds Standard: Certifying Both Existing and Planned Assets

Sep 19, 2024

Maximising Impact by Investing in Climate Resilience and Gender Equality: A Twofold Opportunity

Sep 18, 2024

Climate Bonds Standard Expands to Alternative Proteins: Setting Best Practice Standards to Drive Investment and Accelerate Agri-Food Transition

Sep 10, 2024

Sustainable debt market passes $5trillion milestone en route to record year

Sep 6, 2024

September Events Blog: From the Climate Week in New York to Berlin to Mumbai. Stay connected with us!

Sep 4, 2024

August Events Blog: From Sydney to New Delhi to Brasilia. Find Climate Bonds worldwide!

Aug 5, 2024

電気事業者に関するクライテリアの日本語版を発表: 1.5℃整合のトランジションを支援

Jul 23, 2024

Unlocking Sustainable Finance: Policymakers' Role in Green Transition for Steel and Cement

Jul 18, 2024

A five-point agenda for financing NDCs

Jul 16, 2024

San Francisco to Finance Resilient Wastewater Systems with nearly $1 Billion in Taxable and Tax-Exempt Climate Bonds

Jul 13, 2024

A green steel decade for China: Hebei province’s new transition finance guidelines are great!

Jul 12, 2024

Public Consultation Now Open for New Agriculture Production (Crop and Livestock) Criteria Under the Climate Bonds Standard

Jul 10, 2024

Five Policies for UK Leadership in Sustainable Finance

Jul 9, 2024

London Climate Action Week Roundup

Jul 2, 2024

July Events Blog: From London to Washington to Belém. Find Climate Bonds worldwide!

Jul 1, 2024

Climate Bonds at London Climate Action Week 2024

Jun 22, 2024

Brazil Leads in Scaling Up Sustainable Finance – Climate Bonds Connect 2024 in São Paulo

Jun 21, 2024

A Record Start to the Year for Sustainable Debt

Jun 20, 2024

Climate Bonds Connect 2024 Shanghai: China’s Road to Net Zero

Jun 6, 2024

June Events Blog: From Sao Paulo to the London Climate Action Week to Mumbai. Stay connected with us!

Jun 5, 2024

Transition in Action: Agri-Food

May 23, 2024

Driving Change: Winners of the 9th Climate Bonds Awards

May 22, 2024

Green & Other Labelled Debt Hit 870bn of Aligned Debt in 2023

May 3, 2024

May Events Blog: From Brasilia to Paris to Tokyo. Stay connected with us!

May 2, 2024

EU Update: Tracking Europe's journey to net zero

Apr 25, 2024

Climate Bonds Standard expande e lança critério para Originação Livre de Desmatamento e Conversão no setor Agrícola

Apr 24, 2024

Climate Bonds Standard expands to Agri-Food Deforestation & Conversion Free Sourcing: First Look at the Criteria!

Apr 24, 2024

Empowering climate investment: the 2024 Green Bond Dataset Methodology update

Apr 22, 2024

SLBs: a fantastic tool, but they need to be used right

Apr 16, 2024

Climate Bonds Connect 2024 Mumbai: Accelerating Ambition and Finance: India's Journey to Net-Zero

Apr 5, 2024

April Events Blog: From Washington D.C to Sao Paulo to Madrid. Stay connected with us!

Apr 3, 2024

Financiando a Transição do Setor Agroalimentar para zerar as emissões líquidas

Mar 28, 2024

86% of SLB market not aligned with international climate goals, but improvement noticeable in 2023.

Mar 28, 2024

Electrical Utilities Criteria now available: Enabling whole Entity Certification under the Climate Bonds Standard

Mar 27, 2024

Climate Bonds Initiative y 10 Bolsas de Valores de la región se unen para fortalecer las finanzas sostenibles en América Latina y el Caribe

Mar 26, 2024

Asia-Pacific shows climate progress but adaptation is falling behind

Mar 21, 2024

Financing the Agri-Food Sector's Transition to Net Zero

Mar 20, 2024

Climate Bonds welcomes approval of the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in European Parliament

Mar 16, 2024

Colombia Unveils New Taxonomy Guidelines to Accelerate Green Finance

Mar 6, 2024

March Events Blog: From New York to Bolivia to Brussels. Stay connected with us!

Mar 2, 2024

Climate Bonds Connect 2024 Brussels: The EU’s Road to Net Zero

Feb 16, 2024

February Events Blog: From Canada to Belgium to China. Stay connected with us!

Feb 2, 2024

Climate Bonds Certification surges past USD300bn milestone in 2023: driving green finance forward

Jan 30, 2024

January Events Blog: From Mumbai to Brussels. Stay connected with us!

Jan 11, 2024

Welcome to 2024!

Jan 8, 2024

Public Consultation: New Climate Bonds Criteria for Deforestation and Conversion-Free Sourcing by Agri-Food Entities

Dec 23, 2023

9 highlights for Climate Bonds at COP28

Dec 22, 2023

Join the Public Consultation: Climate Bonds Standard Expands with New Electrical Utilities Criteria to Accelerate Green Energy Transition

Dec 14, 2023

Climate Bonds Standard Expands to add flexibility and support the financing of clean technology innovation

Dec 13, 2023

Introducing the Expanded Climate Bonds Hydrogen Production and Delivery Criteria for Certification under the Climate Bonds Standard

Dec 13, 2023

Singapore and Rwanda Taxonomies Launched off the back of COP28

Dec 8, 2023

Climate Bonds Initiative Launches New Buildings Criteria 2.1: Expanding the scope to Embodied Emissions and in line with the EU Taxonomy

Dec 7, 2023

Q3 Market Update: Green Bonds hit $2.5tn, GSS+ passed $4tn

Dec 6, 2023

Brazil becomes 50th country to crack the sovereign GSS+ market

Dec 2, 2023

December Events Blog: From COP28 to Mexico to Japan. Stay connected with us!

Nov 30, 2023

Climate Bonds Initiative at COP28

Nov 30, 2023

The Building Blocks of a Green Chemical Sector — Climate Bonds releases new EU policy package

Nov 16, 2023

Climate Bonds CONNECT 2023 Wrap Up

Nov 15, 2023

November Events Blog: From Brasilia to London to Beijing. Stay connected with us!

Nov 8, 2023

Climate Bonds comes in line with the EU Taxonomy on low carbon buildings

Oct 30, 2023

Cementing the global net zero transition

Oct 20, 2023

Everything you need to know about Climate Bonds CONNECT 2023 in New York City

Oct 6, 2023

October Events Blog: From Rome to Abu Dhabi to Tokyo. Stay connected with us!

Oct 3, 2023

Climate Bonds Releases Policy Guidance for Financing Japan’s Transition

Oct 2, 2023

32% of Green Bonds Achieved a Greenium in the First Half of 2023

Sep 21, 2023

Sustainable Steel: Hybar a Historic Certification

Sep 14, 2023

September Events Blog: From the Climate Week in New York to Milan to Singapore. Stay connected with us!

Sep 13, 2023

Landmark new EU rules on transition plans and corporate due diligence

Sep 12, 2023

Open for Public Consultation: Expanding Low-Carbon Buildings Criteria: Focus on Embodied Emissions and Incorporating the EU Taxonomy

Sep 8, 2023

Iniciativa Brasileira de Finanças Verdes: Investidores se reúnem em São Paulo para discutir os avanços das finanças sustentáveis no país

Sep 6, 2023

Brazil Green Finance Initiative: Investors meet in São Paulo to discuss the sustainable finance developments in the country

Sep 6, 2023

Ready, Set, Transition! All You Need to Know About Climate Bonds CONNECT 2023 in Bogota, Colombia

Aug 14, 2023

Green and labelled finance markets hit $4Trillion mark

Aug 11, 2023

Open for Public Consultation Hydrogen Production and Delivery Criteria: Expanding Sustainable Investments through Certified Climate Bonds for Hydrogen Production and Infrastructure Development.

Aug 11, 2023

August Events Blog: From Mexico to India to New Zealand. Stay connected with us!

Aug 5, 2023

Climate Bonds Standard Expansion Continues for Energy Sector: Opportunities for Electricity Companies to Seek Credible Investment

Aug 1, 2023

Sustainable raw material extraction – paradox or possibility?

Jul 28, 2023

Let’s clean-up SLBs: Climate Bonds’ Sustainability-linked bond database

Jul 26, 2023

Policymakers hold the key to rapid transition - 12 Policies

Jul 21, 2023

Climate Bonds Standard Expansion for Agri-Food Transition: Crop and Livestock Criteria gets Major Update

Jul 20, 2023

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Jul 8, 2023

July Events Blog: From Colombia to London to Japan. Stay connected with us!

Jul 7, 2023

Launch of the Thailand Green Taxonomy will accelerate the country’s decarbonization drive

Jul 5, 2023

More than just another acronym: what is the new EU CBAM?

Jul 4, 2023

Shining a spotlight on Japan: Explore the Latest Developments in Transition Finance in the Country

Jun 22, 2023

June Events Blog: From Hong Kong to Frankfurt to Mexico. Stay connected with us!

Jun 21, 2023

Building a Resilience Taxonomy

Jun 20, 2023

Calling Experts & Professionals: Join our Ambitious Journey into Climate Resilience Finance

Jun 20, 2023

Climate Bonds Connect 2023 kicks off in Hong Kong – Ready, Set, Transition!

Jun 17, 2023

Transition Plans: The key to a credible net zero pathway

May 24, 2023

Sustainable Debt jumped 17% at the Start of 2023 as Market Shows Recovery

May 23, 2023

LESS THAN 1 MONTH TO GO! Climate Bonds CONNECT 2023 kicks off in Hong Kong – Register NOW!

May 16, 2023

May Events Blog: From Guatemala to Montreal to Belgium. Stay connected with us!

May 10, 2023

Concrete transition policies to cement a green future

May 9, 2023

Celebrate the Climate Finance Pioneers — 8th Climate Bonds Awards Winners

Apr 21, 2023

Green and Other Labelled Bonds Fought Inflation to reach USD858.5bn in 2022

Apr 20, 2023

Financiamento Sustentável: Securitização facilita acesso de pequenas empresas ao mercado de capitais e promove maior competitividade econômica

Apr 12, 2023

Securitisation in Brazil can help small businesses access debt capital markets

Apr 12, 2023

China e Brasil exploram oportunidades de investimento verde em agricultura sustentável

Apr 11, 2023

China and Brazil explore Green Investment Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture

Apr 7, 2023

Oportunidade para especialistas! Climate Bonds Standard adota novos Critérios de Transição Agroalimentar e abre chamada para grupos de trabalho

Apr 5, 2023

April Events Blog: From Washington DC to Greece to Mexico. See below how to stay connected with us!

Apr 5, 2023

Policymakers hold the key to unlocking capital for transition — 101 sustainable finance policies for 1.5°C

Apr 4, 2023

转型金融工具指南：可持续发展挂钩债券(SLBs)

Mar 24, 2023

Climate Bonds Standard expands with new Agri-Food transitions Criteria: Commodity and Supply Chain TWGs and IWGs now onboarding

Mar 24, 2023

Climate Bonds Training Academy: new GSS+ and Taxonomy courses & partnership with HKMA to boost knowledge on sustainable finance

Mar 20, 2023

Green Bond Label Helped Deals Over the Line in Volatile 2022

Mar 17, 2023

Sector Criteria now available in Thai: Agriculture, Bioenergy, Electric Grids, Hydropower and Transition

Mar 14, 2023

European Parliament adopts position on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

Mar 14, 2023

转型金融市场发展快讯 |低碳制氢: 经济低碳转型的关键驱动力

Mar 10, 2023

转型金融市场发展快讯 |转型金融促进水泥行业的净零未来

Mar 10, 2023

India’s debut in the sovereign green bond market: first deal landed a greenium!

Mar 7, 2023

March Events Blog: From Bali to Paris to Sao Paulo. See below how you can stay connected with us!

Mar 7, 2023

A háborús energiaválság növelte a megújulók iránti igényt, jöhet a zöld kötvények aranykora

Mar 3, 2023

The EU Chemical Industry Transition Pathway: A good kick-off for the transition of European chemicals towards net zero

Feb 21, 2023

研究报告与标准进展|转型金融促进钢铁行业的净零未来

Feb 17, 2023

European Commission announces new platform on Sustainable Finance, including Climate Bonds

Feb 11, 2023

Feb Events Blog: From Tokyo to Bratislava to Punta del Este. See below how you can stay connected with us!

Feb 4, 2023

2022 Market Snapshot: And 5 big directions for sustainable finance in 2023

Jan 31, 2023

Climate Bonds calls for ambitious decarbonisation of the European buildings sector

Jan 21, 2023

Driving Green Investment - Climate Bonds 2023 Transition Programme

Jan 20, 2023

January Events Blog – From Germany to Belgium to Cyprus. See below how you can stay connected with us!

Jan 9, 2023

Climate Bonds commences work on Agri-Food transitions Criteria Development – Crop and livestock production

Dec 22, 2022

Dec Events: CBI Nth America conference in NYC / Sust Inv Forum Sao Paulo / LatAm Sustainability for Financial Institutions Mexico / OECD-TCX Conf Paris

Nov 30, 2022

Títulos verdes atingem 2 trilhões de dólares

Nov 30, 2022

El mercado de Bonos Verdes alcanza un hito de US$2 billones al final del tercer trimestre de 2022

Nov 29, 2022

Agricultural Bank of China issues CNY20bn in green financial bonds Certified by the Climate Bonds Standards Board

Nov 23, 2022

How to Finance a Credible Coal Transition — Joint effort from RMI, CPI, and Climate Bonds seeks to facilitate credible coal phase outs

Nov 21, 2022

Energy Transition gears up for credible investment in Hydrogen Production — Now available for Climate Bonds Standard & Certification

Nov 15, 2022

Green Bond Market Hits USD2tn Milestone at end of Q3 2022

Nov 9, 2022

Building resilience in the age of volatility

Nov 6, 2022

Find us at COP27

Oct 31, 2022

November Events Blog: COP27; Reuters, Sustainability Reporting & Communications Europe 2022; Climate Bonds Regional Seminar Latin America & Caribbean; 4th Sustainable Finance Course; Expo Negocios Inmobiliarios and much more!

Oct 27, 2022

$254bn Certified green bonds under Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme: Transition Criteria now available for Certification: Next, SLBs and Structural Expansion for Certification Corporations at Full Entity-Level

Oct 19, 2022

Basic Chemicals Criteria now available for certification: a further step towards heavy industry and entity transition

Oct 18, 2022

Los Criterios Básicos sobre Productos Químicos ya están disponibles para su certificación: un paso más hacia la transición de la industria pesada y sus empresas

Oct 18, 2022

Critério para químicos básicos agora disponíveis para certificação: mais um passo em direção à indústria pesada e à transição de entidades

Oct 18, 2022

Low Carbon Hydrogen: A key driver for a successful transition

Oct 12, 2022

EU Taxonomy fossil gas criteria: not exactly a free pass for gas

Oct 10, 2022

ClimateBondsConnect2022: Asia Pacific: Highlights and Summary

Oct 7, 2022

Climate Bonds Standard tackles heavy industry and entity transition — Cement Criteria now available for certification

Oct 6, 2022

October Events Blog: Climate Bonds Initiative, Asia Pacific Regional Seminar; ICMIF Annual Conference - 'Transitioning to Net Zero'; Bonsucro Global Week; CFO Forum in Warsaw and Finanzas Sostenibles y Climáticas.

Oct 4, 2022

Investor Appetite Drives Pricing Benefits for Sustainability-Linked Bond (SLBs)

Sep 22, 2022

Green Investment opportunities in Peru highlights the potential of GSS+ market growth in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)

Sep 16, 2022

New Social & Sustainability Bond Database: enhanced screening capabilities for full GSS+ market

Sep 14, 2022

Standard and Certification Scheme set to expand to Corporate-entities and SLB instruments: Public Consultation Now Open!

Sep 6, 2022

September Events Blog: Peru State of the Market 2022; New York Climate Week 2022; Colombian Green Taxonomy and much more!

Sep 5, 2022

August Events Blog: 2nd Brazil-China Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture; Danske Bank Leaders Conference; Kigali Global Dialogue; Mexico GRI Infra & Energy 2022; Infra Minas GRI 2022

Aug 8, 2022

Green bonds up 25% in 2nd quarter after volatile start to 2022

Aug 4, 2022

Climate Bonds CONNECT — Mobilising $5Trillion of Climate Bonds per year by 2025

Aug 1, 2022

Climate Bonds publica la metodología actualizada de Bonos Verdes

Jul 23, 2022

Climate Bonds atualiza Metodologia de Títulos Verdes

Jul 22, 2022

Climate Bonds Publica la Metodología Actualizada de Bonos Verdes

Jul 22, 2022

Greening Short-Term Debt: a $55Trillion Opportunity

Jul 15, 2022

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development achieves €1 billion in green bond investment

Jul 13, 2022

Pivotal moment in the transition away from fossil fuels must leave fossil gas behind

Jul 6, 2022

Climate Bonds Releases Updated Green Bonds Methodology

Jul 6, 2022

July Events Blog: New York Times Climate Forward Conversations - 'Climate on the Verge'; Carbon Markets and Green Finance; Colombian regional workshop in Santa Marta; Taxonomías en América Latina; Asian Development Bank Green Bonds Roundtable.

Jul 5, 2022

ASEAN SUSTAINABLE DEBT MARKET HITS RECORD ISSUANCE VOLUME IN 2021

Jun 16, 2022

Let the ASEAN Focus Month begin: All you need to know about the Sustainable Debt Market in one of the fastest growing economies in the world

Jun 7, 2022

June Events Blog: Eurelectric Power Summit; Climate Innovation Forum; City Level Workshop “Net Zero Gurugram By 2050”; IPR Quarterly Forecast Tracker; World Agri-Tech South America Summit; Serie De Capacitaciones En Bonos Verdes, Sociales Y Sostenibles.

Jun 7, 2022

New call for Sovereign Green & Sustainability surge post COP27: Govts & MDBs in spotlight to support emerging economies

Jun 1, 2022

In the Spotlight: Domestic certified transactions take off in India, creating deeper awareness and understanding, potentially developing onshore activity in a largely offshore market

May 26, 2022

Cumulative green and other labelled debt tops USD3tn

May 25, 2022

Accelerating the Fossil Gas Transition to Net Zero

May 24, 2022

Three-Quarters of Green Bond Volume Raised in China Offers Reporting on Project Expenditure: New Report

May 19, 2022

New! China Green Finance Policy Analysis Report 2021

May 19, 2022

Australian Elections: Policymakers must act on climate or face higher capital costs and carbon risk premiums

May 11, 2022

May Events Blog: Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition, Sydney; GRI Latam Conference NYC; Green bonds and how to issue on; Mexico Business Forum 2022.

May 4, 2022

Sustainable Debt Tops $1 Trillion in Record Breaking 2021, with Green Growth at 75%: New Report

Apr 25, 2022

Climate finance is cheaper than catastrophic climate damages: IPCC’s Latest Report

Apr 6, 2022

April Events Blog: Credible Transitions for Chemicals Industry - 'Climate Bonds Standard expands to Basic Chemicals; Austrian Banking Federation Webinar; Taxonomies and their implications on sustainable finance; LATAM Climate Summit.

Apr 4, 2022

Green bonds offer pricing benefits to both issuers and investors

Mar 17, 2022

New report: Global Green Taxonomy Development, Alignment, and Implementation

Mar 15, 2022

March Events Blog: Sustainable Solutions for South ‘Enabling frameworks and financing mechanisms and platforms, European Risk Management Council: 2022 Global Leadership Meeting, Infra Nordeste GRI 2022, Emisiones Temáticas en América Latina.

Mar 4, 2022

Climate Bonds Standard Expansion into Transition — Cement Criteria Public Consultation Now Open!

Mar 3, 2022

February Online Events: Challenges and Opportunities in the Pursuit of Net Zero, GreenBiz 22 - Green Debt and the Growing Greenium, GRI Global Energy Transition eSummit, Initiative for Disclosure of Assets and Climate Change of Colombia CCADI.

Feb 1, 2022

$500bn Green Issuance 2021: social and sustainable acceleration: Annual green $1tn in sight: Market expansion forecasts for 2022 and 2025

Jan 31, 2022

Thailand: Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities for Green Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Climate Bonds continues its series on sustainable investment opportunities across the globe

Jan 28, 2022

Keeping the momentum: China introduces innovative labels into domestic market and consolidates position as the primary emerging market source of green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds

Jan 26, 2022

January Online Events: World Built Environment Forum Dubai 2022, Building green capital markets to crowd in private investors’ capital, Scaling-up the EV Ecosystem in India: Opportunities and Barriers

Jan 11, 2022

January Online Events: World Built Environment Forum Dubai 2022, Building green capital markets to crowd in private investors’ capital, Scaling-up the EV Ecosystem in India: Opportunities and Barriers

Jan 11, 2022

Certified Green Issuance Reaches $200bn - Expansion of Climate Bonds Standard in 2022 – Basic Chemicals, Cement, Steel in pipeline

Jan 11, 2022

Taxonomy Delegated Act clears Council of the EU: An important step for European and global sustainable finance!

Dec 16, 2021

December Events: FSMX Finanzas Sostenibles México, ASIFMA Indian Capital Markets Week, Launch of Thailand GIIO Report 2021

Dec 2, 2021

The lesson from COP26: finance is now driving global change

Nov 23, 2021

12 brilliant news stories from COP26, to give you hope: central banks, big investors, real funding, ISSB and glorious Ithaca!

Nov 8, 2021

COP26: Larry Fink criticises greenwashing; ADB to buy-and-retire coal plants; huge pledge to cut methane reinforces IEA’s no-gas stance; steel going green

Nov 3, 2021

November Online Events: COP26, Bloomberg Sustainable Bond Event, Latam Green Virtual Summit, Guatemala Stock Exchange and more!

Nov 3, 2021

Find us at COP26 in Glasgow

Nov 3, 2021

2021 Already a Record Year for Green Finance with over $350bn Issued!

Nov 2, 2021

COP26 Briefing: Sovereign Green Bond issuance takes off! Start of a long boom

Nov 1, 2021

$1Trillion Annual Green Bond Milestone Tipped for end 2022 in Latest Survey: Sean Kidney calls for $5Trillion per year by 2025

Oct 28, 2021

New! Climate Bonds launches Transition Finance in China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area report

Oct 20, 2021

Colombia is leading the path for Green Finance in Latin America

Oct 15, 2021

October Online Events: WorldPensionSummit, Den Haag - 'How to green a central bank’s approach to finance, PRI webinar on Industrial Transition to Net Zero, Investor View - Sustainability initiatives at organizations, Mexico GRI Club 2021

Oct 4, 2021

Climate Bonds launches China Green Securitization State of the Market 2020 report

Oct 3, 2021

Funding investments in improving Indian agriculture’s sustainability

Oct 1, 2021

China totalled USD44bn in labelled green bonds during 2020: Second largest country for green issuance

Sep 30, 2021

Oportunidade de financiamento sustentável para infraestrutura subnacional brasileira

Sep 27, 2021

First Shipping Certification under the Climate Bonds Standard

Sep 24, 2021

Carbon Pricing for Climate Action: New Countdown to COP Policy Briefing

Sep 23, 2021

A Curtain Call for an Incredible Conference

Sep 21, 2021

Taxomania! An International Overview

Sep 20, 2021

Greenium Remains Visible in Latest Pricing Study

Sep 16, 2021

Launched Discussion Paper Transition Finance for Transforming Companies

Sep 10, 2021

Climate Bonds launches green criteria for electrical grid and storage investments

Sep 8, 2021

September Online Events: Conference 21, Road to COP26: Getting Finance Fit for Net Zero, US Embassy Climate Change Business Forum, Colombia Climate Week, Lecture on green bonds and how to set them up, Fóro Ecuatoriano de Inclusión Financiera.

Sep 6, 2021

2021 Green Forecast Updated to Half a Trillion – Latest H1 Figures Signal New Surge in Global Green, Social & Sustainability Investment

Aug 31, 2021

Banking on Climate Action - Central Banks in the hot seat on systemic sustainability

Aug 19, 2021

Climate Bonds Conference21 Speakers Revealed

Aug 18, 2021

August Online Events: Macao Green Finance Summit, South Africa Report Webinar, Hong Kong Race to Zero webinar series.

Aug 4, 2021

Climate Bonds Announces Conference21 – The 2030 Green Window

Jul 21, 2021

Sustainable Finance Soars in North America: Report

Jul 13, 2021

EU action sets new baseline: EC & ECB promise systemic change to Europe's finance sector: Landmark commitments on climate change and transition strategy

Jul 13, 2021

International investors meet to discuss green transition

Jul 8, 2021

Report Launch: Analysis of the Sustainable Agriculture Financing Market in Brazil

Jul 8, 2021

Report uncovers $913bn in ‘Hidden’ Sustainable Investment Opportunities

Jul 8, 2021

Investidores internacionais se reúnem para discutir transição verde

Jul 7, 2021

July Online Events: AIFC Green Growth Forum, Leveraging green finance to achieve carbon neutrality, Catalyzing Climate Smart Growth in Indian States, Opportunities for Brazil Post-Crisis.

Jul 1, 2021

Climate Bonds & Planet Tracker Join Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) Research Consortium

Jun 28, 2021

Climate Bonds Launches Green Criteria for Agriculture Investments: Now Including Livestock

Jun 17, 2021

NGFS’s New Climate Scenarios and the green swan conference

Jun 11, 2021

June Online Events: Virtual World Agri-Tech South America: World Climate Forum: Agriculture Sustainable Finance State of the Market: The Greater Bay Area (GBA) Green Infrastructure Investment Forum.

Jun 1, 2021

Post-Issuance Reporting in the Green Bond Market 2021: New Report Assesses Availability, Quality and Consistency of UoP and Impact Reporting

May 24, 2021

Electrical Grids and Storage Criteria: Public Consultation Now Open

May 20, 2021

New IEA "Net Zero by 2050" rpt says to meet climate targets we have stop all new oil & gas projects! As EIB Pres Hoyer says: "gas is over.”

May 19, 2021

Europe reaches $500bn in green investment – Climate Bonds Market Intel Reports

May 17, 2021

Hoja de Ruta para una Taxonomía en Chile

May 12, 2021

Taxonomy Roadmap for Chile

May 11, 2021

May Online Events: Green Finance Revolution: ESG risks in credit rating analysis: Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability: Hong Kong Green Bond Market Briefing

May 2, 2021

Record $700bn of Green, Social & Sustainability (GSS) Issuance in 2020: Global State of the Market Report

Apr 23, 2021

Big day! Brussels releases EU Taxonomy as prelude to Biden Summit; China’s PBOC releases updated equivalent on same day

Apr 22, 2021

Nordic Sustainable Debt State of the Market 2020: Special Regional Report: Nordics at 5% of global GSS markets

Apr 20, 2021

India: Agricultural Resilience in the face of continuing climate impacts

Apr 8, 2021

April Online Events: Transition Finance Webinars: 6th Climate Bonds Awards: Green Bond Training: Green Investment for Agriculture

Apr 3, 2021

Sovereign Green, Social & Sustainability (SGSS) Bonds - How far and how fast could they grow?

Mar 30, 2021

Brazilian Central Bank opens Public Consultation on sustainability criteria applicable to rural credit

Mar 30, 2021

Climate Bonds opens Shanghai Office: Signs MoU with Lujiazui Financial City

Mar 29, 2021

Financing Credible Transitions: Flexibility: A core feature that will shape transition finance: Part 3 of 3

Mar 28, 2021

Japan GB Market Review 2020: Latest Collaboration with Green Bond Promotion Platform

Mar 24, 2021

UK Debut Sovereign Green Bonds to Ignite Britain’s Market?

Mar 10, 2021

A Short Guide to Financing Credible Transitions: Part 2 of 3.Transition needs Ambition: Climate Bonds 2021 Transition Series

Feb 24, 2021

Market Intelligence at your Fingertips – And it’s all for free!

Feb 9, 2021

Weekend Read: Investing in climate resilient agriculture in India: Why COVID-19 should be a wake-up call

Feb 5, 2021

Climate-Aligned Desalination: Expansion to Climate Bonds Water Criteria: Certification now open for Desalination Plants

Jan 27, 2021

Central banks & market neutrality: Economic stability, climate risks & adapting mandates

Jan 26, 2021

Record $269.5bn green issuance for 2020: Late surge sees pandemic year pip 2019 total by $3bn

Jan 24, 2021

Green Bonds for Resilience: Mobilising Trillions for a Resilient Future

Jan 22, 2021

Sovereign Green, Social & Sustainability Bond Survey: 19 issuing nations share perspectives: First of its kind analysis from Climate Bonds

Jan 14, 2021

A Short Guide to Financing Credible Transitions: Inclusivity: Part 1 of 3: New 2021 Transition Series from Climate Bonds

Jan 13, 2021

2021- We Have a Chance to Change Our Future

Jan 4, 2021

Climate & COVID Recovery – The Intertwined challenge before policy makers in 2021

Dec 22, 2020

$1Trillion Mark Reached in Global Cumulative Green Issuance: Climate Bonds Data Intelligence Reports: Latest Figures

Dec 15, 2020

Faro Energy é a primeira empresa sul-americana a aderir à Sustainable Bond Network da Nasdaq

Dec 14, 2020

Thai Govt Marks 2020 with Certified Sovereign Green Issuance: Commitment to Recovery, Sustainability, Infrastructure

Dec 9, 2020

Climate Bonds Conf2020: Green Transition: Catch-Up Viewing: All Conference sessions 5 Languages: Available on YouTube!

Dec 9, 2020

Update – V2.0 of Climate Bonds Low Carbon Transport Criteria Released to Market: New Stage in Green Transport Development

Dec 1, 2020

New Milestone for Climate Bond Standard: Certifications pass $150bn: Record 24% market share in 2020

Nov 22, 2020

Transition & the Race to Net Zero: Does the 60s Space Race Provide a Guide?

Nov 13, 2020

Biden, Harris & the US: Climate transition pathways & trillions in green finance

Nov 12, 2020

Former Standard Chartered COO, Doris Honold joins Climate Bonds Board of Trustees

Nov 8, 2020

Save the Date: Webinar Series: Climate Aggregation Platform (CAP): 26th - 27th Nov: Financial Securitisation for Small-Scale Low Carbon Assets in Developing Countries

Nov 6, 2020

Weekend Read: EU's social bond leaves investors wanting more: Rollout of recovery response stirs market

Oct 30, 2020

Japan is the latest of the world’s large economies to commit to a net-zero emissions by 2050.  That means big reductions in fossil fuel imports. Bravo Japan!

Oct 28, 2020

Brazil: Investor survey launched: Seeking investor perspectives on sustainable agribusiness opportunities: Joint CBI / MAPA project

Oct 27, 2020

Global Sustainable Debt report: H1 2020 review of green, social, sustainability & pandemic markets

Oct 21, 2020

Central Arkansas Water Bond: First of a kind in US Green Munis: Gray & Green Water Infrastructure

Oct 15, 2020

Climate Bonds releases updated Green Bond Methodology: Revision to core definitions for inclusion in Green Bond Database: Further expansion to come

Oct 15, 2020

Climate Bonds joins China Hydrogen Alliance to participate in boosting green hydrogen development / 气候债券倡议组织加入中国氢能联盟, 参与推动绿色氢能发展

Oct 14, 2020

ADB & Phu Yen JSC sign first Certified Green Loan for Viet Nam: $186m Solar project funding announced in Hanoi

Oct 9, 2020

Markets Monthly #9 - 09/10/2020: Sept USD32.2bn: Highest monthly volume since market inception: Egypt joins Sovereign Green Club: Daimler & VW drive auto sector GBs: Ghana & Qatar join the market: #CBIConf2020 sessions available online.

Oct 9, 2020

SFPUC back in Green Muni Market: SDG-linked Climate Bonds Certified Bond: First US Muni Green Bond listed on European Stock Exchange

Oct 1, 2020

Climate Bonds Initiative and FSD Africa launch Africa Green Bonds Toolkit: a practical guide for African markets

Sep 30, 2020

Climate Week NYC - Not the typical fortnight: Climate Bonds Special Comment

Sep 28, 2020

Brighte to issue Australia’s first 100% green backed Certified Green Bonds under Climate Bonds Standard: NAB provides support to home energy financier

Sep 22, 2020

Latest Green Bond Pricing Report for Q1-Q2 2020: Performance analysis of 46 green bonds to value of USD37bn from Jan-Jun

Sep 17, 2020

Markets Monthly #8 - 16/09/2020: Cumulative issuance reaches USD900bn mark: Transition White Paper: China record 2020 issuance with USD3.1bn: Meridian Energy Certifies 3 deals: #CBIConf2020 sessions available online.

Sep 16, 2020

Climate Bonds & Banco Central do Brasil sign agreement to develop sustainable finance agenda: New partnership to share technical knowledge on climate & financial sector

Sep 14, 2020

AIIB-Amundi Climate Change Investment Framework Launch: To Drive Asia's Green Recovery & Transition  

Sep 7, 2020

Climate Bonds & Credit Suisse publish Financing Credible Transitions White Paper: Ground-breaking transition investment pathways launched at Climate Bonds Conference

Sep 6, 2020

Climate Bonds Initiative e Ministério do Desenvolvimento Regional assinam acordo para avaliar obras e projetos para oportunidades de financiamento verde

Sep 4, 2020

Green Bonds H1 2020 Update: $91.6bn Green Bonds & Loans:1,000 green issuers milestone reached: Outlook for 2020 remains positive

Aug 31, 2020

Partner Information: Refinitiv’s Deal Intelligence: New market insights via sustainable finance league tables

Aug 20, 2020

Climate Bonds launches green criteria for agriculture investments: new industry sector under Climate Bonds Standard

Aug 20, 2020

Markets Monthly #7 - 13/08/2020: July record 2020 GB issuance USD20bn: GBs from Georgia & Guernsey: First Forestry Conservation & Restoration Certification: Alphabet largest corporate Sustainability bond: Registrations for CBI Conference now open!

Aug 12, 2020

Speakers Announced: Climate Bonds Conference2020: Green Transition: 8-10 September: Registrations Open: Program Available

Aug 11, 2020

Leading Indian macro-economist Dr. Rathin Roy joins Climate Bonds as Senior Advisor

Jul 30, 2020

Climate Bonds releases Global Green Bonds 2019 report: In depth analysis of record year for green finance

Jul 22, 2020

Climate Risk Management Consultant Simon Cooper joins Climate Bonds Initiative board

Jul 21, 2020

Can Central Banks Rescue the World from Climate Risks? Join our Thursday Webinar to Hear from NGFS Reps on the Latest Developments.

Jul 20, 2020

Rocky Mountain Institute climate finance head & fmr White House climate advisor Paul Bodnar joins Climate Bonds Initiative board

Jul 16, 2020

Indian sustainability & banking leader Namita Vikas joins Climate Bonds as Senior Advisor

Jul 14, 2020

Markets Monthly #6 - 08/07/2020: GB issuance for H1 2020 at USD84.7bn: HKEX launches GB platform: Dutch Certified Sovereign: Certification for world’s biggest floating wind farm: First GB from university in Asia: Registration for CBI conference now open.

Jul 8, 2020

Brazilian Govt announces first LATAM Green Bond program to fund infrastructure projects with green bonds

Jul 7, 2020

China Green Bond Market 2019 Report: China cements position as leading market with USD55.8bn issued in 2019: Joint Climate Bonds & CCDC publication - Supported by HSBC

Jun 25, 2020

Invitation: Major Report: Launch Event: China Green Bond Market 2019 Research Report: Monday, 29th June

Jun 24, 2020

Banco BV: 1º Banco Privado do Brasil a Emitir Títulos Verdes tem Certificação Climate Bonds Standards!

Jun 18, 2020

Virtual Launch: Roadmap: Unlocking Brazil’s Green Investment Potential for Agriculture: Webinar: Tuesday, 23rd June; 10am Brasília / 3pm Paris / 2pm London

Jun 15, 2020

China's top regulators announce they will exclude fossil fuels from their green bonds taxonomy. It’s a major development!

Jun 10, 2020

Markets Monthly #5 - 10/06/2020: Cumulative GB issuance at USD845bn: China cleans coal from Green Catalogue: Swisscom’s debut 10x oversubscribed: Brazil Certification: New covered bond from France: LatAm and Asian investors feature in webinars

Jun 9, 2020

Launch: Brazil Green Infrastructure Webinar Series debuts tomorrow: Then Minister of Infrastructure leads the conversation on Wednesday

Jun 8, 2020

Webinars! ASEAN GB Investors with GPIF, Brazil Infrastructure, EU Sustainability with Martin Spolc, Markets Monthly for May and more!

Jun 8, 2020

Thursday! Launch of our new Green Bond Clinic - Live Q&A - Your green finance questions answered: 15:00 Paris / 14:00 London / 09:00 New York

Jun 2, 2020

Banco BV issues Brazil's 1st Financial Corporate GB – And its Climate Bonds Certified!

May 29, 2020

April GB media digest with a special section on green bonds & covid-19 crisis: Euromoney, FT Chinese, Reuters, Politico, Libération and more.

May 25, 2020

Webinars! Leading Climate Ideas: EU Taxonomy: Low Carbon Transport: Climate Benchmarks: India Green ABS: ASEAN Infrastructure: LAC in the pipeline for June & more...

May 15, 2020

Securitisation & India: How to fund billions in small-scale loans for Indian communities: Special policy post

May 12, 2020

New Climate Ideas Webinar series: Sean Kidney & Dr. Ma Jun, discuss China, BRI & the global shift towards sustainable economies

May 8, 2020

Markets Monthly #4 - 07/05/2020: April GB issuance bounces back: Green stimulus calls grow: China pandemic bonds: Covid & Social Bonds appear: Portugal’s 1st green loan: CBI online events programme: New reports and more!

May 7, 2020

Latest Japan GB Market review & Circular Economy Financing Reports: Climate Bonds Continues Collaboration with Green Bond Promotion Platform

May 6, 2020

Hong Kong GB Market Briefing 2019: Market diversification & growing role as green finance hub for region

May 6, 2020

Hong Kong Green Bond Market Briefing 2019 Webinar Invite: Join us in discussion with HK Monetary Authority, HK Green Finance Association and HSBC

May 2, 2020

EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Clear Thinking Required: Special Policy Post on CBAM & Levelling up the Low Carbon Playing Field

Apr 30, 2020

Vietnam: Green Infrastructure Opportunities (GIIO) Report: Investment & Finance Focus: Climate Bonds công bố Báo cáo Cơ hội Đầu tư vào Cơ sở hạ tầng xanh Việt Nam Với trọng tâm là tài trợ vốn và đầu tư vào Cơ sở hạ tầng xanh

Apr 29, 2020

New Shipping Criteria Opens for Public Consultation: Green opportunities for investment in Shipping Sector: Criteria expansion continues under Climate Bonds Standard: Send your Feedback before June 26 

Apr 26, 2020

Green Bond Treasurer Survey 2020: 86 Treasurers from 34 countries share their views on issuing green bonds, investor responses & market experiences.

Apr 22, 2020

Scheduled Webinars: EU Taxonomy Series & EU GBS: Asia, Sustainability & Corona: GB Treasurer Survey: Vietnam GIIO Launch, Shipping on the horizon & more

Apr 20, 2020

Webinar: EU Green Bond Standard: Wed 22 April 2020: Talk with TEG Experts: 15:00CEST (14:00BST) Register now!

Apr 18, 2020

ASEAN Green Finance Report 2019: HSBC & Climate Bonds launch major analysis of green investment and policy directions in SE Asia

Apr 15, 2020

Join me for our first Market Report Webinar: 15 mins, tomorrow, Thurs 16 April, 08:00 NYC, 13:00 London, 14:00 Paris

Apr 15, 2020

Link Correction: Join me for our first Market Report Webinar: 15 mins, tomorrow, Thurs 16 April, 08:00 NYC, 13:00 London, 14:00 Paris

Apr 15, 2020

Markets Monthly #3 - 09/04/2020: Cumulative issuance USD810bn: China restarts after Jan/Feb lull: Calls for green stimulus grow: Climate Bonds Asia focus: LGS in super green loan: New Climate Bonds online events programme and more!

Apr 8, 2020

April Online Events: EU Taxonomy Webinar Series: New Online Report Launches: Asia: Green Finance : Transition, Green Stimulus, Green Bond Standards & More

Apr 5, 2020

Green Bond Pricing Report for Q3-Q4 2019: Spotlight on Green Sovereigns: Emerging Greenium: All in Latest Analysis of Primary Market Performance

Mar 31, 2020

March GB media digest with market seen as “volatility-resilient” by many authors. Read more in Forbes, IPE, Corriere della Sera, Reuters, FT and others

Mar 31, 2020

Webinar: EU Taxonomy Explored: Green Buildings: Thurs 2nd April 15:00 CEST: TEG Building Group Convenors Ursula Hartenberger & Fabrizio Varriale with Sean Kidney: Q&A follows

Mar 29, 2020

New Webinar Series: EU Taxonomy Explored: TEG Members Sean Kidney, Helena Viñes Fiestas, Nathan Fabian presenting: Q&A follows

Mar 19, 2020

Conference2020 Rescheduled – New Dates for September: Climate Bonds annual event now set for 2nd-4th Sept in London.

Mar 12, 2020

Markets Monthly #2 - 11/03/2020: Cumulative issuance passes USD800bn: New GB from Russia: Hungary to issue a green sovereign? Cadent establishes transition bond framework: VW launches Green Finance Framework, reports and reading all inside!

Mar 11, 2020

Final EU Taxonomy Report Release: Opens new investment & economic opportunities says Sean Kidney

Mar 9, 2020

March Events: London to Brussels to Helsinki to Tokyo, Copenhagen to Cape Town: Meet the Climate Bonds Team this March

Mar 4, 2020

February Media Digest: with “green bonds selling like ice cream” and “growing all around” - this and much more from Financial Times, Forbes, IFR and Japan Times.

Feb 29, 2020

Sovereign Green Bonds Club: Mexico, Egypt, Spain set to join: Who else is in the 2020 pipeline: And who else should be?

Feb 24, 2020

Brazil Green Finance Initiative (BGFI): First meeting of the year: What's in store for 2020?

Feb 20, 2020

Iniciativa Brasileira de Finanças Verdes (IBFV) dá início às atividades em 2020

Feb 20, 2020

Webinars x 2: Public Consultation: Agriculture Criteria: Register for 10th March: Expansion of the Climate Bonds Standard into Sustainable Agriculture

Feb 18, 2020

January green bonds media digest: FT says green bonds will “keep flying off the shelves in 2020”! And much more from AFR, IFR, Bloomberg and others

Feb 17, 2020

Markets Monthly #1: USD14.3bn Issuance in January: Chile 3rd Sovereign GB: Mexico & Spain Next? Renew Power re-joins Indian market: Spotlight on Issuers from Energy Grid Providers

Feb 14, 2020

Conference2020 5-7th May: The countdown is on: Register now! New Agenda Released - Speakers to come...

Feb 11, 2020

Green swan, Black swan: No matter as long as it reduces stranded spending: Analysis of the January BIS Report

Feb 10, 2020

Green Bond Highlights 2019: Behind the Headline Numbers: Climate Bonds Market Analysis of a record year

Feb 6, 2020

Chile makes 3rd sovereign green issuance: Record rates for Jan 2020 Climate Bonds certified transaction

Feb 5, 2020

February Events: From HK to Quito, Brussels to Beijing, Bogota & Medellin: LATAM Green Bond Boot Camps, Big Launches in Asia and more: Looking forward to meeting YOU!

Feb 2, 2020

Agriculture Criteria: Public Consultation Open till March 2020: Beginning of 2020 sector criteria development

Jan 31, 2020

Market Blog #38 - 23/01/20: 2019 annual GBs a record USD255bn: Strong EM issuance: Banco Pichincha makes Ecuador’s GB debut

Jan 23, 2020

Record 2019 GB Issuance $255bn! EU largest market: US, China, France lead Top 20 national rankings: Sovereign GBs & Certified Bonds gain momentum

Jan 16, 2020

You have to love China’s banking regulator CBIRC: they’ve just announced a big push for banks to have dedicated green finance divisions, green bonds, green ABS and more...

Jan 13, 2020

How the Hungarian Central Bank could help solve the energy efficiency puzzle: MNB goes for green on housing loans

Jan 7, 2020

January Events: From Macau to Mumbai, Brussels, Stockholm, New York & Paris: Meet a Climate Bonds rep and talk transition in the 2020s

Jan 2, 2020

December 2019 Media Digest: Green Bond stories in Euromoney, Financial Times, IPE, La Tribune, La Repubblica and more. Media continue to report heavily on “taxonomy drama”.

Dec 31, 2019

Market Blog #37 - 20/12/19: New GBs from Colombia, France, Finland, Russia: KFW, Kommuninvest & CAT mark biggest deals: Annual issuance inches past $230bn

Dec 20, 2019

Climate Bonds Conference2020! New date in May: Registrations are open! Be part of the premier green finance event on next year's calendar!

Dec 16, 2019

Climate Bonds launches Green Criteria for Waste Management Investment: New industry sector under Climate Bonds Standard

Dec 12, 2019

Climate Bonds Launches Version 3 of the international Climate Bonds Standard - Universal compatibility for global green investment

Dec 11, 2019

First $100bn Certified against Climate Bonds Standard: Milestone for Global Best Practice in Green Investment

Dec 5, 2019

SFPUC returns to green muni market with $630m SDG linked Certified Climate Bond

Dec 5, 2019

December Events: From Beijing to Brussels, COP25 to Kuala Lumpur, London, Hanoi, Sao Paulo & Shenzhen: Meet a Climate Bonds rep and talk transition

Dec 2, 2019

November 2019 GB media digest: “Green bonds on the rise" as concluded by FT or better: “Grüner Triumph” according to Börsen-Zeitung. This and much more from Euromoney, City A.M., FT and others.

Nov 30, 2019

Webinar: Wed 27th 11:30 AM GMT. European Investor Green Bond Survey: Sign up now! Results, analysis, conclusions from our first survey of 48 Europe-based fixed income asset managers

Nov 25, 2019

Market Blog #36 - 21/11/19: 1st GB from Ukraine: 2nd GB from Russia: Investor Survey: GB Gossip, reading list and more!

Nov 21, 2019

New Approved Verifiers for Climate Bonds Standard: Access to certification services grows for green bond & loan issuers

Nov 19, 2019

European Investor Green Bond Survey: Fixed Income Managers want corporate transition: See impact, issuance and policy as drivers of market growth

Nov 13, 2019

A massive October green bonds media digest: FT x 7, Financial News, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Institutional Investor & lots of coverage in foreign languages

Nov 11, 2019

Market Blog #35 - 07/11/19: Over $22bn GB in October: First GB from Greece - Certified: Conf2020 Registrations open soon : GB Gossip, reading list and more!

Nov 7, 2019

Bolsa de Valores de Panamá releases inaugural Guidelines for Social, Green, and Sustainable Bonds in Central America

Nov 5, 2019

November Events: From Rio to Rabat, Bogota to Bangkok, Lagos to Luxembourg, Meet a Climate Bonds rep and talk transition

Nov 1, 2019

Tilting the playing field: How central banks can help the green economy - And why they should hurry - Special post

Oct 29, 2019

Green bond issuance tops $200bn milestone - New global record in green finance: Latest Climate Bonds data

Oct 21, 2019

Market Blog #34 - 22/10/19: Acorn Holdings issues Kenya’s 1st GB: UAE, world’s largest concentrated solar project - Certified Climate Bond: Big US hotel REIT enters GB market: GB gossip, long reading list and more!

Oct 19, 2019

Greening the Financial System: Tilting the playing field - The role of central banks: New Climate Bonds Report

Oct 14, 2019

Market Blog #33 - 10/10/19: USD20.9bn GBs in September: Japan’s GPIF to invest in GBs: Green Sovereign for Italy in 2020? GB gossip and more!

Oct 10, 2019

Low Carbon Buildings: CBI Expands Certifications: More Cities - More Markets: Commercial, Residential & Retrofits: New Proxies and Trajectories Available for Investors

Oct 8, 2019

September green bonds & EU taxonomy media digest: FT, New York Times, China Times, Xinhua, La Repubblica, El Pais, La Tribune, Politico

Oct 7, 2019

October Events: From Abuja to Amsterdam:Tblisi to Tokyo,Sao Paulo to Sydney: Meet a Climate Bonds representative and talk green transition

Oct 3, 2019

First Green Bond from Kenya: Acorn USD40m - Climate Bonds Certified, financing green buildings

Oct 2, 2019

Market Blog #32 - 27/9/19: 2019 GB volume now USD173.2bn eclipsing 2018 total: China September issuance at USD4.8bn: BIS goes big with GB fund: Climate Resilience Principles: New sustainable transition partnership between CBI & Credit Suisse

Sep 27, 2019

Latin America & Caribbean green finance: Huge potential across the region

Sep 23, 2019

New Climate Resilience Principles launched for US market at Climate Week NYC

Sep 23, 2019

Shifting pathways: Brazil to review $54 billion infrastructure portfolio in line with international green standards

Sep 17, 2019

Dubai: DIEDC, DIFC, DFM and Climate Bonds Sign MoU on Green Sukuk Growth: Goal to grow sector and develop green Sukuk standards and certification

Sep 16, 2019

Market Blog #31 - 5/9/19: 2019 GB volume passes USD150bn in August: 1st Chinese Muni from Jiangxi Province: QIC’s Certified GB for shopping centres: US Muni volume accelerates: E.ON, Owens Corning enter market

Sep 5, 2019

August media digest: Financial Times, Forbes, Zawya, Bloomberg, Reuters, IFR, Xinhua, Handelsblatt, Börsen-Zeitung, L’Opinion and more

Sep 5, 2019

September Events: from Brussels to Belo Horizonte, Frankfurt to Bangkok: meet a member of the Climate Bonds team at an event near you!

Sep 4, 2019

Australia: New GIIO Report Calls for Wave of 2020s Infrastructure Investment to Address Carbon Targets, Climate Impacts, Brown to Green Transition

Aug 26, 2019

QIC Shopping Centre GB takes Australian green issuance over AUD15bn (USD11.3bn) mark - Full Aus/NZ Market Analysis Coming in late August

Aug 12, 2019

July media digest – Foreign Policy, The Japan Times, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Reuters, Euromoney, El Pais and more

Aug 9, 2019

Market Blog #30 - 6/8/19: July issuance tops USD16bn: Japanese REIT volumes boom: US green Muni market picks up: Sweden Sov GB for 2020: latest issuance, gossip and more!

Aug 6, 2019

August Events: from Melbourne to Sao Paulo, Singapore to Auckland: meet a member of the Climate Bonds team at an event near you!

Aug 2, 2019

China Green Bond Market Mid-Year Report 2019 -中国绿色债券市场半年报 2019: Latest on green bond issuers, market trends and developments in the world’s second largest green bond market

Jul 31, 2019

Last chance to comment on Draft Hydropower Criteria: Public consultation closes Friday. Final call for submissions.

Jul 30, 2019

California: ‘Be Climate Smart says BART’: $674m GB for Low Carbon Transport: Climate Bonds Certified: SF & Bay Area

Jul 26, 2019

Climate Bonds releases H1 Market Update: $118bn Green Bonds in first half: Outlook for 2019 remains positive

Jul 24, 2019

Meidensha Green Bond: 1st Climate Bonds Certification from Japanese Private Sector: Proceeds to EVs

Jul 23, 2019

Germany Green Finance Report: Top 5 Global Ranking: EUR6.6bn issued in 2018: Strong start in 2019

Jul 12, 2019

Market Blog #29 - 11/7/19: $117.6b GBs in H1: June – $20bn: Ferrovie dello Stato 1st Italian Certified Climate Bond: Freddie Mac joins US green MBS market; Green bond deals across the globe, green bond gossip and more!

Jul 12, 2019

June media digest – La Tribune, Börsen-Zeitung, El Pais, Euromoney, Asiamoney, Financial Times, IFR, Financial News, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Actuary and more

Jul 11, 2019

Chile: 2nd Sovereign Certified Green Bond: EUR Issuance Gains Good Investor Response: Follows Historic Green USD Transaction

Jul 9, 2019

July Events: Jakarta to Munich to Miami, Luxembourg to London, Buenos Aires and New Delhi: Meet the Climate Bonds team across the globe!

Jul 3, 2019

Green Issuance Surpasses $ 100 Billion mark for 2019: First time milestone is reached in first half: EU TEG to open 2020 pathways towards $1trillion

Jun 25, 2019

Market Blog #28 - 25/6/19: 2019 GBs pass USD100bn mark: June volume at USD13.1bn; Chile sovereign Certified Climate Bond 1st for Americas: Spotlight on cities, news, gossip and more!

Jun 25, 2019

Chile: First Sovereign Green Bond in the Americas: Strong Investor Demand: More to come says Finance Minister Larraín

Jun 20, 2019

EU Taxonomy: Platform for mainstreaming green finance: Procurement list to help drive the transition to a low carbon economy: New opportunities for low carbon capital

Jun 18, 2019

We want to hear from you! But first: three things you should know about CBI’s Hydro Criteria

Jun 18, 2019

Market Blog #27 - 11/6/19: Record May GB issuance of USD23.8bn: Hong Kong enters sovereign market: Thai BTS Group & Polish PKO Bank issue Certified Climate Bonds: Spotlight on plastic waste, news, gossip and more!

Jun 11, 2019

May media digest: Financial Times, IFR, Reuters, Bloomberg, Financial News, South China Morning Post, I&PE, Handelsblatt, La Tribune and more

Jun 11, 2019

Poland: PKO Bank Hipoteczny: First Certified Covered Bond: Green Mortgages: Third Polish Issuer to Market

Jun 7, 2019

NEW: Waste Management Criteria Public Consultation Opens: Feedback welcome until August: next stage in 2019 sector criteria development program

Jun 6, 2019

In Tokyo on 20th June? Invitation from Green Finance Network of Japan & Climate Bonds Initiative: Seminar on Green Bonds & Green Finance Developments

Jun 6, 2019

June Events: from Singapore to Sao Paulo to Syndey, Kiev, Hong Kong, Casablanca to Copenhagen and not forgeting Montreal, meet a member of the Climate Bonds team at an event near you.

Jun 4, 2019

Last Chance to Register! London Green Bonds Boot Camp: Final 3 Spaces Available: Don't Miss Out!

May 31, 2019

Market Blog #26 - 24/5/19: May GB issuance USD17.8bn: Demand surges for Dutch Sov Certified GB: Russian Railways Certified GB puts Russia on map: UAE - Majid Al Futtaim Properties issues 1st green sukuk outside Asia

May 24, 2019

Dutch Sovereign GB: EUR21bn of orders! 3.5 times oversubscribed! Climate Bonds Certified: 20 Year Term: Preference to Green Investors

May 21, 2019

Climate Bonds & IDB launch Protected Agriculture Criteria: FIRA from Mexico first to Certify: New Opportunities for Greener Greenhouses

May 19, 2019

Low Carbon Buildings: Vesteda €500m Certified Green Bond: Residential financing: Strong Demand for first issuance

May 17, 2019

Market Blog #25 - 10/5/19: April GB issuance reaches USD11.8bn driven by corporates: Nedbank issues Certified Climate Bond: Bank of Jiangsu issues largest bond: Royal Bank of Canada makes debut: news, gossip and more!

May 10, 2019

Climate Bonds Releases Latest Green Bond Pricing Report for Q3-Q4 2018

May 9, 2019

April Media Digest: Bloomberg, IPE, Qrius, Irish Independent, Japan Times, Cinco Días, Les Échos and more!

May 9, 2019

Save the Date! Green Bond Boot Camp comes to London! 7th June - Limited Spaces: Register your interest now!

May 9, 2019

How soon is now? Global finance and Central Banks still miss the mark on Climate

May 8, 2019

May Events: from Shanghai to New York, São Paulo to Istanbul join the Climate Bonds team across the globe

Apr 30, 2019

Hong Kong Government signs Green Bond Pledge: First signatory from Asia: 香港特別行政區政府簽署了綠色債券宣言成為亞洲區首個簽署單位

Apr 30, 2019

Beijing: ADBC & Climate Bonds Sign MoU on Developing Green Agriculture in China

Apr 29, 2019

Europe Low Carbon Buildings: New Climate Bonds Certification for Green Investment: Net Zero Carbon is Long-term Goal for Built Environment

Apr 26, 2019

Market Blog #24 26/4/19: April GB issuance USD8.4bn to date, driven by corporates: Italy takes top spot with two debut issuers: Woolworths’ in global supermarket first, gossip and more!

Apr 26, 2019

EU: Low Carbon Buildings: Germany: New Cities Baselines for Green Certifications Announced: Investment Boost Towards Zero Carbon in Built Environment

Apr 25, 2019

China: 中国: Jiangsu Financial Leasing: 江苏金融租赁: New GB for Floating Solar Parks: 为浮动太阳能园区发行的新绿债: Successful offering in the domestic market 成功供应国内市场

Apr 25, 2019

Hot from Paris: Central banks are taking on climate change: Special Post from Prashant Vaze

Apr 18, 2019

March Media Digest with The Guardian, China Times, Bloomberg, I&PE, Le Figaro, South China Morning Post... and Many More!

Apr 17, 2019

Brazil: 1st Verifiers Training and Advisors Roundtable on International Green Bond Market Trends, Opportunities & Market Assurance

Apr 15, 2019

Low Carbon Buildings: Woolworths AUD400m Supermarket Based Certified Green Bond: First to adopt LCB Criteria in Retail Sector

Apr 14, 2019

Mexico City: New Criteria for Low Carbon Building Investment. Boost for Green Building Finance

Apr 12, 2019

Market Blog #23 12/4/19: March GB issuance at USD12.4bn: 1st Certified Climate Bond from African corporate: 1st Danish bank issue: New Mexico’s Santa Fe enters green US Muni market after State Treasurer signs Green Bond Pledge

Apr 12, 2019

External Review: New Climate Bonds Adaptation & Resilience Principles

Apr 11, 2019

Netherlands: Climate Bonds Certified Sovereign Green Bond: EUR4-6bn initial goal, 20 Year-term: Dutch Treasury announcement

Apr 9, 2019

Time to invite brown corporates to the green bond party – Special Post for Blog Subscribers

Apr 8, 2019

Fedgroup signs Green Bond Pledge: First African Signatory to Sustainable Infrastructure Declaration

Apr 8, 2019

Climate Bonds Launches Expert Groups to Develop Shipping Criteria: Low Carbon Baselines for Shipping Sector Issuers

Apr 8, 2019

Brazil Green Finance Initiative (BGFI) holds first meeting of 2019 with special focus on driving institutional capital into Sustainable Agriculture and Infrastructure sectors

Apr 7, 2019

Nigeria: Access Bank 1st Certified Corporate Green Bond in Africa: Leadership in Green Finance

Apr 2, 2019

April Events: from Washington D.C. to Beijing, São Paulo to Kuala Lumpur join the Climate Bonds team across the globe

Apr 2, 2019

Washington DC, 11:00 EST, 1 April: Trump announces issuance of first ever Green Treasury bond to fund Mexico wall; claims wall will be "greener than green"

Apr 1, 2019

Standard Expansion: Green Agri Investment Criteria: Climate Bonds Convenes Working Groups: Development Process Underway

Mar 31, 2019

Market Blog: 25/03/19 Feb GB record USD13.8bn: 1st Finnish bank into market: Santa Fe makes water mark: Moving pictures from CBI Conf, Millennials targeted with green deposit product, Green Bond Gossip and more

Mar 25, 2019

Quotes from Climate Bonds 2019 Conference Report: Mobilising Green Trillions, Taxonomies, New financial products, Brown-to-Green transition + More

Mar 20, 2019

Climate Bonds Announces 2019 Green Bond Pioneer Award Winners: Emerging nations spur climate finance

Mar 7, 2019

Climate Bonds launches Post-Issuance Reporting in the Green Bond Market

Mar 5, 2019

Climate Bonds launches Green bonds: The state of the market 2018 report at London Annual Conference

Mar 5, 2019

Trio of reports launched at Tokyo Green Bond Symposium: Japan Green Finance 2018, Low Carbon Buildings and Green Taxonomy

Mar 1, 2019

New: China Green Bond Market 2018 Report: 中国绿色债券市场 2018: China cements position as a leading green bond market with USD42.8bn issued in 2018.

Feb 28, 2019

New Report: Hong Kong GB Market 2018: In partnership with HSBC: Supported by HK Monetary Authority & HK Green Finance Association: 新报告：香港绿色债券市场简报2018：与汇丰银行合作，由香港金融管理局和香港绿色金融协会支持

Feb 25, 2019

Market Blog #21 (26/02/19): Feb GB issuance at USD9bn so far: 1st GB from a telco: 1st Swedish public transport GB issuer: Investment news, GB gossip and more...

Feb 25, 2019

Breaking! Japan: JRTT Inaugural CBI Certified Green Bond: Fast train network operator goes to market with new green offering

Feb 20, 2019

Climate Bonds Opportunity: We're looking for a Policy Manager to help green the world’s financial system! Apply now!

Feb 15, 2019

Major Sponsors Announced for Climate Bonds Annual Conference 2019! London - 5-7 March

Feb 15, 2019

Just 21 Days to Climate Bonds Conference! Green Trillions into the 2020s: New Speakers & Event Details

Feb 11, 2019

Climate Bonds: 2019 Green Investment Picture: Sean Kidney's Special Post for Blog Subscribers

Feb 6, 2019

Market Blog #20: 7th Feb: USD10.4bn GB issuance for January: 2nd Certified Climate Bond from Philippines: 1st EUR green bond from US bank: Sean Kidney’s 2019 Outlook

Feb 6, 2019

January Media digest with Forbes, Financial Times, Euromoney, South China Morning Post and more!

Feb 4, 2019

San Francisco’s latest Muni GB highlights commitment to sustainable and low carbon infrastructure financing

Feb 4, 2019

February Events: from Helsinki to Tokyo, Honduras to Brussels, meet the Climate Bonds Team ahead of #CBI19

Feb 3, 2019

Just 5 Weeks to go! Climate Bonds Conference: New Speakers Announced: GB Pioneer Awards Voting Open: Register Now!

Jan 28, 2019

ASEAN Green Finance: New Climate Bonds reports: ASEAN Green Finance State of the Market 2018 & ASEAN Green Financial Instruments Guide

Jan 22, 2019

Market Blog #19: 18 Jan 2019: USD167.3bn total 2018 GB issuance - USD11bn GBs in Dec '18 alone: 1st GB from Icelandic city: 1st sovereign blue bond

Jan 18, 2019

Sustainable finance in troubling times: five actions to prevent market turbulence turning into a crisis - by Nick Robins

Jan 14, 2019

January Events: Meet the team in Thailand, Mexico City, Stockholm, Toronto, Helsinki... and more!

Jan 13, 2019

December media digest with the Wall Street Journal, France24, Bonds & Loans, Financial Times, Euractiv, La Tribune and more!

Jan 9, 2019

NY HFA in Double Figures- 11th Certified GB – Leads Programmatic Issuers Using Certification Route

Jan 7, 2019

Market Blog #18: 20th Dec: GB issuance at USD7.2bn so far: 1st Thai Certified Bond: 1st Certified Bond from South Carolina Muni: 1st Namibian GB

Dec 20, 2018

November media digest with The Economist, Financial Times, Handelsblatt, National Geographic, I&PE, Reuters and more!

Dec 19, 2018

Brazil Green Finance Initiative (BGFI) holds final meeting of the year with green infrastructure for Brazil’s cities at the top of the agenda

Dec 17, 2018

EU TEG calls for feedback on Taxonomy: Online platforms and workshops - Mitigation, Resilience and Adaptation topics for comment

Dec 14, 2018

Market Blog #17: 10 Dec 2018: USD23.9bn GBs in Nov – new monthly record! 1st French postal GB: 1st Canadian public transport GB: Surge in Certified GBs

Dec 10, 2018

Société du Grand Paris Adopts Programmatic Path: Streamlined Certification for Giant Rail Project: Multiple GBs to Fund Decade Long Network Expansion

Dec 10, 2018

Certifications Surge! ING's Record: SGP's Paris Programmatic: Westpac's Green Deposit & more! Oct-Nov stories you may have missed!

Dec 7, 2018

Nigeria: Vetiva Capital Management & CBI sign Partnership agreement to develop a liquid green & climate bond market in Africa

Dec 3, 2018

Shanghai Launch – Green Panda Bond Handbook: IDB & CBI event with People’s Bank of China (PBoC)

Nov 30, 2018

Webinar! Green City Bonds: Pooled Green Bond Financing for Municipalities: FMDV, Kommuninvest & CBI: Don’t miss it!

Nov 30, 2018

December Events: Meet the team at COP in Katowice or Hong Kong, Maputo & Nairobi, Paris or São Paulo and more.

Nov 29, 2018

Climate Bonds Launches Adaptation and Resilience Expert Group (AREG) – New Stage in Standards Development

Nov 22, 2018

Largest Climate Bonds Certified deal to date: ING Group USD3bn green dual-tranche is the largest from a European Bank

Nov 22, 2018

Market Blog #16, 23-11: Nov GB issuance at USD13.3bn so far: Largest Certified Climate Bond to date: 1st Certified Climate Bond from airport: Fannie Mae: NSW TCorp & more

Nov 22, 2018

Breaking: ADBC Issues First in EUR500m Green & Sustainability Bond: Offshore Listing: Strong Demand: Second-and Third-Party Opinions posted

Nov 21, 2018

Roundtable & Webinars: CBI Taxonomy & GB Database Methodology: 气候债券分类方案和绿色债券数据库方法论：立即注册我们的网络研讨会: signup to our live events now!

Nov 16, 2018

October media digest with Financial Times x 3, Euromoney, Bloomberg, Reuters, Les Echos, Environmental Finance and more!

Nov 15, 2018

Brazil’s Green Finance Triathlon: A week of events running from São Paulo to Florianópolis

Nov 13, 2018

Webinars: Australia – Green Bonds & Green Infrastructure Investment in the spotlight

Nov 13, 2018

Boost for Low Carbon Forestry Investment: Launch of new Green Bonds Criteria in Forestry Sector :Climate Bonds Rollout of New Sectors for Green Investment Continues

Nov 7, 2018

Market Blog #15: 7th Nov 2018: USD13.9bn GBs in Oct: Ist Mexico GB in protected agriculture: Japan: ANA green building GB: Dutch Sovereign GB for 2019: Gossip and BAM on Bloomberg Radio

Nov 6, 2018

Tokyo: Launch of Green Finance Network Japan: A new high-level green initiative

Nov 2, 2018

Australia Should Position for Green Growth – Invest in Low Carbon Infra – SoTM Report Reflects Global Trends & Opportunities

Nov 1, 2018

Climate Bonds Releases latest Green Bond Pricing Report for Q1-Q2 2018

Oct 31, 2018

November Events: Meet the Team in Kiev, Beijing, Brussels, Mumbai, Hamburg, Helsinki, Sao Paulo...& more!

Oct 31, 2018

China Green Bond Market Newsletter Q3 2018 / 中国绿色债券市场季报2018年第三季度

Oct 31, 2018

Rhode Island Infra Bank Signs GB Pledge. CA & NY lead green issuers in Q3: GCAS momentum & sub-national action

Oct 29, 2018

Double Webinar Special: Low Carbon Buildings: Green Bond Criteria: Climate Bonds Guide: November 13th & 20th – Register NOW!

Oct 23, 2018

Market Blog #14: 21st Oct: Mid-Month issuance at USD6.8bn: Irish Sovereign green GB: 1st Portuguese GB: New Issuers from Japan, Germany, France, China & US: Cal Treasurer talks Green Bond Pledge

Oct 20, 2018

Greenium signals in the US green muni bond market? Two new pricing papers from UCL provide more clues.

Oct 20, 2018

Finnish consulting company Indufor becomes a Climate Bonds Approved Verifier

Oct 17, 2018

Q3 2018 Green Bonds Summary: USD29.7bn* 79 Issuers, 27 Countries: US, China Sweden Lead, New League Tables and More!

Oct 15, 2018

EU based Greensolver becomes a Climate Bonds Approved Verifier

Oct 15, 2018

September Media Digest with Financial Times, Anthropocene Magazine, Japan Times, South China Morning Post, Investment & Pensions Europe, Fortune, Forbes and More!

Oct 11, 2018

SBI makes USD650million Certified splash in green bond pool: inaugural green issuance cements State Bank of India's commitment to sustainability

Oct 5, 2018

Market Blog #13 Oct:USD8.8bn GBs in September: Sumitomo 1st convertible GB: BBVA Bancomer Mexico GB & more

Oct 2, 2018

October Events: Meet the Team in Bali, Brussels, Munich, Milan, Manila, Stockholm, Santiago... & more!

Oct 1, 2018

Flagship Market report: London Launch: Trillion $ potential of climate investment: Green & climate aligned bonds are the foundation

Sep 30, 2018

New Report: Creating Green Bond Markets - Emerging Economies: Joint IFC & CBI project for Sustainable Banking Network: Washington Release

Sep 26, 2018

UPDATE: CBI Green Bond Methodology: Eligibility for Inclusion in Database: Aligns with new version of Climate Bonds Taxonomy:

Sep 25, 2018

Bonds and Climate Change State of the Market 2018 report: Total USD1.45tn in green and climate-aligned bonds – Launch at Climate Week NYC

Sep 24, 2018

Launch: Major Update to Climate Bonds Taxonomy: Expansion of international guide to climate aligned assets and projects:

Sep 21, 2018

Presentada la Alianza Global de Bonos Verdes en la Cumbre Global de Acción Climática (GCAS)

Sep 21, 2018

Brazil Green Finance Initiative (BGFI) brings BRL 1.5 trillion AUM of institutional investors together with Energy and Agri leaders at Q3 meetings

Sep 20, 2018

Market Blog Sept: #12: GB issuance passes USD100bn mark for 2018: State of the Market 2018 preview: Green Bond Pledge: GCAS, Gossip and more!:

Sep 19, 2018

CBI & HKU Business School Sign MoU on Green Finance Education: Joint Program: World First with Leading Business School

Sep 19, 2018

Lancement du partenariat Global Green Bond-Mise à l'échelle des financements pour l'action climatique sous-nationale et des entreprises à travers les obligations vertes

Sep 18, 2018

Global Green Bond Partnership Launched to Accelerate Green Issuance - Announcement During GCAS in San Francisco

Sep 18, 2018

Invitation: NY Launch, Bonds & Climate Change: State of the Market 2018 – Climate Week - Monday Sept 24th

Sep 17, 2018

August Media Digest with The Wall Street Journal, Business Times Singapore, Bloomberg, Fortune, Global Capital, I&PI and more!

Sep 14, 2018

Mexico City first in LATAM to sign Green Bond Pledge - La Ciudad de México se suma a el Compromiso de Bonos Verdes

Sep 13, 2018

Green Bond Pledge Founding Signatories Announced: US Cities, LGX, LGS in first wave of commitments on eve of Global Climate Action Summit

Sep 11, 2018

Invitation: Exclusive Brussels Preview: New Climate Bonds Taxonomy: Monday 17th September, 10am – 12pm. Official launch at Climate Week NYC in two weeks

Sep 11, 2018

Market Blog #11: USD3.3bn GBs in August: New issuers from Canada, China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea: California signs the Green Bond Pledge

Sep 5, 2018

The Climate Week Event You Don't Want to Miss! Moody’s & Climate Bonds 'Decarbonizing the Global Economy' Thursday 27th: Registrations are now open!

Sep 5, 2018

September Events: Meet the Team in Mumbai, San José, Munich, São Paulo... & more!

Sep 4, 2018

Consultation Opens on New Criteria – Mexico Protected Agriculture

Sep 3, 2018

Green Infrastructure Investment - Australia and NZ: Large Scale Green Finance Opportunities & Potential for Faster Growth

Aug 28, 2018

Last Chance to Register! Australia & NZ Green Infrastructure Report Launches: Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland.

Aug 23, 2018

July’s Media Digest with Forbes, Bloomberg, FT, The Times, AFR, Reuters and more!

Aug 23, 2018

Brazil: High-level meeting gathers renewable energy leaders to discuss green finance instruments for the sector

Aug 21, 2018

UBS Becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Aug 14, 2018

Newsletter: from low carbon buildings and EU TEG to the Climate Bonds Taxonomy and 2018 Certifications – all the latest from the Climate Bonds Standard & Certification Scheme!

Aug 14, 2018

INVITATION: Sydney, Melbourne or Auckland? Report launch Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities Australia & NZ

Aug 13, 2018

Cal Treasurer Signs Green Bond Pledge: Points to Green Bonds for Infrastructure Development

Aug 8, 2018

India-UK Green Finance Dialogue: Showcase for Infrastructure Pipeline & Green Investment

Aug 6, 2018

Market Blog #10: USD11.6bn GBs in July: First Certified Climate Bond from Colombian issuer: Updated H1 figures

Aug 1, 2018

Green Bond Policy: Highlights from Q1-Q2 2018

Jul 31, 2018

August Events: Meet us in Nanjing, Sydney, Melbourne & Auckland!

Jul 30, 2018

China Green Bond Market Mid-Year Report 2018 -中国绿色债券市场半年报 2018

Jul 30, 2018

Climate adapted and resilient infrastructure – a green bridge to the SDGs

Jul 24, 2018

High-Level Executive Dialogue gathers agribusiness leaders to discuss financial solutions and ways to mobilize capital for sustainable agriculture at scale in Brazil

Jul 24, 2018

Webinar: Green Bond Pledge - Briefing for Cities & Municipals: Linking Cities Climate Agendas to Financing Strategies

Jul 20, 2018

SFPUC seeks to widen investor base with latest Wastewater Infrastructure Green Bonds

Jul 19, 2018

Market Blog #9: Mid-July GB issuance at USD8.9bn: First Uruguayan GB

Jul 18, 2018

June’s Media Digest: Euromoney, FT, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, City A.M., IFR, Investments & Pensions Europe and more

Jul 18, 2018

Can US Munis Scale Up Green Bond Issuance? Likely-Yes: Latest Briefing from Climate Bonds

Jul 17, 2018

Green Bond Pledge: A Climate Finance Framework for Cities & Subnationals: Linking action agendas to financing strategies

Jul 17, 2018

India Green Bond opps forum Monday in London - demand so strong we've had to get a bigger space - more seats now available

Jul 13, 2018

One week left to provide your comments and feedback for the Forestry Criteria! Consultation closes 20th July

Jul 13, 2018

H1 2018 Green Bonds Market Summary: USD74.6bn preliminary figures for H1: Spotlight on US Muni GB issuance: BAML leads Q2 underwriters league table: First listing venue league table

Jul 12, 2018

Breaking: State Bank of India to issue inaugural GBs: Climate Bonds Certified: USD Benchmark size.

Jul 9, 2018

Invitation: India Green Bonds & Green Finance Investment Opportunities: London 16 July

Jul 9, 2018

Market Blog #8: Record month! $6bn in Certified GBs – Big US solar ABS-Largest in World: New issuers: Green bonds gossip & more!

Jul 5, 2018

En Route to First EU TEG Meeting: Sean Kidney reports

Jul 4, 2018

Climate Bonds convenes Electrical Grid Group to develop low energy transmission, distribution and storage criteria for green bond investment

Jun 28, 2018

July Events: Meet us in Kazahkstan or HK, Milan, Singapore, Brussels and yes London!

Jun 28, 2018

São Paulo: Agribusiness leaders gathered to discuss finance directions for Brazilian agriculture

Jun 27, 2018

Market Blog June 2018: ICBC & BoC Certified Bonds: Record month for Certifications: 1st GB from pension fund: 1st Chinese Hydro ABS.4th GB from NAB #7

Jun 21, 2018

Green Bonds: A Bridge to SDGs - Focus on SDG 6, 7, 9, 11, 13 & 15

Jun 20, 2018

Bank of China USD1bn Climate Bonds Certified Issuance: Top 5 Bank: Best Practice with Latest Green Offering

Jun 19, 2018

Foresight Group becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Jun 18, 2018

ICBC Issues Record Climate Bonds Certified GB: US$1.58bn Triple Tranche: World’s Biggest Bank, London Listing - Landmark Green Transaction 伦敦证券交易所挂牌规模最大绿色债券

Jun 14, 2018

Introducing: Sustainable Land Bonds - Investing in Nature for Climate

Jun 13, 2018

Tianjin: Green Supply Chain Service Centre (TGCC) Partners with Climate Bonds

Jun 13, 2018

Invitation: Webinar: 18 June: Join the experts: Explore the new Forestry Criteria for green bonds. Next week! Don’t miss it!

Jun 12, 2018

Media Digest: May Edition: Independent, FT, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Reuters, IFR, I&PE and more

Jun 7, 2018

Market Blog #6,07/06/2018: 1st shipping GB and 1st forest covered GB: 12 new issuers in May

Jun 6, 2018

Climate Bonds Briefing: NYK Green Bond – green enough for now but not for long

Jun 5, 2018

Lagos Launch: Nigeria Green Bond Market Development Program: New initiative to boost African Green Finance

Jun 4, 2018

June Events: Meet the Team in Hong Kong, São Paulo, Berlin, Singapore, Munich... & more!

May 30, 2018

India: Green Securitisation, the next wave in financing of green assets - New Briefing Paper

May 30, 2018

Consultation Opens on New Criteria - Forestry: Land Conservation & Restoration: Comments Sought on New Sectors Under Climate Bonds Standard

May 27, 2018

LAUNCH: New Climate Based Water Resilience Criteria for Investors

May 24, 2018

Market Blog #5 May 2018: Lithuania Sovereign: Lebanon: Spanish and Swiss Corporates: Rising EM Diversity

May 21, 2018

Report: GB Pricing in the Primary Market: Q4 2017: Climate Bonds 4th in Series

May 18, 2018

Invitations: Indonesia Green Infra Webinar & Amsterdam/London/Stockholm/Helsinki Green Finance Events: Find out more!

May 14, 2018

May Events (well, for the rest of May): Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam, Beijing, São Paulo, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Luxembourg, Helsinki

May 10, 2018

Confirm your Blog Subscription & Stay Informed on Green Finance - Action Needed!

May 10, 2018

New Report: The Green Bond Market in Europe

May 9, 2018

Jakarta Launch: Indonesia Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities Report at the 1st Green Finance Summit

May 9, 2018

IBFV 2018: Membros da Iniciativa Brasileira de Finanças Verdes realizam primeira reunião do ano!

May 7, 2018

Indonesia: Green Finance Summit: Green infrastructure report launch: You’re invited!

May 3, 2018

NEW: Bioenergy Criteria Opens for Public Consultation: New Sector for the Climate Bonds Standard

May 3, 2018

Enlist now! Our Green Bond Boot Camp Starts with NYC tour this May! Europe & Asia to follow!

May 1, 2018

China Green Bond Market Newsletter Q1 2018 -中国绿色债券市场季报 2018年第1季度

Apr 27, 2018

Brazil Green Finance Initiative (BGFI) holds first meeting for 2018

Apr 26, 2018

Market Blog #4 April 2018: First Marine Certified Bond: New issuers: Belgium, Chile, Indonesia, Spain: Updated Q1 2018 figures

Apr 24, 2018

New Report: France: Green Bond Market - Driving Green Finance Development

Apr 23, 2018

AXA IM Joins Climate Bonds Partners Program

Apr 16, 2018

Q1 2018 Green Bonds Market Summary: USD25.8bn preliminary quarterly figures: 2017 annual issuance revised to USD160.8bn: JP Morgan leads Underwriters League Table

Apr 9, 2018

From billions to trillions – Your 2-minute takeaway on our Annual Conference 2018

Apr 5, 2018

April Events: Meet the Team in Abu Dhabi, Mexico City, Beijing, Hannover, São Paulo, Toronto, Oslo, Buenos Aires, Paris... & more!

Apr 3, 2018

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Mar 28, 2018

Market Blog #3, March 2018: GB Pledge goes live: 12 new issuers, from RSA to Iceland: First GB from logistics sector: First Certification for commercial real estate green loan

Mar 28, 2018

Sovereign GBs, Case Studies from 2017/18:The 7 Steps to Issuance:New Climate Bonds Paper

Mar 27, 2018

Climate Bonds Announces 2018 Green Bond Pioneer Award Winners

Mar 20, 2018

Report: Korea Climate Bond Market: Overview & Opportunities: Launch in Seoul & Climate Bonds Annual Conference in London

Mar 19, 2018

Netherlands’ third biggest asset manager PGGM becomes a Climate Bonds Partner: Welkom!

Mar 16, 2018

#CBI18 Conference: Haven't registered yet? There's still time! And don't forget the big Roundtables on the 21st March

Mar 9, 2018

Market Blog #2/2018: Three new Sovereign GBs: More on NAB Certified RMBS; Green Bond Pioneer Awards coming soon!

Mar 7, 2018

Announcement: 2018 Annual Conference & 3rd Green Bond Awards Major Sponsors

Mar 1, 2018

Nairobi: Kenya Green Building Society and CBI sign MoU: Aim to boost green lending for low carbon climate resilient buildings

Feb 26, 2018

Climate Bonds & Sociedade Rural Brasileira celebrate partnership on new project to develop green finance opportunities for Brazil’s sustainable agriculture industry

Feb 26, 2018

New report: GB Pricing in the Primary Market: Q3 2017: Climate Bonds third report in series

Feb 21, 2018

Latest Standards Newsletter: Certified Climate Bonds top $30bn, Top10 Certified issuers in 2017: Buildings Criteria rollout: Expansion plans for 2018 and much more!

Feb 19, 2018

2017 Policy Highlights & Review and Forecasts for 2018

Feb 16, 2018

Investor Webinar: China’s Green Bond Market – Investment Trends and Directions Wed 21 Feb 2018 12:00-13:00 GMT

Feb 14, 2018

Nordic and Baltic Public Sector Green Bonds: First scoping study on the role of the public sector in Northern-European green bond markets

Feb 14, 2018

The Green Bond Market in the Nordics: Small nations, big contributions: Launch at Handelsbanken's Annual Green Bonds and Sustainable Capital Markets Conference

Feb 14, 2018

Jan Market Blog: Strong start to 2018: GBs from Asia & Norway: Green Sukuk: Sovereigns & Certified Bonds to start the year

Feb 12, 2018

气候债券倡议组织与中央结算公司联合发布第二份中国绿色债券市场年度报告，汇丰银行全力支持

Feb 9, 2018

Germany’s LBBW EUR750m green bond secures Certification under the Climate Bond Standard for Low Carbon Buildings (Commercial)

Feb 9, 2018

Indonesia: IDX in new Partnership with CBI: Meanwhile EBA & PINA sign new MoU with CBI to join forces on green infrastructure investment

Feb 8, 2018

China Green Bond Market Annual Report: 2017 issuance at record USD37.1bn: Jointly published by CBI with CCDC & supported by HSBC

Feb 7, 2018

Green bond: c’è anche l’Italia nel 2017 dei record. L'articolo di Sean Kidney per RiEnergia

Feb 2, 2018

Underwriter League Tables for 2017: BAML tops both Q4 & the full year: Crédit Agricole & HSBC 2nd & 3rd - full figures and data

Feb 1, 2018

February Events: From Stockholm, to Amsterdam, Helsinki, Delhi, Brasilia, Santa Monica, Kuala Lumpur & many more!

Feb 1, 2018

Just out: EU High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG) final report

Jan 31, 2018

Record USD11bn US Green Muni Bonds 2017: NY in top spot, beats California: USD20bn for 2018 forecast?

Jan 30, 2018

2018 Conference Update: Early Bird Closes on Wed! New Speakers Confirmed! Join the debate on how to reach a $1tn market at #CBI18 in London on 20 - 21 March

Jan 25, 2018

December Market Blog: Nigeria issues 1st African Sovereign Green Bond & its Climate Bonds Certified! IRFC and PFC Certified from India: plus US, Swedish, Italian, German, Malaysian, Japanese and Chinese issuance and more!

Jan 19, 2018

La emisión global de bonos verdes supera los USD 120 mil millones hasta Julio 2017

Jan 17, 2018

Chinese regulators introduce supervisory scheme for green bond verifiers - Further step in building market frameworks

Jan 15, 2018

Germany’s DZ BANK is the latest to join the Climate Bonds Partner Program

Jan 15, 2018

How to get to a $1tn Green Bond Market? Find answers at our Annual Conference-March 2018!

Jan 11, 2018

2017 GB Issuance: USD155.5bn: New Record! All the 2017 numbers that count in our Green Bond Highlights report: Plus our Seven Super Trends and 2018 green bonds forecast!

Jan 10, 2018

Handelsbanken: Latest addition to our Partners Program!

Jan 5, 2018

January Events: From Mumbai, to Beijing, Hong Kong, Vienna, Rabat & Kigali: four different continents for a great start into 2018!

Jan 2, 2018

Public consultation opens for new V3.0 of the Climate Bonds Standard - Next iteration of the overarching multi-sector Standard available for review now!

Dec 22, 2017

November Media digest – FT x 6, Reuters, South China Morning Post with big news from Barclays, Bank of China and more!

Dec 19, 2017

Nigeria Issues Climate Bonds Certified Sovereign Green Bond: Signals ‘more to come’ as part of Paris NDC objectives

Dec 19, 2017

Market Round Up: NZ Contact Energy’s Certified GB Programme; 1st Green Issuance from an Insurance Company: Germany, Italy, Norway, US, Denmark…Green Sukuk, Green Schuldschein and more!

Dec 15, 2017

Brazil Green Finance Initiative: Sets 2018 strategy for low carbon economy, green investment, international partnerships and more!

Dec 15, 2017

Iniciativa Brasileira de Finanças Verdes: Traça estratégia de 2018 para economia de baixo carbono, investimentos verdes, parcerias internacionais e mais!

Dec 15, 2017

Fiji consolidates Year of the Sovereigns; China, L.A. & SanFran issue Certified Climate Bonds; Newcomers aplenty: Latvia, Tokyo, Canada, Europe... plus more from US Munis!

Dec 11, 2017

Indian Railways: Debut $500m Climate Bonds Certified Green Bond Financing Low Carbon Transport Infrastructure

Dec 6, 2017

California Municipal Green Bond Issuance Passes $5 Billion: New US Green Finance Record

Nov 30, 2017

China Newsletter-中国绿色债券季报- All the green bond issuers, trends & market developments in the world’s largest green market

Nov 29, 2017

最新中国绿色债券季报：世界最大绿色债券市场的发行人，趋势和市场发展 - Climate Bonds China Newsletter

Nov 29, 2017

Breaking! Indian Railways to issue inaugural green bond & it's Climate Bonds Certified

Nov 29, 2017

December Events: From Chengdu to Shanghai to Beijing to Belarus, Paris, São Paulo & Belo Horizonte

Nov 28, 2017

Seoul: SK Securities & Climate Bonds sign MoU to promote Green Market Growth in Korea

Nov 24, 2017

Thursday 30th: Webinar: Green Bonds for Cities: Infrastructure finance for cities in emerging economies - Focus on Cape Town

Nov 23, 2017

Monday 27th: 'Greenium' Webinar: green bonds vs vanilla bonds - our latest Pricing Analysis

Nov 22, 2017

October media digest with green bond stories in FT, South China Morning Post, Thomson Reuters, El Economista, La Tribune and many more!

Nov 21, 2017

Spotlight on COP23 SSE Green Finance Dialogue & Germany’s growing green markets

Nov 18, 2017

Deutschland & der COP23 Green Finance Dialogue: Blick auf die wachsenden grünen Kapitalmärkte Deutschlands

Nov 17, 2017

Bonds and Climate Change: Canada Report 2017. Launch by Climate Bonds and Smart Prosperity Institute

Nov 17, 2017

Breaking: 2017 Green Bond Record! $100bn in global issuance reached during COP23

Nov 16, 2017

Breaking! BOC, century-old bank comes to international green bond market for its third time

Nov 14, 2017

Triple Treat: 3 Big Webinars in November: Water, Pricing Report and Green Bonds for Cities!

Nov 10, 2017

Quarterly Newsletter: Certifications from China & India: East Coast & West Coast lead US Munis: 10 big Issuers Adopt Programmatic Path, Standards Updates and more!

Nov 10, 2017

Green Bond Pricing in the Primary Market: Latest Climate Bonds Analysis for Q2 2017

Nov 10, 2017

Breaking! Swiss Canton of Geneva to issue green muni bonds: Announced today!

Nov 9, 2017

Q3 2017 Green Bonds Market Summary: Top Issuers, Top Underwriters: 2nd largest quarter ever! Plus 1st Green Sukuk: New Transactions and more…

Nov 9, 2017

Barclays issues Climate Bonds Certified Green Bond: €500m First for a UK Bank

Nov 7, 2017

Invitation: At COP next Tuesday? Sovereign Green Bonds: Hear from the Experts

Nov 2, 2017

ICBC Lists $2.1bn Climate Bonds Certified Green Bond on LGX: World’s Biggest Bank Announces More Details on Inaugural Green Issuance

Nov 1, 2017

November Events: Japan to Germany, Bonn & Brussels, Seoul & Sydney, COP23 & Cairo, Mumbai, Miami & more: A big month for Climate Bonds.

Oct 29, 2017

Water Criteria Phase 2 open for International Public Consultation: Introductory webinars for issuers and investors in water bonds

Oct 20, 2017

Fiji Becomes 3rd Nation to Issue a Sovereign Green Bond: FJD100m (USD50m) to Finance Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Projects

Oct 18, 2017

Sept Media digest: Euromoney, FT, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, The Telegraph, CityAM and many more. Don’t miss out!

Oct 18, 2017

Summer Media Digest: The Economist, FT, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, Euromoney, Investment & Pensions Europe & many more

Oct 17, 2017

Water Criteria: Consultation & Webinars x2: Nature-based and Hybrid Water Infrastructure - Phase 2: Hear from the Experts

Oct 14, 2017

Invitation: Paris: Conférence HSBC Finance durable - Jeudi 19 octobre 2017

Oct 13, 2017

Invitation: In Washington, DC on Monday? NRDC Climate Resilience Investment: Resilience Bonds, Banks, and Funds

Oct 11, 2017

ICBC, biggest bank in the world issues certified green: IREDA issues certified green from India: Austrian, Swedish, Brazilian, Swiss, and Canadian issuance, more US munis, moving pictures, gossip and a big green bond from Mexico City Airport

Oct 11, 2017

NEW: Marine Renewable Energy Criteria Launch: Certification Scheme Extended to Marine Renewable Energy Investments

Oct 9, 2017

Lançamento em São Paulo: Edição Brasil - Títulos de Dívida & Mudanças Climáticas: Análise do Mercado 2017

Oct 9, 2017

Green City Bonds: Opportunities for cities to fund climate-resilient infrastructure: Our State of the Market 2017 Report looks at Cape Town, Lagos, Mexico City, Medellín and more

Oct 7, 2017

We’re hiring! Manager of Market Analysis: One-year Mat Leave contract: London-based

Oct 6, 2017

US based Kestrel Verifiers Joins Approved Verifier Pool. West Coast Presence, Water Expertise

Oct 5, 2017

São Paulo Launch: Brazil Edition of the Bonds & Climate Change: State of the Market 2017 Report

Oct 5, 2017

IREDA USD300m green masala bond launch at LSE: Climate Bonds Certified!

Sep 30, 2017

Global green bonds overtake 2016 total: $83bn on 28th Sept: Now in sight of our $130bn by December 31st forecast

Sep 29, 2017

Eleven different cities from north to south, west to east in our October agenda: London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong & Taipei, São Paulo, Rio, and more!

Sep 29, 2017

全球最大银行中国工商银行将发行获气候债券标准认证的绿色债券

Sep 29, 2017

Breaking! World’s biggest bank issues Climate Bonds Certified Green Bond: One Belt One Road Green Climate Bond from ICBC: Just Announced!

Sep 28, 2017

In London on October 2nd? Invitation: South Korean Green Bond Market Briefing – Don’t miss it!

Sep 26, 2017

Climate Bonds State of the Market Report 2017: Green bonds & climate-aligned universe now stands at $895bn: Launch today at Climate Week NYC event

Sep 19, 2017

Mittwoch Nachmittag! Wien! Noch einige wenige Plätze zu vergeben für den grossen Green Bonds Kongress mit White & Case, Weber & Co. und Luxembourg Stock Exchange!

Sep 18, 2017

Three US Green Bonds Events you don’t want to miss: New York, New York & California

Sep 15, 2017

Invitation: New York City, Bonds and Climate Change: the State of the Market 2017 - Monday 18/09: Global Launch

Sep 11, 2017

中国带动新兴市场绿色债券发展：撬动私人资本；一带一路所带来的机遇

Sep 7, 2017

China, green bonds & emerging markets: leveraging private capital; opportunities along with the Belt & Road Initiative

Sep 7, 2017

Our Top 5 EU Green Finance Developments: All starting to add up

Sep 6, 2017

Beijing: Climate Bonds/Bank of China present research on scaling green capital flows to UK-China Green Finance Taskforce. Addressing low carbon transition - a key part of China & UK shared vision for promoting sustainable development

Sep 5, 2017

Green bonds aplenty, 1st's from Lithuania, Switzerland, Malaysia 1st Green Sukuk, MBS, LATAM market momentum, UK, India and China, new comers from all corners!

Sep 1, 2017

September events: Lagos, Lisbon, London, Madrid, New-York New-York, New Delhi, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels & more

Sep 1, 2017

In Amsterdam on Monday 4th? Hear Justine Leigh-Bell’s keynote address to Rabobank 4th Annual Green Bond Round Table. Follow up with Justine on Tuesday 5th at the Global Capital Responsible Markets Forum-Amsterdam

Aug 29, 2017

中国绿色债券市场半年报 2017:China Green Bond Market Mid-Year Report: Green bond issuers, policy decisions and all the big market developments!

Aug 25, 2017

Green Bonds Mid-Year Summary 2017: Climate Bonds looks at the last six months numbers, the trends and our tips for the rest of 2017

Aug 17, 2017

Colombia’s 3rd Green Bond: Bancóldex issues COP200bn (USD67m): Proceeds to fight climate change. Support from IDB, SECO and Climate Bonds Initiative

Aug 14, 2017

India events focus on green finance: Regulation adds fillip: Munis get a reboot & look for more bond based funding: Meanwhile the rail boom begins to roll

Aug 11, 2017

Green Bond Pricing in the Primary Market - Is There a Greenium? Latest Analysis from Climate Bonds

Aug 4, 2017

Chancellor of the Exchequer launches UK–Brazil Green Finance Partnership in São Paulo

Aug 3, 2017

Parceria Brasil-Reino Unido em Finanças Verdes é lançada pelo Ministro da Fazenda do Reino Unido, Phillip Hammond

Aug 2, 2017

EU Expert Group on Sustainable Finance: Interim Report: Give your feedback before September 6th: Make our planet great again!

Jul 31, 2017

Jetzt auf Deutsch: 5 Themenpapiere zum Thema Green Finance

Jul 28, 2017

August Events: Summertime chills: Sydney, Melbourne, São Paulo & Rio de Janeiro - Climate Bonds flies to the Southern Hemisphere this month

Jul 28, 2017

China’s first Certified Climate Bond: China Three Gorges Corporation: Funds wind energy in Europe

Jul 26, 2017

Impact Reporting & Green Bonds: A Closer Look: Analysis from our recent Use of Proceeds Report

Jul 24, 2017

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

Jul 24, 2017

Market Blog: EIB GB Anniversary, New York State Housing, Norway, Italy, Sweden again, news bites, gossip. Let’s think big for 2020!

Jul 22, 2017

Lots of coverage in June Media Digest: The Economist, Institutional Investor, Financial Times, The Guardian, I&PE, La Tribune, Börsen-Zeitung and more!

Jul 21, 2017

Green Bond Policy Highlights from Q1-Q2 2017

Jul 18, 2017

Invitation: Mumbai Green Bond Events in July: Green City Bonds for Infrastructure TUE 25th; SEBI Briefing on Green Bond Guidelines THU 27th

Jul 17, 2017

Le ministère français de la transition écologique et solidaire renouvelle son accord de partenariat avec l'association Climate Bonds Initiative

Jul 17, 2017

EU Sustainable Finance: HLEG Interim Report: Invitations: London and Brussels Briefings:

Jul 13, 2017

New EU Green Securities Steering Committee to Promote Climate Finance Opportunities

Jul 4, 2017

July Events: Beijing, Mumbai, Sydney, but also Brussels, Frankfurt, London!

Jun 29, 2017

Out Now: Post Issuance Reporting in GB Market: Current Trends & Best Practice; what’s happening & what we want to see: Climate Bonds report.

Jun 29, 2017

Morgen! Frankfurt! Veröffentlichung des neuesten Climate Bonds Berichtes: mit Berlin Hyp*, Crédit Agricole und BlackRock!

Jun 27, 2017

打破迷思：为什么中国的绿色债券市场比你想象的更规范？

Jun 21, 2017

Myth buster: why China’s green bond market is more orderly than you might think. An Overview from Climate Bonds Initiative

Jun 21, 2017

Les souscripteurs français d’obligations vertes sont au premier rang pour le premier trimestre 2017: ils occupent les trois premières places de notre tout dernier classement

Jun 15, 2017

May’s Media Digest – FT (x 3), Reuters, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, Global Capital & more!

Jun 14, 2017

April’s green bonds media digest: Financial Times (x2), The Wall Street Journal, Institutional Investor, Euromoney, IPE, SCHMP and more...

Jun 14, 2017

French underwriters lead on green in Q1: Top 3 spots on our latest league table for 2017

Jun 14, 2017

NEW: Marine Renewable Energy Criteria Public Consultation Opens: Feedback Welcome & Introductory Webinars in June & July

Jun 14, 2017

Invitation: Frankfurt, 28th June, Launch of Climate Bonds latest Report: A Berlin Hyp Event, hosted by Crédit Agricole

Jun 13, 2017

Market Blog:‘Be Climate Smart’ says BART: Renovate America, Fort Bend & more US Munis: A Flemish first: Chile & China, France, Poland, Sweden: New globe-spanning green bond issuers, gossip, news bites & more!

Jun 9, 2017

Howzat! India: SEBI delivers new GB Regs: Pitched in line with international best practice: Look for the bounce in local markets.

Jun 8, 2017

Westpac joins the Climate Bonds Initiative Partner Program: Australian bank continues drive on climate change solutions and sustainability

Jun 2, 2017

57 Mexican Investors with USD 214bn in AUM Back Green Bonds

Jun 1, 2017

57 Inversionistas Mexicanos con un fondo de USD 214bn, Firman de Declaración de Bonos Verdes

Jun 1, 2017

Ready, steady, go! From the vibrant São Paulo to the fashionable Milan, the massive Beijing to the intimate Vienna, London, Paris, Munich, Frankfurt, Rome, Shanghai and even Nova Scotia!

May 31, 2017

Germany: Deutsche Börse becomes Climate Bonds Partner: German GB Market Update: Frankfurt Declaration on Sustainable Investment

May 30, 2017

São Paulo Dialogue 30th May- Em São Paulo, especialistas analisam potencial de mercado para a economia de baixo carbono no Brasil: Investment potential for Brazil's Low Carbon Economy

May 27, 2017

Em São Paulo no dia 30 de maio?Climate Bonds Diálogo Executivo: Potencial de Investimento: Economia de Baixo Carbono do Brasil: Infraestrutura, Agricultura & Energia

May 26, 2017

S&P Global Joins Climate Bonds Initiative Partner Program: Latest global organisation to expand relationship with CBI.

May 24, 2017

China Newsletter-中国绿色债券季报-: All the green bond issuers, trends and market developments: 绿色债券发行人, 趋势和市场发展

May 24, 2017

An oil & gas bond we knew would come eventually: Repsol: Good on GBPs, not so sure on green credentials:

May 23, 2017

Stock Exchanges & next stage of green bonds growth: Joint Paper: CBI & LGX: Exchange actions to support a new phase in green finance expansion.

May 19, 2017

In São Paulo on 30th May? Climate Bonds Executive Dialogue: Investment Potential: Brazil's Low Carbon Economy: Infrastructure, Agriculture, Energy.

May 19, 2017

Invitation: Delhi Roundtable: Green Bonds for Clean Energy: 19th May: Joint Event: Indian Green Bonds Council & USAID: Supported by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy & Climate Bonds Initiative

May 12, 2017

Latest Newsletter: Big Issuers & Programmatic Certification: Record Quarter: TWG Updates, Australia and more!

May 10, 2017

May Events: Madrid, São Paulo, Venice, NYC, Singapore, Zurich, HK, Mumbai, Delhi, DC, Addis Ababa & London!

May 4, 2017

China issues special green bonds guidelines for listed companies + New China Local Govt green bond policy recommendations

May 3, 2017

April Market Blog: Inaugural GBs from Chile & the UAE; More French and Aussie Certified Bonds; US Munis going strong; The World's First Green Hybrid Bond; another from Brazil, lots of repeat issuers, and much, much more!

Apr 27, 2017

White & Case Joins Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

Apr 26, 2017

New OECD Green Bonds Report: Mobilising bond markets for a low-carbon transition: Out now!

Apr 21, 2017

Moody’s joins Climate Bonds Partner Program

Apr 19, 2017

Beijing-Green Finance Summit: Launch of China Local Government Report-Green Bonds Growth Policies

Apr 18, 2017

Green Bond Pioneer Awards & Annual Conference 2017 media digest

Apr 18, 2017

Invitation: Growing Green Securitisation in Europe: Roundtable: Brussels, April 24th: Can the EU lead the way?

Apr 13, 2017

CDL issues Singapore’s first green bond! Climate Bonds Certified: Boost for sustainable property development in major Asian centre

Apr 6, 2017

April Events: Europe, Asia and North America: from Venice to Kiev, Malta, Frankfurt & Brussels, NY, DC, HK, Toronto, Bangkok and more!

Apr 5, 2017

China’s central bank briefs LATAM finance officials & development banks on green finance & green bonds: With a bonus presentation from Sean Kidney

Apr 5, 2017

Green Securitisation: Part of the climate finance suite: Can the EU lead the way?

Apr 4, 2017

Kenya Green Bond Programme Kicks-off with Strong Backing from Banking Industry and Development Finance Community

Mar 31, 2017

New CBA Climate Bond: AUD 650m: Australia bolsters international best practice status

Mar 30, 2017

Jobs: We’re looking for a brilliant & savvy Director of Policy – know anyone?

Mar 27, 2017

Hot off the press: Singapore’s central bank announces Green Bond Grant scheme to cover any additional issuance costs of going green – what a way to kick-start the market!

Mar 24, 2017

Your Ten-Minute Takeaway from the Climate Bonds 2017 Annual Conference in London

Mar 21, 2017

First GBs from Slovenia and Argentina: New securitisations: MTA GB going retail: Quebec, NAB Australia: China chugs along nicely: More from Poland? plus gossip, gossip, gossip!

Mar 16, 2017

Deep-dive: Green synthetic securitisation deal: Frees USD 2bn of capital for green investments - Crédit Agricole and Mariner Investment Group take the plunge

Mar 14, 2017

Latest Briefing Papers: Green Securitisation: Greenium: Green Covered Bonds: Green Exchanges & Green City Bonds - What you need to know.

Mar 9, 2017

Green Bond Pioneer Awards 2017: Leadership in green finance: Glittering event at London’s Guildhall

Mar 7, 2017

M&G Investments joins Climate Bonds Partners Programme

Mar 6, 2017

March Events: Our Annual Conference & GB Awards in London, then Brussels, Vienna, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Mexico City, Beijing, The Hague, Berlin & Hong Kong!

Mar 3, 2017

The single largest green bonds event ever held in the UK: 48 hours away! 2017 Climate Bonds Annual Conference & Green Bond Pioneer Awards

Mar 3, 2017

Joint Climate Bonds & CCCEP-LSE Report: How to grow green securitisation in Europe: Now Released!

Mar 1, 2017

Lagos Conference to set stage for Nigeria Sovereign Green Bond

Feb 20, 2017

Climate Bonds Annual Conference: There’s good news and bad news.

Feb 20, 2017

Green triple treat from Australia: Three Climate Certified GBs surface in a week!

Feb 19, 2017

MTA Goes Retail Again: China Newsletter: India GB Council: Australia & Low Carbon Buildings: Brazil & LATAM Outlook

Feb 13, 2017

France & the year of sovereign green bonds: GB Debuts from Enel, Fibria, Guandong-Huaxing Bank & Hebei; plus Renew re-energised, NYSHFA, YES Bank, NWB Bank & Ontario come to market again! More Climate Bonds Certifications & more China.

Feb 7, 2017

Policy Highlights from 2016: The public policy drivers behind green finance developments: What’s on the horizon for 2017

Feb 4, 2017

February Events: Sydney, Bali, Mumbai, São Paulo & Beijing! Climate Bonds team will be in South America, Asia & Australia this month.

Feb 2, 2017

January’s Best: Swedbank Partners: Ontario Issues: Mexico Meets: Cali Treasurer Reports: Alpha Trains Roll & Our Big Standards Newsletter

Jan 31, 2017

Climate Bonds 2016 Highlights: The big issuers: The big numbers: The trends that count and a 2017 forecast

Jan 30, 2017

Launch of New Waste Management Technical Working Group: Developing new science-based criteria for green investment in waste infrastructure

Jan 28, 2017

New Standard & Certification Newsletter: 2016 Round Up: Global Snapshots: What's coming in 2017: TWG Updates and more!

Jan 26, 2017

LAUNCH: Climate Bonds Standard V2.1: More options for Issuers: Expanded range of Debt Instruments: New Programmatic Certification process

Jan 25, 2017

Sky High Demand for French Sovereign GB: EUR 7bn (USD 7.5bn) Order books at EUR 23.5bn: Biggest GB Ever: Pointer for other Sovereigns: Vive les Bleus!

Jan 24, 2017

Out now! New report from California State Treasurer: Growing the US Green Bond Market: A Strategic plan from largest US state: Role model for Treasuries everywhere

Jan 24, 2017

Webinar Invitation: Australia: Low Carbon Commercial Property Developments, Green Finance & the Climate Bonds Standard: Hear from the experts: 2PM AEDT 7th Feb.

Jan 19, 2017

New Report: China Green Bonds Market 2016: Launched with CCDC: RMB 238bn (USD 36.2bn) issuance: Green coupons lower than vanilla!

Jan 18, 2017

Alpha Trains green refinance deal: Certified EUR 250m, US private placement for energy efficient passenger trains

Jan 17, 2017

Live Broadcast: London & Beijing: China Green Bond Market 2016 report launch: Jan 17 @ 9am London & 5pm Beijing

Jan 13, 2017

Strasser Capital announces EUR 30m Climate Bond Certified green loan: 20 yrs, secured against residential solar: more to come from MEP Green Finance Programme

Jan 10, 2017

Invitation: London, 6 March 2017 - Climate Bonds Initiative Annual Conference and Green Bond Awards

Jan 10, 2017

January Events: Paris, Beijing, Brussels & Mexico City: We’re back at work to make 2017 the biggest year for Green Bonds yet!

Jan 6, 2017

Sean Kidney Appointed to EU High-Level Expert Group for the Capital Mkts Union: Policy Leaders to Develop Sustainable Finance Strategy for European Commission

Jan 5, 2017

French Sovereign GB roadshow starts: they're being ambitious with size, tenor & proceeds reporting. The Year of Sovereign Green Bonds has started!

Jan 4, 2017

The year's final blog: three wins in 2016 and three challenges for 2017

Dec 24, 2016

EC report backs Climate Bonds on standards and explores policies to accelerate EU green bond market growth – Forward looking views on building green finance and investment

Dec 19, 2016

Jingle all the way… Our Christmas Market Blog! Xmas presents from Poland & Sweden. China BoC: BIGGEST green bond ever! Plenty of certified deals; Firsts from Australia, Brasil, Colombia, México, Morocco; and a sneak peek at gossip for 2017!

Dec 15, 2016

Poland wins race to issue first green sovereign bond. A new era for Polish climate policy?

Dec 15, 2016

Brazil's New Economy Roadshow Showcases Green Investment Opportunities: A big story to tell on sustainability, agriculture, land use, energy and innovation

Dec 14, 2016

First University Climate Bond $A218m: Strong US demand: Monash leads tertiary sector: Could Australia go big on green finance and green bonds?

Dec 12, 2016

Top green bonds media stories for Aug, Sept & Oct - BBC, Guardian, Institutional Investor, Reuters, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Actuary and more

Dec 12, 2016

Mexico City issues 1st muni bond from Latin America! MXN 1 bn (USD 50m), 4th from Mexico!

Dec 8, 2016

Five Big GB Stories You May Have Missed! San Fran & NY New GBs: Mexico and Colombia: Brazil in London & CBI Annual Conference, March 2017

Dec 7, 2016

NSF International becomes the latest Verifier under the Climate Bonds Standard!

Dec 7, 2016

La France sous les projecteurs: un acteur clé en matière de finance verte et d’investissement durable

Dec 7, 2016

Colombia's first! COP 350bn (USD 115m) GB issued by Bancolombia: Funding for renewable energy and sustainable buildings

Dec 6, 2016

Webinars: Green Bonds for Cities: Infrastructure finance for cities in emerging economies: Español and English, Dec 13th

Dec 5, 2016

Events in December: From Bali, Beijing, HK & Mumbai to Paris, Rotterdam & London!

Dec 2, 2016

Spotlight on France: Leading on green finance and sustainable investment

Dec 1, 2016

1st Green Bond in Brazilian Currency: Suzano Papel & Celulose, BRL1 bn (USD 294m), No2 from Suzano!

Dec 1, 2016

Invitation: Executive Dialogue Session: Brazil's Green Finance and Green Bonds: London Dec 8th

Nov 30, 2016

Morocco & GBs, India, Sweden and Spain: China & France to work on GBs, BoC, NRW.Bank and lots of interesting gossip

Nov 22, 2016

India: ReNew Power in post-issuance Climate Bonds Certification; private placement of USD 73.8m clean power green bond

Nov 18, 2016

Announcing: ‘Investor Roadshow for Brazil’s New Economy’ Dec 8th. Plus sign up for a ‘Green Infrastructure Investment Coalition’ webinar tomorrow.

Nov 14, 2016

COP22 Green Bond Directions: Green finance for mitigation and adaptation. USD 1 trillion by 2020 target. Climate Bonds latest report prepared for COP

Nov 11, 2016

Green Bonds Quarter 3 Round-Up: USD 18.1bn issued, Underwriters league tables from Thomson Reuters, verifications up & new Certifications

Nov 11, 2016

China Update: BoC announces world’s first dual GB! China launch of Standard 2.0: New China Newsletter & Standard are available in 中文! CBI in Beijing: Roundtable meeting: Energy Transition Workshop & Tsinghua University

Nov 7, 2016

LIVE: Moroccan Certified Climate Bond! 1bn Dirham & a flurry of firsts to get COP22 underway: First Moroccan Green Bond, First African Certified Climate Bond, First Green Bond of COP22!

Nov 4, 2016

Climate Bonds - New China Green Bond Market Newsletter 中国绿色债券市场简报

Nov 2, 2016

Green Bonds on track in France & China: October: 4th biggest month in 2016: Nordics & American issuers, market activity, Stern +10 & lots of gossip!

Nov 1, 2016

Brazil Update: Three big events focused on building the new economic narrative: Local investors back green bond statement and sustainable market development

Nov 1, 2016

November: COP22: The most important month for climate action! We'll be in Marrakesh & Casablanca of course, but Beijing and São Paulo will also get visits!

Oct 28, 2016

Mumbai: India Green Bonds Council Holds First Meeting: New Group Convened by FICCI and Climate Bonds to Drive Market Development

Oct 26, 2016

New from Climate Bonds: Standard & Certification newsletter

Oct 24, 2016

In Beijing today China’s investment sector talks green finance. Context: China’s new ‘Guidelines for Establishing Green Financial System’, endorsed by President Xi Jinping. Rest-of-World, please learn

Oct 22, 2016

LSX Lagos Conference marks another step towards Nigeria Green Bonds. Environment and Finance Ministers lead push to meet NDC goals with green finance

Oct 20, 2016

In Mumbai on Monday? Delhi on Thursday? You’re Invited! Climate Bonds Twin Events: Strengthening the Green Bond Market in India & State of the Market Launches

Oct 20, 2016

Climate Standards Board Approves New Criteria for Climate-Resilient Water Bonds: Science-Based Process to Ensure Sustainability of Water Infrastructure Investments

Oct 14, 2016

BIG Market Blog: Q4 gets off to a roaring start! USD 5.2bn issued: A first for Finland: Lots of Nordic property bonds: More munis & Lux Green SX now OPEN!

Oct 13, 2016

Big End to September: Our Top Stories: Carney, Germany & global green finance: Mexico begins to fly: Nigeria announces in New York & Big boost for US green buildings

Oct 7, 2016

Canada: New green bond report: Slow progress, big potential: Five action points for Governments: Convert climate goals into green investment opportunities: Meanwhile….. Ontario Announces GB No3!

Oct 5, 2016

“Resolving the Climate Paradox” Address by Mark Carney BoE Gov & FSB Chair: Arthur Burns Memorial Lecture, Berlin 22 September 2016

Oct 5, 2016

We’re hiring an enthusiastic and experienced person to join our London team as Climate Bonds Certification Manager. Help us grow the global green bond market!

Sep 30, 2016

Canada, Colombia, Delhi and DC, Sweden, Back to Brazil, India Again, Turkey, Hong Kong and Germany, Climate Bonds Reps are on the move in October

Sep 30, 2016

Green Bonds for Low Carbon Vehicle Transport: Tuesday 4th Oct: What's Involved? What's the Potential? Who Can Issue? Hear from the Experts: Register Now

Sep 28, 2016

Invitations: In Toronto Oct 3rd? Washington Oct 4th? Or Medellin Oct 11th? Canada Launch, IMF Side Event USA and Low Carbon City Forum in Colombia

Sep 27, 2016

Boost for US green property: Emissions performance trajectories released for commercial buildings in seven major cities

Sep 23, 2016

A first from France, more from Fabege, green finance from the G20, new Chinese listing on the LSX, China, Iberdrola, Goldwind, NAFIN, EIB; Mitsubishi, Entra, Nomura Research Institute, US Munis and plenty of green bond gossip!

Sep 22, 2016

Beijing Launch: New ChinaBond China Climate-Aligned Bond Index: Post G20 Green Finance in action: Report on Symposium: Translated from Chinese

Sep 20, 2016

Today! Sean Kidney: Livestream from Climate Week New York! Tune in to HSBC’s Briefing: Don’t miss this! Open registration: Check your time zone

Sep 19, 2016

Breaking News: first Chinese green ‘covered bond’ to be issued in London by Bank of China

Sep 15, 2016

UK - China Collaboration on Growing a Global Green Bond Market report launched at The City of London G20 related Green Finance Media Roundtable

Sep 14, 2016

France Update at Launch of State of the Market, Paris: Plus, Webcast of the New York Launch

Sep 13, 2016

New Green Bonds for Cities project: Supporting Cities in Accessing Green Infrastructure Finance

Sep 8, 2016

5 Big Green Bond Stories in 5 Days: G20; GFSG; China Green Finance; ChinaBond Index; France to issue green bonds

Sep 6, 2016

Webinar: Climate Bonds Certification for Rail Infrastructure. Who Can Issue? What's Involved? What's the Potential? Hear from the Experts

Sep 5, 2016

Brazil Update: Climate Bonds & CEBDS convene Sustainable Market Development Council

Sep 2, 2016

Australia: Boost for green property bonds: Emissions performance trajectories released for commercial buildings in six major cities: Zero carbon by 2050 goal

Aug 31, 2016

Sao Paulo, Singapore, Stockholm & Sydney, Brasilia, Brussels, Ottawa, NY & more: Climate Bonds representatives busy during September: Plus CEO Sean Kidney delivers LUXSE keynote

Aug 26, 2016

Stockholm, Brussels and Singapore: 3 Big Events with Climate Bonds Speakers; Take Your Pick: Don’t Miss Out

Aug 25, 2016

Market Blog: Breaking! Green ABS from Goldwind! Greenko 8x Oversubscribed! NAFIN Announces: CECEP, Beijing Enterprises Panda Bond: Aurora; New bonds from ADB Bank, Massachusetts and a whole heap of gossip…

Aug 25, 2016

The top green bonds stories: Climate Bonds best reads from a busy June & July: Australia, China, Mexico & more! FT, Forbes, El Economista, Bloomberg, Reuters, FTSE Global Markets, Barron’s, the story list keeps growing

Aug 24, 2016

Webinar: Low Carbon Transport 101: Green Bonds for Road and Rail Infrastructure. Who Can Issue? What's Involved? What's the Potential? Hear from the Experts

Aug 24, 2016

Pax World Joins Climate Bonds Initiative Partnership Program

Aug 23, 2016

Climate Bonds and MÉXICO2 launch: lanzan Reporte sobre Estado del Mercado de ‘Bonos Verdes’ 2016, Ciudad de México

Aug 23, 2016

Mexico City & Medellín: 22nd & 24th August: Invitation: Climate Bonds State of the Market Launches, Central America

Aug 16, 2016

Shanghai Launch: Climate Bonds 2016 Report: China Largest Issuer in Climate Aligned Bond Universe: RMB and China Rail Dominate

Aug 11, 2016

‘Brown to Green’ Bond Deal: NTPC Balance Sheet Funds Green Projects: Giant Utility Issues USD 300m Climate Certified Masala Bond

Aug 10, 2016

Invitation: Shanghai: Friday 12th: Launch of Climate Bonds Green Bond Market Annual Report & Roundtable: Discussion on Chinese Green Bonds Market

Aug 8, 2016

Webinar: Introduction to Climate Bonds Wind Criteria: Who Can Use It? What's Involved? What's the Potential? Hear from the Experts

Aug 6, 2016

Climate Bonds Mid-Year Green Bond Market Roundup

Aug 4, 2016

Brown to Green Lead from India’s NTPC: Akuo Goes Again, MEP Werke Shines: Green Panda Bonds: ADB to Boost Green Finance and more

Aug 3, 2016

Sao Paulo!! Today!! Sean Kidney to Launch ‘Brazil Edition’ Climate Bonds State of the Market Report: New Economy Forum to Discuss Green Investment Opportunities

Aug 2, 2016

August Events: Brazil and China Bonds and Climate Change, plus World Water Week in Stockholm

Aug 2, 2016

Invitation: Sao Paulo Launch: Brazil’s New Investment Potential Post COP21 & Climate Bonds ‘State of the Market’ Brazil Edition

Jul 25, 2016

Market Blog: World First: Certified Climate Bond from Victorian Govt: AUD 300m: Chinese issuers go big, again: Brazil's 2nd GB: EESL India and more

Jul 22, 2016

Victoria Issues World First: Government Based Certified Green Bond: AUD 300m / USD 225m: Climate Bonds Certified Multisector Green Bond from Australia

Jul 21, 2016

Solar Green Bonds Webinar: Less than 24hrs to go! Tomorrow: Hear from the Experts: Special Guest: Uwe Jurkschat from Deutsche Kreditbank

Jul 20, 2016

Launch of Hydropower Technical Working Group: Developing new criteria for green investment: Science based focus on climate mitigation and adaptation for hydro energy

Jul 19, 2016

Webinar Invitation: How to get a Solar Green Bond Certified: Hear from the Experts: Guest Speaker: Uwe Jurkschat from Deutsche Kreditbank

Jul 14, 2016

Market Blog: Bank of China goes BIG BIG BIG, Italian utility Alperia, T-Corp of Victoria and plenty of gossip

Jul 8, 2016

Webinar: Introduction to Climate Bonds Standard’s Solar Criteria: Who Can Use It? What's Included? What's the Potential? Hear from the Experts

Jul 8, 2016

We're hiring an Operations Manager! Like our work? Why not join the team! We're looking for an outgoing, enthusiastic and experienced Operations Manager to join our London team

Jul 7, 2016

July Events: State of the Market Road show and LIVE Webinars; London, Sydney, Adelaide, Rome, Madrid, Nairobi and Berlin

Jul 7, 2016

Madrid Launch and Webinar, 14 July: Conferencia de Lanzamiento: Bonos y Cambio Climático, la Situación del Mercado en 2016, Plus LIVE from Madrid Webinar.

Jul 7, 2016

Webinar: LIVE from Adelaide CSIRO Climate Adaptation Conference. Bonds and Climate Change: State of the Market 2016.

Jul 4, 2016

LIVE from Adelaide: Webinar: Bonds and Climate Change: State of the Market 2016: Direct from the Climate Adaptation Conference.

Jul 2, 2016

Just Released: State of the Market 2016 Report: $694bn in climate-aligned bonds: Up $94bn from 2015

Jul 1, 2016

Invitation: Sydney 4 July / Madrid 14 July / Frankfurt 15 July: Bonds & Climate Change: State of the Market Global Roadshow: More to Come

Jun 29, 2016

Invitation: Friday 1 July: Launch of Climate Bonds State of the Market report, London.

Jun 28, 2016

1 week to go: Launch of our unique State of the Market report: London, Friday July 1

Jun 24, 2016

Only 7 Days to go! GIIC India Forum: Climate Infrastructure & Green Development: London Stock Exchange, 30th June. Spaces are limited.

Jun 23, 2016

Invitation: WBCSD Investor Dialogue: Financing Low Carbon Business Solutions: London, Monday June 27th, PM.

Jun 23, 2016

You’re Invited! Climate Bonds 'State of the Market 2016' Global Launch: London Friday 1 July

Jun 21, 2016

Media digest: April & May: Institutional Investor, FT, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, Reuters + more

Jun 21, 2016

Market Blog: Sweden and Norway busy, more on DKB: Canada, Kenya, Ile De France & could green bonds reach USD 1 trillion by 2020?

Jun 18, 2016

Less than 2 weeks to go. Green Infrastructure Investment Coalition: India Forum; London Stock Exchange, 30th June. Register now!

Jun 17, 2016

Deep-dive: Should the fossil fuel industry, and other non-green companies, be issuing green bonds?

Jun 16, 2016

Climate Bonds Technical Working Group launched for phase II of Land Use criteria: will develop science based criteria with focus on climate adaptation and resilience

Jun 13, 2016

Swedish science news from Arctic: "vast methane plumes escaping from the seafloor". This is why we have to act quickly & ambitiously. Spread the news

Jun 13, 2016

Three EU Green Bond Stories You May Have Missed This Week - Big Deals from Obvion & DKB - And a signal from Strasser Capital

Jun 11, 2016

Mexico Update: Climate Bonds Lifts ‘Bonos Verdes’ Outreach: New Green Bond Committee Formed: More GB in Pipeline Says Mexico2.

Jun 10, 2016

Webinar Reminder: Learn all about Green Bond Labels and Standards: Less than 24 hours to go

Jun 9, 2016

Webinar: What is ‘Green’ in a Bond, Why Labels Count, the Growing Role of Standards. Friday 10th June.

Jun 4, 2016

June Events Schedule: includes Shanghai, Santiago, Berlin and Brussels; plus GIIC India and State of the Market Launches in London!

Jun 1, 2016

Green Infrastructure Investment Coalition, India Forum: EESL and energy efficiency, invitation to investor roundtable this Friday: First GIIC Report 'Green Finance in India' 30th June Launch

Jun 1, 2016

Four Certified Green Bonds you need to know about this week: Westpac, Axis Bank, ABN AMRO and Obvion

May 27, 2016

GB Mkt Report 2: Green Munis: SFPUC 1st Certified Water Bond: DKB & MTA, more Certified Bonds; Swiss back CBI and Standards; First Turkish Sustainability bond; And the 55%

May 24, 2016

Webinars: Green Bonds 101 - Tomorrow, 25th May. Already Registered? Check the time zones and send to a friend!

May 24, 2016

GB Mkt Report: Lots of new issuers of corporate bonds: French REIT FDR, Zhejiang Geely, Fabege; + hot off the press - India’s 1st certified bank bond from Axis

May 23, 2016

Launch of Water Technical Working Group Phase II: Developing criteria for water-related nature based investments

May 20, 2016

Webinar: Introduction to Green Bonds: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask! - Wednesday 25th May

May 20, 2016

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Issues World’s First ‘Climate Certified’ Water Bond: A $240m Boost for Sustainable Water & US Muni Market

May 18, 2016

Webinar Tomorrow! - Green Bonds Latest from India and China: Register Now!

May 12, 2016

Webinar - Less than 48 hours to go! Green Bonds Update: The latest from India and China: Register Now!

May 12, 2016

Momentum grows in India for green infra & green bonds: Pipelines forecast to triple by 2020. Regulators keen to support green finance strategy.

May 10, 2016

Webinar: Green Bonds Update from China & India: The very latest reports from Climate Bonds in these growing markets. Don't miss it!

May 7, 2016

Four New Approved Verifiers: EVI and BDO in India, Zhongcai Green Financing from China & Carbon Trust in UK. Global growth in recognition of standards and certification.

May 6, 2016

May Events Schedule: includes Columbia, Brussels, Cologne and both the East and West Coasts of the United States!

May 5, 2016

GB Market Report: Burgeoning of Chinese Market: BAIC Motors issues 1st Green Bond from a State-Owned Enterprise ($387.5m, 7yrs); Two brand new Chinese green bond indices; and more issuances from development banks!

May 4, 2016

Climate Bonds Launches China Roadmap 2016 Reports

Apr 29, 2016

March Media Digest: Green bonds trending in the South China Morning Post, Global Capital, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and more

Apr 28, 2016

GB Market Report: Commercial and development banks: Costa Rica’s Banco Nacional ($500m, 5yrs) makes four from LATAM: We hail EIBs fifth CAB ($1.5bn, 10yrs), World Bank x 3 ($16.4m, 8yrs; $1.4m, 9yrs & $280m, 2yrs)!

Apr 28, 2016

GB Market Rpt: Water, water everywhere! Cleveland $32.4m, Saint Paul $7.7m, Indiana $115.8m, Columbia Uni $50m, California $411m, Massachusetts Water $682m! US municipal green bonds issuance is dominated by water.

Apr 27, 2016

GB Market Rpt: Alliander €300m ($339.6m, 10yrs); 1st China onshore corporate Concord Wind RMB200m ($31m, 3yrs); Iberdrola €1bn ($1.13bn, 10yrs), Vasakronan SEK550m ($67.6m, 2yrs); Latvenergo €25m ($28.4m, 6yrs)

Apr 25, 2016

Terrawatt Initiative & Climate Bonds Form New Partnership

Apr 21, 2016

Sunny side up! FlexiGroup issues first Australian green ABS. Proceeds for solar & 5bps pricing benefit for green label! And…. It’s Climate Bonds Certified!

Apr 21, 2016

Launch of the Climate Bonds Marine Technical Working Group: Developing a low carbon screening tool for marine related investments; fisheries, coastal infrastructure, ports, marine energy and more!

Apr 14, 2016

Low Carbon Buildings Technical Working Group Reconvenes; New experts on board; TWG to address global advances in sustainable building standards, energy & emissions performance

Apr 12, 2016

Q1 largest ever for green bonds ($16.5bn issuance); BAML leads the top 5 qtrly underwriters league table but remaining 4 spots taken by Chinese underwriters – showing the importance of China in growing GB market

Apr 11, 2016

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Joins Climate Bonds Partnership Program. World’s oldest bourse takes further step on green bonds

Apr 8, 2016

Green Bond Market Report: Four new ‘AAA’ rated benchmark sized green bonds: Kommuninvest inaugural $600m (3yr) NWB Bank $1bn (10yr) Chinese bank SPD RMB 15bn ($2.3bn, 5yr) IFC $700m (10yr); &1st ever green Schuldschein frm Nordex €550m is CB Cert

Apr 5, 2016

April Schedule: Climate Bonds reps crisscross the continents this month. Rio, Mexico, Munich, Montreux, Mumbai, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Beijing, Singapore and more!

Apr 1, 2016

Nordex issues first green Schuldschein (debt instrument), EUR 550m ($621m), for wind energy and gains Climate Bonds Certification. Great first step in EUR19 Schuldschein market

Mar 31, 2016

Now Available: Geothermal Criteria under the Climate Bonds Standard. First certification: ADB backed Philippines geothermal project bond from AP Renewables Inc

Mar 29, 2016

Washington: White House recognises Climate Bonds Water Standard at World Water Day Summit: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission will be first to issue Climate Certified Water Bond

Mar 23, 2016

Feb media digest – lots of green bonds media coverage – FT, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, Reuters, WSJ, FTSE + more

Mar 22, 2016

A huge part of addressing climate change is green infra investment. But what to do? McKinsey’s rpt on ‘How to mobilize private-sector financing for sustainable infra’ makes you shout YES YES YES. Beautiful.

Mar 19, 2016

Global Inter-Dealer Broker Tullett Prebon Becomes a Climate Bonds Partner: Secondary Market Support from Major Player

Mar 19, 2016

Affirmative Investment Management (AIM) Joins Climate Bonds Partnership Program: Green & Impact Bond Fund Manager Formalises Longstanding Cooperation with Climate Bonds

Mar 18, 2016

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes a Climate Bonds Partner: High profile international law and advisory firm latest to join Climate Bonds Partner Program

Mar 17, 2016

Update: Climate Bonds Standards for Low Carbon Transport up & running. Inaugural certified issuance from NYC’s MTA

Mar 16, 2016

Green Bond Market Report: Korea! Hyundai inaugural $500m for hybrids & EVs, China! Bank of Qingdao RMB 4bn ($615m), Sweden! Sveaskog SEK 1bn ($116m) forestry, US! Georgia Power $325m, and Philippines! APRI certified green bond $500m w/ADB guarantee

Mar 15, 2016

Climate Bond talks: Mexico City & Delhi this week on using green bonds to finance green infrastructure, Shenzhen next week of how-to issue a green bond

Mar 14, 2016

Post COP21 climate finance in action: Philippines project bond for geothermal energy backed by Asian Development Bank: USD 225m in local currency: First Climate Bonds Certified in Asia-Pacific

Mar 4, 2016

Teaming up for low-carbon finance: MoU marks new partnership as WBCSD and the Climate Bonds Initiative join forces on green bonds

Feb 29, 2016

Jan media digest: China, India & echoes of Paris. Green bonds coverage in South China Morning Post, Global Capital, Euromoney and more

Feb 29, 2016

Green Bond Market Report: Apple sources $1.5bn green bond funding, Renovate America on the PACE with 2nd green ABS of $217.5m, MTA on track for $783m certified issuance, Ramsey’s $17.9m green debut, Development banks active, NN IP launches green bond fund

Feb 26, 2016

Feb/March Talks: Sydney, Shanghai, Rio, Vancouver, Mexico City, Delhi

Feb 23, 2016

Institutional and retail investor demand for MTA Certified green bond drives upsizing from $500m to $782.5m - Making it the largest certified green bond so far.

Feb 23, 2016

Here comes the sun! Global solar developer SkyPower becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Feb 23, 2016

Dutch investment giant joins Partner Program. NN Investment Partners (formerly ING Investment Management) is the latest international asset manager to join forces with Climate Bonds

Feb 20, 2016

Dutch International Development Bank FMO NV Becomes Climate Bonds Partner. CEO makes announcement at Amsterdam Solar Energy Conference

Feb 19, 2016

How do you like them apples! Cupertino commits to largest ever US corporate green bond – a huge $1.5bn! And gets both a second review & post issuance assurance – now that's leadership.

Feb 17, 2016

Want to get more involved with the Climate Bonds Initiative? We’re hiring a Communications Support Officer. Strong mission, exciting job, hands on role - Central London based

Feb 16, 2016

Green bond market report: 1st CBI certified Asian GB frm HFE; Repeat GB’s frm KEXIM ($400m), Mass Clean Water $207m, Ontario CA$750m($537m)& OPIC $14m. Plus US Muni GB’s frm San Diego $100m & Uni Texas $206m. Plenty of green gossip too!

Feb 15, 2016

New York MTA $500m Triple Treat of Firsts! First GB Issued by MTA! First US Muni bond Certified under CB Standard! Biggest US Certified Bond so Far!

Feb 11, 2016

First ever certified green bond in Asia! India’s Hero Future Energies (HFE) issues a heroic INR 3bn (USD 44m) Climate Bonds certified green bond for wind projects

Feb 8, 2016

Congrats! Inaugural Green Bond Awards at LSX recognizes market pioneers – EIB, World Bank, PBoC, Vasakronan, SEB, BAML, Yes Bank, ABC, Ile de France, Berlin Hyp, Hannon Armstrong ++

Feb 5, 2016

Interest grows for tomorrow’s seminar so we’ve added teleconferencing too. Listen in to Global Prospects for the Green Bond Market: 14:00 GMT 3 Feb

Feb 3, 2016

New Speakers Announced for Wednesday’s 3rd Feb Green Bonds Seminar - London Stock Exchange - Namita Vikas, Yes Bank India, Jon Williams, PwC, Meryam Omi, LGIM, Chris Knowles, EIB

Feb 2, 2016

China MKT Update: the green dragon is stirring with RMB 32.6bn ($5bn) of green bonds issued already in Jan, including a blockbuster RMB 20bn ($3.5bn) from SPD 中国绿色债券市场一鸣惊人，1月份已发行50亿美元!

Jan 29, 2016

MKT Update: 3x 1bn SEK green bonds (EIB, NIB & KfW) quench Swedish thirst, China’s GBs start rolling, Ontario’s 2nd GB, unlabelled $978m wind, SolarCity ABS + gossip!

Jan 28, 2016

The sun is shining in NYC as Ban Ki Moon talks at UN Investor Summit on Climate Change. Did you know China that has announced $15bn of green bonds in one go. 奇妙

Jan 28, 2016

Vigeo Eiris becomes Climate Bonds Verifier

Jan 28, 2016

First Environment confirmed as an Approved Climate Bonds Standard Verifier; building depth in the US green bond market

Jan 27, 2016

Climate Bonds Advisory Panel newest member is Paul Camp of BELECTRIC UK and Big60Million

Jan 27, 2016

Mark Burrows, Credit Suisse MD & Vice Chair, Global Investment Banking and doyen of Australian finance, joins as Climate Bonds senior advisor

Jan 25, 2016

Invitation: Seminar 'Prospects for Green Bond market 2016' + 'How Green Infra Investment (GII) Coalition can help capital flow'. Wed 3 Feb, 14:00-18:00. At London Stock Exchange

Jan 22, 2016

China’s SynTao Green Finance confirmed as an Approved Climate Bonds Standard Verifier; working to grow China market

Jan 21, 2016

Reminder: Inaugural GREEN BOND AWARDS, Wed 3 Feb, 18:00-20:30pm. In partnership with the London Stock Exchange

Jan 21, 2016

Washington DC Invitation: Sean Kidney & CN Green Bank CEO Bryan Garcia, on Green Bonds, at the Inter-American Development Bank, lunchtime 28 Jan

Jan 21, 2016

January/February talks by Sean Kidney: Dublin 18 Jan, London 19 Jan & 1 & 3 Feb, New York 26 Jan, Mumbai 8 Feb, Melbourne 15 Feb, Sydney 16 Feb

Jan 15, 2016

Central Bank of Bangladesh launches US$200m Green Transformation Fund & prepares green bond issuance – and states “these are only first small steps” of their green transition

Jan 15, 2016

We’re hiring x2! Policy Analyst + Green Securitisation Project Manager, full-time. Amazing mission, exciting roles, central London

Jan 15, 2016

December Media Digest: strong focus on COP21 & China – coverage in Financial Times, Guardian, Bloomberg, Deutsche Welle, Le Figaro and more

Jan 13, 2016

Reminder: Water Climate Bonds Standard is approaching the end of public consultation – have your say!

Jan 13, 2016

India’s securities’ regulator finalises official green bond listing requirements + says green bonds are a tool to finance India’s INDC (national climate change plan) - yes they are!

Jan 13, 2016

Ready to tackle 2016? 5 key take aways from COP 21 to frame what's coming your way this year

Jan 11, 2016

2015 Year End Review - From tall trees to many green shoots: the evolution of the green bond market continues with 2015 seeing $41.8bn green bonds issued – that’s the biggest ever!

Jan 11, 2016

Credit Agricole CIB tops Q4 green bond underwriters table; the overall 2015 year end top spot goes to BAML!

Jan 4, 2016

2 days remaining to submit your comments on our Low Carbon Transport Standard – public consultation closes on 31 December

Dec 29, 2015

We're hiring: Office Manager at a fabulous climate finance NGO (yes, that's us), part-time, London Bridge

Dec 28, 2015

Nov Media digest – South China Morning Post, Financial Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, GlobalCapital & more

Dec 24, 2015

It’s that time of year again…for all you climate bond boffins to prove your mettle! Take the annual CBI Christmas QUIZ now

Dec 23, 2015

Diary Alert: Inaugural Green Bond (Pioneer) Awards - evening Wed 3 Feb 2016, at London Stock Exchange + afternoon seminar

Dec 23, 2015

Green Infrastructure Investment Coalition 2016 Call for Members. Global Alliance to Support Climate Finance and INDC Goals

Dec 22, 2015

PBoC Takes Post COP21 Step on Green Bonds. New Definitions, Market Guidance and Disclosure Rules. 中国人民银行在巴黎气候大会之后对绿色债券采取行动：新的绿色定义、市场引导和披露要求。

Dec 22, 2015

Climate Bonds releases new Standard V2.0 - post COP21 global guidance for green bond market participants

Dec 21, 2015

Mkt updates: French bank BPCE's inaugural €300m green bond for renewables; 5 green bond repeat issuers flood post-COP mkt with GBs! EBRD (IDR 17bn), KfW (SEK 1bn), IFC (ZAR 1bn), CACIB (BRL30m) & green gossip!

Dec 19, 2015

Webinar Invitation: How can transport help achieve the 2°C warming limit agreed in Paris? Climate Bonds and SLoCaT introduce the new Low Carbon Transport Climate Bonds Standard

Dec 17, 2015

New Canada 'Bonds & Climate Change: State of Market' report - bright future with great commitments from new gov

Dec 11, 2015

Climate Bonds and UNEP Inquiry Launch Green Bond Policy Report ‘Scaling Green Bond Markets - Guide for the Public Sector’

Dec 9, 2015

Today at COP21: 27 Global investors representing $11trn AUM back 'Paris Green Bonds Statement'

Dec 9, 2015

Mkt update: roaring wk in GB mkt -Renovate America 1st labeled Green ABS $201m +2nd review! Big demand HSBC €500m 4x oversub; Oslo NOK1.5bn, CN’s $65m water, Repeats from EDC, EIB, OPIC, detail on SocGen; & gossip!

Dec 8, 2015

Reminder: Wed 9 Dec, 18:00-20:00 CET - COP21 Side Event: Green Bonds: the 2016 Game Plan. Speakers: Burrows, Robins, Reynolds, Loeffler, Tennant, Kidney, Youngman & Massih

Dec 8, 2015

Yikes - forgot to mention Henning Wuester from IRENA will also be with us at COP21 today 15:45, with UNDB/GEF/OECD/Citi/Lendable/EIB

Dec 8, 2015

French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development & Energy becomes Climate Bonds Partner

Dec 7, 2015

Tomorrow’s Best COP21 Side Event: Even Better-It’s in the Green Zone! Climate Finance Aggregation Forum with Helen Clark and Naoko Ishii; 15.45-17.15 Rio Pavilion, Green Zone

Dec 7, 2015

COP21 Transport Day - Paris: Global call to industry stakeholders - support development of new Low Carbon Transport Climate Bond Standard

Dec 6, 2015

COP21 Update: every Paris finance session talking green bonds as 2015 cracks $40bn; We’ve created a short green bonds briefing especially for busy people at COP with the headlines that matter.

Dec 4, 2015

2015 YTD GB issuance reached $40bn! Nov is the biggest month EVER for GB issuance

Dec 3, 2015

Global Manager AllianceBernstein becomes Climate Bonds Partner

Dec 3, 2015

Dec talks @COP21: 1Dec x3 I4CE, India & China Pavilions / 2Dec x4 EE, Cities Pavilion / 4Dec x2 Peru Pavilions, 2Degrees / 7Dec x2 WBCSD, SIF / 8Dec x3 WBCSD, UNDP, GEF/ 9Dec x3 China Pavilion, Cities, ClimateBonds / 10Dec OECDx2, EIB

Dec 1, 2015

Mkt update: 1st GBs - ING EUR500m (7x oversubs!) + $800m, SocGén €500m (6x oversubs!), HSBC €500m. US Sthn Power $500m; IDBI 3x oversubs; CreditAg commits $2bn to buying GBs; C’wlth Govts set up $1bn fund with GBs; muni GBs from CN & NJ

Nov 30, 2015

You’re Invited! COP21 Launch of the new Climate Aggregation Platform (CAP) by Helen Clark-UNDP, Martin Berg-EIB & Naoko Ishii-GEF

Nov 27, 2015

Invitation: COP21 Climate Bonds Event

Nov 25, 2015

Media digest: China Daily, Shanghai Daily, IFR, GlobalCapital, Economic Times India, Business Standards, Bloomberg, FinanceAsia

Nov 25, 2015

India: blue-chip IDBI today takes USD benchmark green bond pitch to Asian+EMEA investors, “Climate Bonds Taxonomy aligned”, saying they’ll certify as soon as new criteria finalized early 2016. Cool! India's plans are BIG; expect more of these

Nov 23, 2015

Water Climate Bond Standard Opens for Public Consultation

Nov 22, 2015

Invitation next Tues 6pm, London: green bonds seminar @ White & Case. With Marilyn Ceci from JP Morgan, Bodo Winkler from BerlinHyp, Kidney (me!), & others

Nov 21, 2015

Leading Indian development bank IDBI becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Nov 21, 2015

You’re Invited: OECD Green Bonds Roundtable, COP21, Paris 10.15am 10th December

Nov 20, 2015

Update: Vive Paris! Green bond mkt builds with COP21 host City Paris issuing inaugural green bond €300m ($321.5m). Vermont, NRW Bank and KfW issue green bonds & more gossip!

Nov 16, 2015

Beijing launch: Chinese language version of Climate Bonds State of the Market 2015 report

Nov 13, 2015

Green Sukuk: Hot Topic at the World Islamic Economic Forum-Malaysia

Nov 11, 2015

EY becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Nov 11, 2015

First round of UN Green Climate Fund projects kick-starts green securitisation markets in Latin America

Nov 10, 2015

《债券与气候变化：市场现状报告2015》中文版正式发布

Nov 10, 2015

The Climate Bonds Initiative Welcomes Thomson Reuters as a Climate Bonds Partner

Nov 9, 2015

Update: 1st GB from Mexico by Nafin, Climate Bonds Certified!! 3 reasons to get excited about Canada & GB’s; 1st JPN corp GB from SMBC, Hawaii’s 2nd GB, KfW GB $1.5bn. Oct issuance tops yr. Sustainability bonds from DBJ & BNG explained

Nov 5, 2015

Viva Mexico! Viva Nafin! First Mexican green bond – issued by Nafin & certified under the Climate Bond standard making it the first certified green bond in Latin America ($500m, 3.41%, BBB+ / A3, 5 yrs)

Nov 5, 2015

BlackRock becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Nov 3, 2015

Late Oct & Nov Talks: London & Shanghai 28th, Singapore 29th, HK 30th, Shenzhen 2nd, Paris 3rd, Kuala Lumpur 3rd + more

Oct 28, 2015

Event Invitation: Climate Bonds Initiative Webinar - Standards for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Investments

Oct 27, 2015

Over $3bn green bonds issued in Oct already! $1.25bn by EDF; $994.5m+ by Agricultural Bank of China; another DC Water GB $100m, repeated issuances, gossip and more!

Oct 27, 2015

Public Consultation Opens on Low Carbon Transport criteria under the Climate Bonds Standard

Oct 26, 2015

Allianz Global Investors becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Oct 21, 2015

Event Invitation: Climate Bonds Initiative Webinar - Standards for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Investments

Oct 21, 2015

$6.9bn green bonds in Q3 as JP Morgan tops the qtrly underwriters league table; HSBC 2nd & Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3rd

Oct 19, 2015

UNEP Inquiry issues final report on financial system for sustainable development

Oct 16, 2015

Agri Bank of China issues the country's first green bank bond - $1bn! 4x oversubscribed! A1 rated. Now watch the China market open up!

Oct 14, 2015

China Green Bond Conference - London Stock Exchange - 23rd October 2015

Oct 14, 2015

Invitation: London, 22nd October, Roundtable on Climate Bonds Standard for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Investment

Oct 13, 2015

Bangladesh Bank to fund climate investment with forex reserves

Oct 13, 2015

UN investment report confirms key role of green bonds in climate investment

Oct 12, 2015

UNFCCC recognises green bonds as climate actions ahead of UN COP 21 by adding Climate Bonds Initiative’s data bank to its global climate platform!

Oct 10, 2015

HUGE pipeline of green bonds (GB) incl. EDF issues biggest USD corp GB! EIB adds $400m to its 2024 GB/ LM Group’s 1st GB ($56m) & BoE report promotes green bonds!

Oct 9, 2015

Climate Resilient Investment on Agenda at GreenInvest World Bank Annual Meeting in Peru

Oct 9, 2015

Oct talks: Sao Paulo 6 Oct, Copenhagen 6th, Minneapolis 7, NYC 8, Lima 9/10, London 14 & 23, Belo Horizonte 15, Berlin 22, Bonn 24, Singapore 29, HK 30 x2, KL 3 Nov

Oct 5, 2015

Final chance to attend our how will Climate Bonds Standard V2.0 make independent review easy webinars - co-host CalSTRS - 30 Sep 10:00 San Fran / 13:00 NYC / 18:00 LDN / 19:00 Berlin

Sep 30, 2015

Reminder: webinar tomorrow! Climate Bonds Initiative and Aviva co-hosted webinar on how the Climate Bonds Standard V2.0 will make independent review easy - 29 Sep: 06:30 New York / 11:30 London / 12:30 Paris / 18:30 Beijing

Sep 29, 2015

Reminder: webinar tomorrow! Climate Bonds Initiative and ASrIA co-hosted webinar on how the Climate Bonds Standard V2.0 will make independent review easy - 25 Sep: 11:00 Dubai / 12:30 Delhi / 15:00 Beijing & Hong Kong / 17:00 Sydney

Sep 24, 2015

Citi becomes a Climate Bonds Partner; working together to support continued growth in the green bonds market

Sep 23, 2015

Live from Sao Paulo: Launch of ‘Scaling the green bonds market for sustainable development’ briefing; sets out policy options for govts

Sep 21, 2015

Reminder: register now for Climate Bonds Initiative and PGGM co-hosted webinar on how the Climate Bonds Standard V2.0 will make independent review easy–today: 9:00 NYC / 14:00 London / 15:00 Amsterdam / 17:00 Dubai

Sep 21, 2015

New Advisory Team: Manuel Adamini, Rob Fowler & Darius Nassiry join to better support Climate Bond Partners and potential green bond issuers

Sep 18, 2015

India’s 1st green corporate bond from CLP (INR6bn) + gossip / Nordic Investm Bank EUR500m / New York Env Fund $376.5m for water / Colorado State Uni $42.1m for green buildings / unlabelled climate bond for offshore wind + Ulrik Ross + more

Sep 18, 2015

Invitation: USA Green City Bonds webinar 24 Sept, 13:00 EST - the benefits & how to do it + Seattle Sound Transport & SF PUC talk about their experiences issuing. A Climate Week special

Sep 17, 2015

SaveTheDate webinars x4: how Climate Bonds Standard v2.0 will make independent review easy. Co-hosted w PGGM, Aviva, CalSTRS, ASrIA - the investor view. Sept 21, 25, 29, 30, Europe/Asia/USA

Sep 15, 2015

Climate Bonds Standard Geothermal power criteria released for 30 day public consultation. Key: must have a near zero-emissions operating profile

Sep 15, 2015

Leading Dutch bank ABN AMRO becomes a Climate Bonds Partner; aims to grow green property bonds market

Sep 11, 2015

Live from Zurich: finance giants back new Climate Bonds Standards for agri and forestry: Credit Suisse, Rabo, Hancock, Banorte

Sep 10, 2015

Zurich: Climate Bond Standards criteria release today for investments in Agri, Forestry & Other Land Use projects - opening the door to new opportunities for green bonds

Sep 9, 2015

IISD becomes a Climate Bonds Partner; working together to grow green bonds that support a globally sustainable economy

Sep 8, 2015

NWB Bank EUR1bn water – Bravo! / Swedish corps Uppsala Hem & Stångåstaden SEK500m ($59m) GBs / EIB EUR600m / Big60Million 3 certified solar retail / IREDA INR6bn ($90m) / SEB & green loans / Aligera gets review to join Stockholm Exc trading

Sep 7, 2015

Consultation period for Climate Bonds Standard v2.0 extended to 30 Sept. Designed to support green credentials while keeping cost of transaction low. Incorps Green Bond Principles

Sep 4, 2015

Sept talks: Delhi+Mumbai 8-9 Sept / Zurich 9 Sept / Beijing 15 Sept / Sao Paulo 21 Sept / Beijing 27 Sept: launch of Chinese translation of 2015 Bonds rpt / Vienna, Frankfurt, Brussels

Sep 3, 2015

National Australia Bank joins as Climate Bonds Partner; NAB's Steve Lambert muses - on video - about benefits, pricing & their next steps

Aug 29, 2015

Invitation: Zurich, 9 Sept, pre-launch Climate Bonds Standard for Ag, Forests, Land Use (AFOLU); hosted by Credit Suisse

Aug 28, 2015

July media digest: Forbes, GlobalCapital, Reuters, IFR Asia, SMHerald, Int Bus Times & more, on China & Asia, Climate Bonds rpt, standards, etc

Aug 24, 2015

Join us at World Water Week in Stockholm Monday 24 August at 4pm

Aug 18, 2015

Launch of Green Muni Bond Playbook incl. 5-step guide for issuers and in-depth case studies + webinar recording now available!

Aug 15, 2015

Wkly blog: IFC green masala bond, India’s Yes Bank 2nd green bond, largest ever green muni from Sound Transit & GBs from EBRD, AKUO Energy, Terraform Global + lots of gossip of upcoming green bonds

Aug 15, 2015

Invitation: National Australia Bank and Climate Bonds Initiative co-hosted webinar on the Climate Bonds Standard V2.0 and opportunities for scaling-up low carbon investment in Australia - 12 Aug; Australia/Asia/Europe time zones

Aug 5, 2015

Wkly blog: First green bond from Chinese issuer Goldwind ($300m, 3yr) + more green bonds from Gothenburg SEK1bn ($126.6m), KfW £500m ($780m) & Terraform ($300m) + exciting unlabelled climate project bond: Peruvian Metro Line ($1.15bn, 19.1yrs)

Aug 3, 2015

Q2 Green Bond Underwriters League Table: Bank of America Merrill Lynch take top spot with a bumper crop of green bond deals! Followed by Credit Agricole-CIB in 2nd and Citi in 3rd

Aug 3, 2015

We’re hiring! Two jobs: Marketing & Communications manager + Market Analyst. Amazing mission, exciting job, London-based

Jul 30, 2015

Register now: Webinars on Bonds and Climate Change: the state of the market in 2015 – 27 July 12pm NYC & 29 July 5pm Sydney, 9am Paris, 3pm Beijing

Jul 24, 2015

June’s media digest: stories in FT, Institutional Investor, The Australian, Global Capital, Environmental Finance + more

Jul 24, 2015

First labelled green bond from Chinese issuer issued in US$ almost 5x oversubscribed!

Jul 21, 2015

Overwhelming demand for ‘Bonds & Climate Change: State of Market’ events; Mexico City sold out w 200, NYC & London filling – get in quick! Or book for new webinars: 27 July 12pm NYC / 29 July 5pm Sydney, 9am Paris, 3pm Beijing

Jul 18, 2015

Updated Climate Bond Standard V2.0 - now out for public comment!

Jul 17, 2015

UNEP FI’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance signs up as Climate Bonds Partner

Jul 17, 2015

Webinar invite: the Green City Bonds Coalition launches guide for cities on issuing green bonds - July 28, 12pm EST

Jul 17, 2015

Switzerland joins as Climate Bonds Partner + announces Grant Funding for Climate Bond Standards Development. Wow! Danke! Merci! Grazie! Grazia!

Jul 15, 2015

Invitation: London 28 July AM, UK launch of ‘Bonds & Climate Change: State of Market 2015’ report, with Sean Kidney, HSBC's Zoe Knight

Jul 15, 2015

Invitation: New York City 24 July AM, US launch of ‘Bonds & Climate Change: State of Market 2015’ report, with Sean Kidney, BBL's Lenora Suki & NRDC's Doug Sims; hosted by HSBC

Jul 14, 2015

Wkly blog: Digital Realty $500m GB for low carbon bldgs; SwedishExportCredit $500m inaugural GB; more OPIC GreenGuaranties; Latvenergo’s GB green credentials; EuroFIMA climate-aligned bonds; market dvlpts & gossip

Jul 13, 2015

Deep-dive into recent green ABS: Toyota funds EVs & hybrids / WHEEL ABS from Citi & RenewFinancial for home energy efficiency loans / solar ABS from Sunrun

Jul 12, 2015

¡Uy - Invitación: Bonos Verdes de México, 20 de julio - olvidó el RSVP - es diana.avalos@fco.gov.uk / Here's the RSVP

Jul 11, 2015

Invitación: Seminario sobre los Bonos 20 de julio 17:00-19:00 + lanzamiento del informe ‘Bonos y Cambio Climático: EL Estado del Mercado en 2015’. Sean Kidney + Asociación de Bancos de México DG Juan Carlos Jiménex + Alcalde Mayor de Londres Allan Yarrow

Jul 11, 2015

Report Launch: Climate-aligned bonds universe $597.7bn in 2015! Opportunities for climate-focused investors in transport, energy, building & industry, water, waste & pollution + agriculture & forestry

Jul 8, 2015

Frankfurt launch of "Bonds & Climate: State of the Market" report tomorrow 12.30 CET - teleconference dial-in available

Jul 7, 2015

July talks: 2015 Bonds & Climate Change rpt launch: NYC 24 July, London 28 July, Frankfurt 8 July / Mexico City 20 July / Corrected RSVP email for Brussels 9 July seminar

Jul 1, 2015

Invitation: Frankfurt, 8 July, launch of 'Bonds & Climate Change: State of the Market 2015' report, with Sean Kidney, HSBC's Zoe Knight & more; hosted by Allianz

Jun 30, 2015

You’re invited! 9 July Brussels workshop on 'Shifting Private Capital towards Climate Friendly Investments', including proposals for the Capital Markets Union - at DG Climate

Jun 30, 2015

中国市场更新：央行正起草绿色债券市场法规;大型商业银行也正轮候发行! (On green bond developments in China)

Jun 29, 2015

Green Building Council of Australia joins as a Climate Bonds Partner / GBCA’s Green Star performance data can now be used to support Climate Bonds certification

Jun 29, 2015

China update: central bank's new green bond market regulations drafted; big banks queuing to issue

Jun 26, 2015

Invitation: Jakarta talk by Sean Kidney, tomorrow, at UNORCID - just in case you're in town and free. "The Role of Climate Finance in Stimulating Green Investment in Indonesia"

Jun 22, 2015

Invitation to London Workshop with WWF and ACTIAM: We´re talking standards, green criteria, assurance and more. Join us for an open & collaborative discussion on how to scale up a credible green bond market

Jun 19, 2015

Wkly blog: MS $500m inaugural GB ups ante with a rare US 2nd opinion, but v odd approach to pool; Brazil BRF’s €GB has great potential, but …; Latvia utility upsizes first GB; Terraform $150m GB tap

Jun 17, 2015

8 ways green bonds can advance the EU Capital Markets Union agenda / come to our seminar in Brussels 9 July to learn more

Jun 12, 2015

May’s media digest sees emerging markets as a big theme – coverage in Bloomberg, Reuters, Global Capital, Enviro Finance + more

Jun 11, 2015

Invitation to legal counsel: London roundtable on legal issues around green bonds, 12 June AM

Jun 9, 2015

The pool of Climate Bonds Standard verifiers is growing fast: Sustainalytics is the latest to join

Jun 8, 2015

June talks: Madrid Sust Bonds 9 June / London Green L'scapes 10th / Shenzhen 17-18th / London Sust Bonds 18th / Hong Kong Climate Bonds b/f 19th / Singapore Green Bonds Roundtable 22nd / Guiyang EcoForum Global 26th +more

Jun 8, 2015

HONG KONG Save the date: 19 June, Climate Bonds + ASRIA Breakfast Briefing at PwC: Sean Kidney & banker friends on "the emerging green bond market in Asia – what, where and how?"

Jun 5, 2015

TenneT does yr’s largest GB: EUR1bn 2x oversubs / EUR150m retail GB from Belgian co. Shanks / Nelja Energia EUR50m 1st ever East EU GB / ABN Amro & ANZ Bank get Certified / on way: Latvia, LA Green City / Moody’s to get involved

Jun 4, 2015

Briljant! ABN AMRO debuts with green property bond, 1st euro zone Certified Climate Bond! Huge roadshow success sees deal upsized to EUR500m ($556m) yet still oversubscribed by x2 with EUR1bn of orders! 5yr, A2/A, 0.75%

Jun 3, 2015

Climate Bonds Standard for Low Carbon Buildings officially launched at RI Europe 2015; new rules deliver FairTrade-like labeling

Jun 3, 2015

Three of the leading professional assurance firms (EY, KPMG, PwC) + Bureau Veritas and others come together to discuss assurance and how the updated version of the Climate Bond Standard can address risks around environmental performance in green bonds

Jun 1, 2015

Q1 rpt in Chinese: 2015年国际绿色债劵市场第一季度小结: 第一季市场慢热，但预期本年度市场将快速成长; 市场进一步成熟，更多不同货币及评级的债劵涌现; 新兴市场绿色债券急剧增长/绿色市政债券蓬勃发展

May 29, 2015

You're invited! Green Securitisation Roundtable, London 8 June / Sustainability Bonds Conference, Madrid 9 June

May 29, 2015

Howzat! ANZ Bank issues A$600m ($464m) green bond to finance green property + renewables! Certified under Climate Bonds Standard - it’s a hit! Oversubscribed & attracts new investors. 3.25%, 5yr, Aa2e/AA-

May 28, 2015

Wkly blog: 2nd Stockholms Lans Landsting green bond SEK1.8bn ($215m); convertible bonds from China’s United PV ($100m) + deals in the pipeline: ANZ Bank’s certified Climate Bond; 1st Brazilian green bond from BRF roadshow; 1st Mexican green bond ($125m)

May 26, 2015

Media digest for a busy April – Fin Times, CFA Inst, IFR, Bloomberg, Enviro Finance, Global Capital, I&PE + more.

May 21, 2015

Wkly blog: First San Fran green muni bond ($32.9m) 40% oversubscribed & attracts new investors! Largest ever SEK green bond from Swedish PPP Fortum, SEK 2.5bn ($300m); BoA issues 2nd green bond ($600m); Green bond reports from Regency Centers and Vornado

May 16, 2015

超级油轮准备起航! : 中国绿色金融报告(人民银行连手联合国环境规划署Inquiry)的雄心议程: 绿色债券定义、风险加权、税收优惠及安排优先批发等等，以及中国兴业银行发行第一宗绿色债券。酷！(Chinese)

May 14, 2015

How to shift a supertanker: China Green Finance Rpt (PBoC+UNEP Inquiry) includes ambitious green bonds agenda: definitions, risk weighting, tax breaks + fast track issuance approval + first China green bond from Industrial Bank. 好酷喔 (that's cool!)

May 14, 2015

The review: first ever green covered bond (Pfandbrief) issued by German giant BerlinHyp - EUR500m, 7yr, 0.125%, AAA and 4x oversubscribed! Wunderbar!

May 8, 2015

Weekly blog: TfL’s £400m green transport bond big success / China's first on the way / first M&A green bond for Senvion / NIB back in market with SEK 1bn ($116m) 5yr / littlies from EBRD, World Bank, City of StPaul, Mytrah Energy / + gossip

May 8, 2015

Talks this month: Vienna 8 May / San Francisco 12 & 13 / Vancouver 15th / Shanghai 18th / Beijing 19 & 21 May / London 3 June / Lisbon 5 June

May 6, 2015

Invite: San Francisco Climate Bonds Update, 12 May 2.30-4.30pm. Sean Kidney on: a rocket green bonds mkt, Green City Bonds, stirring China, and how we can use green bonds to change the global narrative around climate change

May 5, 2015

1-3月期総括：グリーンボンド発行は72億ドルと控えめな立ち上がり。しかし通貨分散と低格付け債発行で成熟化を確認。新興国債、地方債の発行が活発。(Q1 rpt in Japanese)

May 5, 2015

Reflections on Legal Issues Associated with Green Bonds: a reflection by Climate Bonds Senior Fellow Motoko Aizawa from our NYC legal workshop

May 4, 2015

Q1 Green Bond Underwriters League Table: Green muni issuance launches JP Morgan to the top. Morgan Stanley comes second, and BAML third

Apr 28, 2015

Reminder: Global Green Bonds Forum – London 29 April. Speakers from IFC, KfW, S&P, Aviva, Ceres, KPMG, Mirova & more

Apr 25, 2015

Qtly commentary: Green bonds market heats up after slow Q1 2015 start with $7.2bn; market matures with more currencies + non-investment grade bonds. EM green bonds ramping up / green munis booming

Apr 24, 2015

New EU report on mobilising private finance for climate from ClimateBonds+friends: green the Capital Markets Union, expand credit support, green securitization & more

Apr 23, 2015

A deep-dive into bioenergy & bond opportunities & Qs that determine bioenergy emissions performance: Replacing FFs? Increasing stock of emission-absorbing biomass? Creating emissions if it not burned for energy?

Apr 23, 2015

WDC: World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings – Climate Bonds Initiative +World Bank +OECD +UNEP Inquiry workshop brings together top cast to discuss green bonds policy / fin regulators in many EMs are moving from talk to action on green

Apr 21, 2015

Weekly blog: Unibail-Rodamco €500m($530m) green bond is x6 oversubscribed! EXIM Bank of India’s green bond funds transport & renewables; Berlin Hyp issues the FIRST ever green pfandbrief; TfL to issue green bond + KfW will invest €1bn in green bonds!

Apr 17, 2015

Media digest March; emerging mkts, standards & Green Bond Principles on the top of agenda – Fin Times, Forbes, Fin News, Reuters, IFR, Times of India, China Economic Times +more

Apr 16, 2015

Incredible demand for the Rabobank Green Bonds Roundtable starting NOW! More than 110 attendees – almost 2x last year’s attendance - keynote from the ex-PM of Netherlands

Apr 9, 2015

Invite: WashingtonDC @ClimateBonds Update by @SeanKidney ++, 17 April: Do we have a rocket mkt? / USA Green City Bond campaign / stirring China dragon / how this mkt will change global narrative around climate change

Apr 9, 2015

Wkly blog: KfW’s CEO: GB gets better price+investor diversity! KfW 1st kanga A$600($456m) goes bananas/OPIC 3rd 2015 offering $37.4m/More green US munis: Mass, Tacoma, Uni Arizona, Virginia Uni/ EIB’s impact reporting/CICERO’s green shades/WB’s Kyte call

Apr 8, 2015

April Fools': A Royal Green Bond! British crown estate issues inaugural green bond after pressure to focus on climate from green fingered Prince of Wales. £20m ($35m), 1.4%, tenor 15yr

Apr 1, 2015

Talks coming up: Amsterdam 9th Rabo GB Roundtable / WDC 15th & 16th UNEP & EIB-WBk / Dubai 22nd World Green Econ Summit / Brussels 27th Mobilizing Prvate Capital seminar / London 29th Global GB Forum

Mar 30, 2015

German bank MünchenerHyp becomes a Climate Bonds Partner; signals that Green Covered Bonds are coming your way

Mar 27, 2015

Wkly blog: 1st recycling #GreenBond from France’s Paprec, another 1st #GreenBond from Swedish Wallenstam for wind+hydro; + Australian Hallett Hill wind project bond met with huge demand! + more repeat issuance from EIB, EBRD & World bank

Mar 26, 2015

Beijing launch of policy-maker recomms for Growing #GreenBonds Market in China + 5 Step How-to Issue a GB. Reps from PBoC, CBRC, MEP, NAFMII & more participate. China GB Mkt Dvlpt Cttee to follow up recommendations. First officially sanct

Mar 25, 2015

Netherlands Green Bonds Roundtable 9 April, hosted by Rabo, in Amsterdam. Keynote from former PM of Netherlands

Mar 24, 2015

Landmark “Greening China’s Financial System” synthesis rpt, incl. green bonds, launched at State Council DRC's 2015 China Dvlpt Forum by former DRC VP, CEO of Mizuho Bank & CBRC Deputy DG

Mar 22, 2015

Agriculture & Forestry Industry Working Group launched. Big businesses and banks tasked with advising on practicality of the Climate Bonds AFOLU Standard developed by the Expert Technical Committee.

Mar 19, 2015

Invitation: Beijing 24 March 19:00 - lecture & launch of our "Growing a Green Bonds Market in China" white paper + "How-to issue a Green Bond in China" guide

Mar 19, 2015

Wkly Update: 1st labelled GB from ADB ($500m, 10yr) a hit with Asian investors / 1st GB frm pure-play wind co Vestas: EUR 500m ($527m, 7yr)/ OPIC $46.5m (10yr) guarantee for wind/Bangchak’s ‘GB’ still a question mark - no public details confirmed

Mar 18, 2015

Climate Bonds Standard criteria for bioenergy investments released for public comment. Expert Committee reps included FAO, NWF, IINAS, Uni British Columbia

Mar 17, 2015

The current drought in Brazil illustrates why water projects will increasingly need climate adaptation components: The Climate Bonds Water Standard will provide definitions for such green water investments

Mar 17, 2015

Tom Baumann, Chair ISO GHG management standards c'ttee, joins Climate Bonds Standards Industry Working Group

Mar 16, 2015

Feb GB media stories: IFR, Investment & Pensions, Bloomberg, Banking Today, Dagens Næringsliv, Cities Today, Europe’s World, BNN +more.

Mar 13, 2015

Reminder: 4 days left to register for Global Green Bonds Forum special £455 discount for you, a Climate Bonds Friend. Except if you're an issuer or investor - then it's Free (what a deal!) 29 April, London.

Mar 12, 2015

Weekly Update: Florida's City of Venice issues $15.4m green muni / Solar Star Funding $325m & Gwynt y Mor £339.2m ($524m) / UK Labour promotes retail green bonds / Sweden SPP green bond fund / IFC supports green mkt in India

Mar 10, 2015

EUR 45bn fund manager ACTIAM becomes a Climate Bonds Partner, confirms commitment to EUR 1bn portfolio of green bonds

Mar 7, 2015

Invite: Green Bonds Forum London 29 April– World Bank, IFC, EIB, Aviva, AP4, Unilever, ICMA +more! Co-hosted by Climate Bonds. Free for issuers & investors. Register by 15 March to get £455 discount!

Mar 5, 2015

Oops! I meant North Rhine Westphalia, the State not the Bank, is about to do a bond.

Mar 3, 2015

Weekly Update: EIB EUR400m ($450m) GB @negative yield! / India’s 1st GB from YesBank closes @INR10bn ($161m), 2x initial / DeutscheBank makes EUR1bn GB commitment / North Rhine-Westphalia brewing / Thai Govt oilco to issue GB

Mar 3, 2015

Talks coming up: Yale 4pm Thurs (today), Edinburgh Uni 4pm Monday / NYC legal issues roundtable this Friday / Solar Finance conf London 10 March / Sydney 16 March / Wellington NZ 19 March

Feb 26, 2015

Weekly update: World Bank issues its longest ever tenor: 30yr $34m + its biggest ever: $600m green bond in same week. More from Vasakronan: $14.2m + green bonds in EU Cap Mkt Union green paper

Feb 21, 2015

Oooh India!! Yes Bank going for India’s first green bond / India’s amazing renewables buzz / Minister asks “how can we help?” – that’s the kind of Minister we want / Indian Green Bond Mkt Dvlpt Cttee

Feb 19, 2015

Jan 2015 media digest: stories in FT, India’s Economic Times, Reuters, Bloomberg and more!

Feb 15, 2015

Weekly update: More investors call for standards; Fannie Mae discount green loans multi-fam bldgs; DNB green bond $131.6m +OPIC $4.85m +Iowa $321.5m +MEI $286m

Feb 15, 2015

Weekly update: Fantastisk Norge! Norway’s KBN issues Aaa $500m with its longest green tenor of 10yr +Oslo exchange goes live with green bond list requiring 2nd opinions / Indiana issues $100m for water projects

Feb 7, 2015

Invite: 12 Feb PM roundtable in NYC on new Green City Bonds Coalition - for potential coalition members. Hosted by NYC Comptroller’s Office

Feb 4, 2015

Climate Bonds monthly wrap up

Feb 4, 2015

The EU launches the work on a Capital Markets Union: green bonds are officially on the agenda! + lots of opportunities for aligning the other CMU reforms with the growth of a green bonds market: many backed by Aviva, with EUR300bn AUM

Feb 3, 2015

Climate Bonds Standard Industry Working Group (Aviva, Actiam, S&P, PwC, KPMG, IFC, Bureau Veritas, DNV-GL, TruCost, Shearman +) meets to review Standard; revised text due out soon

Feb 2, 2015

Leading US solar loan provider signs up as a Climate Bonds Partner. Dividend Solar says it “believes in green bond market”

Jan 30, 2015

Weekly update: TerraForm Power Operating issues largest green bond of 2015 so far - US$800m - for wind and solar, and it’s high yield (5.875%, B1/BB-, 8-yr)

Jan 30, 2015

Climate Bonds Partner Serge Martin makes CA$100,000 commitment to “turbo-charge” Climate Bonds Initiative

Jan 29, 2015

Climate Bonds is recruiting: London-based Standards Program Officer

Jan 27, 2015

Ruminations on harnesssing the power of the bond market for green: mainstreaming vs niche funds, benefits of secondary market, role of govt

Jan 27, 2015

Weekly update: Supra’s continue to build market by providing liquidity + depth; EIB taps further EUR250m ($298m), 1.25%, AAA; World Bank issues INR348.5m ($5.7m) Uridashi green bonds, 4.2%, AAA, 5 yr

Jan 22, 2015

Talking green sukuk at World Future Energy Summit @AbuDhabi: race is on for 1st issuer. Concept marries rapidly growing Islamic finance market with surging green bond market

Jan 21, 2015

EY confirmed as an approved Climate Bond Standards verifier

Jan 20, 2015

Dec 2014 media digest: Institutional Investor, Reuters, Business News Network and more.

Jan 19, 2015

SEB tops annual Green Bond Underwriters League Table – by a whisker, but Q4 results have Morgan Stanley & JP Morgan on top. Plus we set banks underwriting targets for 2015. Cheeky, yes, but someone has to push them.

Jan 15, 2015

Green bonds seminar in Stockholm tomorrow - speakers from Climate Bonds Initiative, IFC, Vasakronan, SEB and Swesif - and a workshop on green bonds for Swedish cities; kicking off 2015 as the year of the green muni bond

Jan 15, 2015

Final 2014 green bond total is $36.6bn – that’s more than x3 last year’s total! Biggest year ever for green bonds; growth driven by corporate and municipal bonds

Jan 14, 2015

Weekly update: big retail investor demand for World Bank AAA 7yr green bond / Chicago & Mass AAA green water munis / 2 new solar climate bonds from China: LDK & United PV

Jan 14, 2015

A few more US Green Munis from 2014 : Utah, Jefferson County, Mass State College, Connecticut. Everything from bioenergy and heat recycling from a gas (!) turbine to, no kidding, a car park. Stretching boundaries of “green”?

Jan 13, 2015

Congrats to winner of the Climate Bonds End-of-Year Quiz! Marianne Gut from SEB is "Climate Bonds Boffin 2014"

Jan 7, 2015

Last reviews of the year: Peru’s Energia Eolica ($204m) and Norway’s Vardar ($41m) are new issuers; Swedish Rikshem ($50m), Vasakronan ($68m) and Aligera ($13.5m) return to market.

Jan 1, 2015

Consider yourself a climate bond boffin? Time to prove it! Climate Bond Initiative proudly presents the 2014 green bond QUIZ

Dec 30, 2014

French municipality Essonne issues EUR 40M ($50m) green bond; 14.5 year, 2.083% coupon, AA-/AA

Dec 30, 2014

Cincinnati Uni issues $29.5m green bond, from 7-27yrs tenor, followed by Indiana Uni $66m, 1-20 yr.

Dec 30, 2014

Banking giant Barclays becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Dec 19, 2014

UniCredit, the largest corporate lender in Europe becomes a Climate Bonds Partner

Dec 19, 2014

Ooops: $2.24tn investor statement on green bonds - here's a link that actually works

Dec 17, 2014

India Green Bonds Webinar - free! Thursday 8 Jan, 15:30 New Delhi, 18:00 Hong Kong, 14:00 Dubai, 10:00 London

Dec 16, 2014

Investors with $2.24 trillion AUM commit today to grow the green bonds market - as Climate Bonds Standards Board meets to extend asset coverage

Dec 16, 2014

Pricewaterhouse Coopers joins key Climate Bonds Standard Industry Working Group

Dec 15, 2014

Emerging markets banking giant, Standard Chartered signs up as a Climate Bonds Partner

Dec 15, 2014

Oslo Stock Exchange announces 1st green bond list on a stock exchange! AND a public second opinion on green credentials is required to make the cut. (Launch due in 2015)

Dec 12, 2014

First-ever public green bonds data list launched. Includes basic bond ref data & 2nd party opinions

Dec 11, 2014

Lima musings reminds that there are other, better tools we can use – and China is set to lead the way with innovation in green finance.

Dec 10, 2014

Banking giant Credit Suisse signs up as a Climate Bonds Partner

Dec 10, 2014

US Green muni trio; Connecticut $60m up to 17yr, Florida’s East Central $87m up to 20yr, Spokane WA $181m up to 20yr – all for WATER projects + Spokane is 1st Muni to have a 2nd opinion!

Dec 9, 2014

NAB Certified Climate bond closes in 5hrs & doubles in size due to huge investor demand! A$300m (US$251m), 7r, 4%, AA-/Aa2. Proceeds to wind and solar projects.

Dec 9, 2014

Autumn media digest: green bond indices, 1st Japan green bond, 1st Aussie, Ontario – and lots on ‘to standardize or not to standardize’

Dec 9, 2014

New Climate Bonds - Sustainable Prosperity report launched today reveals Canadian climate bonds market surge to new heights in 2014; total C$28 bn bonds issued, up 78% over 2013.

Dec 8, 2014

UN Climate Conference in booming Lima - climate bonds speaking events

Dec 8, 2014

NAB issues the first Australian climate bond certified under the Climate Bonds Standard

Dec 4, 2014

日本の野村證券がClimate Bondsパートナーに (Nomura signs up as Climate Bonds Partner)

Nov 30, 2014

Japanese securities house Nomura signs up as a Climate Bonds Partner. It's a party!

Nov 29, 2014

Green bonds on agenda at RI Americas, 10 Dec 2014 in NYC- features two Climate Bond Standards Board members

Nov 27, 2014

Green Bonds seminar in Madrid, Spain: 3 Dec 2014. Sean Kidney keynote + Abengoa, S&PDJI, BNP Paribas, Natixis, SUST4IN

Nov 26, 2014

Green Bonds Brazil Forum: São Paulo, 4 Dec 2014. How to create a green bonds market in the largest Latin American state.

Nov 26, 2014

Green bonds 2014 webinar ‘sold out’ in 1 day! 2nd date now open: Wed 17 Dec, London 9am, Hong Kong 5pm, Sydney 8pm, Jo’burg 11am, Delhi 2.30pm. Free.

Nov 26, 2014

A couple of repeat issuances to note; World Bank green bond for CalSTRS - $50m; and OPIC issue two Green Guaranties - $24.4m & $2.1m

Nov 26, 2014

Invite to Green bonds 2014 year-end webinar: Tue 16 Dec -- New York 12 pm / San Francisco 9 am / Chicago & Mexico City 11 am / Sao Paulo 3 pm / London 5 pm

Nov 25, 2014

US$34.3bn of (oversubscribed) green bonds so far this year. I'm biting my nails: will we make $40bn? Come on issuers!

Nov 25, 2014

Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank issues green muni bond ($35m, 5-20 years, AA-rated) – it’s green, but not climate: Proceeds go to purchase of properties and land

Nov 22, 2014

New Canadian Climate bond: Northland Power releases a pretty big ABS - CA$232m (US$206m) - backed by solar projects with proceeds for renewables. 18-year tenor, 4.397% coupon, BBB. Securitisation key future area for green bonds.

Nov 21, 2014

Save the date: 11 Dec, Washington D.C. - Roundtable discussion: 'Climate Bonds Standard – helping the green bonds market deliver on its potential'. Request an invite, spaces are limited!

Nov 20, 2014

Report from Beijing: PBoC Chief Economist Ma Jun’s green finance workgroups close to the finish line -ambitious proposals on the table

Nov 19, 2014

Austria’s first green bond from power company Verbund AG - EUR 500m($623m), coupon 1.5%, 10yr tenor, BBB+, proceeds to fund Wind (compliant with Climate Bonds Standard) & EE in Hydro

Nov 19, 2014

Norwegian utility NTE issues NOK750m ($110m) of green bonds in 3 tranches to refinance hydro: 3, 5 & 7 yrs. Green bonds for refinancing key to grow the market. Oversubscribed in 2 hrs!

Nov 19, 2014

Aloha! Hawaiian State Govt issues green ABS for solar: $150m, AAA in two tranches: 50m, 8yr, 1.467% + 100m, 17yr, 3.242%. An excellent example!

Nov 16, 2014

International Coop & Mutual Insurance Federation, representing $8 trillion, joins Climate Bonds Standard Board

Nov 14, 2014

Dutch giant RaboBank signs up as a Climate Bonds Partner

Nov 11, 2014

Germany’s NRW Bank issues 2nd AAA green bond: EUR 500m ($636m) 4yrs. 2x over-subscribed in 3 hrs! Water, wind & energy efficiency

Nov 10, 2014

New Climate Bonds Water Infrastructure Expert Committee meets today for the first time, discussing water investments that can be used for green and climate bonds

Nov 7, 2014

Trucost confirmed as 6th verifier under Climate Bonds Standard

Nov 5, 2014

IPCC Options on the menu: Climate disaster or $500bn of low-carbon investment opportunities p.a. Hmmmm.

Nov 4, 2014

Oekom Research AG confirmed as an approved Climate Bond Standards verifier

Nov 3, 2014

It's David vs Goliath as Hartford in Connecticut (pop. 124k) and New York City (pop. 8.4m) race to be the USA's first Green City Bond issuer

Nov 3, 2014

New Climate Bonds Expert Working Group kicks off to develop eligibility criteria for climate bonds linked to Agriculture and Forestry investments

Oct 30, 2014

How about that: New Jersey has a cool new Energy Resilience Bank! It's basically a green bank with a climate adaptation focus + a big opportunity for green securitisation

Oct 30, 2014

Royal Bank of Canada signs up as a Climate Bonds Partner!

Oct 30, 2014

New Climate Bonds Senior Fellow: Motoko Aizawa, expert in standard setting, ex-IFC & leading figure Equator Principles dvlpt, former advisor China Ministry for Env & CBRC. Focus to be on Climate Bonds Standard

Oct 28, 2014

Stockland issues Australia’s first green bond! EUR300m (US$380m), 7yr, rated A-, 1.5% coupon. Proceeds for green buildings - but ratings used do not guarantee climate performance

Oct 27, 2014

Climate Bonds Partners program launched at World Pensions & Investments Forum in Paris. Join the ranks of climate bonds supporters!

Oct 24, 2014

Kinexia’s Innovatec issues a EUR15m (US$19m) green bond, 6 yr, 8.125% coupon. Small in size, but high in yield! Higher yields is a sign of a maturing market

Oct 24, 2014

Finally Europe’s first high yield green bonds! Abengoa issues 2x 5yr bonds for a total of EUR500m ($340m) – ‘B’ & ‘NotRated’. Moving down the ratings is a sign of the green bonds market maturing

Oct 24, 2014

Q3 Green Bond Underwriters League Table: Credit Agricole & BAML move ahead of SEB! Will Flensborg weep or cry with joy as 'his baby' takes off?

Oct 21, 2014

Responsible Investor blog: On three major risks to the market’s credibility; how standardization can help ensure that the green bonds market delivers on its potential

Oct 17, 2014

SolarCity issues US$200m of retail bonds, maturity ranging from 1-7 years, coupon 2-4%. What a pioneering company! First public solar bond offering in the US, after also doing the first solar securitisation in 2013

Oct 17, 2014

FYR: Climate Bonds schedule of upcoming speeches - lots of opportunities to hear about developments

Oct 15, 2014

Zurich Insurance CIO Cecilia Reyes calls for clear definitions of green in green bond market; S&P's Wilkins backs her up with a call for green standards

Oct 15, 2014

Swedish municipality Örebro issues a SEK750m (US$104m), 5 yr, AA+ green bond - the flow of Scandinavian green bonds continues!

Oct 14, 2014

Climate Bonds諮問委員会委員に藤井良広教授（上智大学）が就任 / New Climate Bonds Advisory Board member: Prof Yoshihiro Fujii of Tokyo’s Sophia University

Oct 11, 2014

EIB issues first USD Climate Awareness (green) bond, and it’s another big one: $1bn, 10yr, 2.5% coupon. Note the tenor. That takes 2014 issuance over $32bn

Oct 10, 2014

Germany’s KfW issues largest ever USD green bond - $1.5bn! (AAAe, 1.75%, 5yr) and it’s still 1.6x oversubscribed

Oct 10, 2014

日本政策投資銀行（DBJ）がグリーン不動産債券を発行、発行額は2億5,000万ユーロ（3億1,500万ドル）、表面利率0.25%、償還期限3年、格付けAa3/A+、応札倍率3倍。日本の機関投資家のグリーンボンド投資の引き金となるか。(For Japan)

Oct 9, 2014

Development Bank of Japan issues green property bond, EUR 250m ($315m), coupon 0.25%, 3yr, Aa3/A+ - 3x oversubscribed! Will this be the trigger for Nippon institutional investment in green bonds?

Oct 8, 2014

Incoming EU Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services & Capital Markets Union, Jonathan Hill says he hopes to build a capital markets union that ... supports green bonds. True!

Oct 7, 2014

Media digest for a hot September: stories in GlobalCapital,Les Echos,FT, II, IP&E,Guardian,Bloomberg and much much more

Oct 7, 2014

Ontario issues long-awaited inaugural green bond; CAD 500m ($448.1m), 1.75%, 4yrs, Aa2e. Mixed portfolio. Nearly 5x oversubscribed! Go Canuks!

Oct 7, 2014

Sweden’s Förvaltaren issues $55m (SEK 400m) green property bond, 5yr, AA-. Another Swedish Green City Bond!

Oct 7, 2014

Under the hood: What to do with a renewable energy bond with a dash of coal? Ooooh .... tricky.

Oct 3, 2014

China’s Trina Solar goes for a convertible solar bond: US$100m, 5yr, 4% coupon. It’s a challenging market environment for solar but the bonds keep coming.

Oct 2, 2014

World Bank goes retail with 3 small green bonds for $5m, EUR10m & $30m - all with complex coupon structures. Last one was 3x oversubscribed.

Oct 2, 2014

BKK utsteder de første grønne obligasjonene fra en norsk bedrift - NOK 1.1mrd ($171.7mill.), løpetid 7 år og kjøpt opp I løpet av 3 timer! Sterk etterspørsel - forvent flere grønne obligasjoner i det norske markedet

Oct 1, 2014

MIT issues green property bonds to refinance green buildings, $370m, 24 yr, 3.959% coupon, Aaae. We like!

Sep 27, 2014

Nordic Investment Bank issues US$500m, 7yr green bond – benchmark size & longest green bond issued by a supra in USD to date. 1.6x oversubscribed!

Sep 26, 2014

Norway Fjordland's BKK dives in with a green hydro bond - NOK 1.1bn ($171.7m), 7yrs - closes bond within 3 hrs! Yes, strong demand. Expect more green hydro bonds!

Sep 26, 2014

Now here's something to like: OPIC issues $47.3m green project bond with a guarantee. Good example of how rich world can assist developing.

Sep 25, 2014

Electric Climate Finance session at UN Summit: insurers go wild with promises; investors plead for green investments; Jim Kim almost breaks out in song about green bonds

Sep 24, 2014

Meanwhile, in the real world, Mass $350m green bond is 3x oversubscribed, and California upsizes its green bond from $200m to $300m. To think they were nervous!

Sep 24, 2014

USD2tn of investors back Green & Climate Bonds to tap USD100tn bond market for climate solutions, call on corps & govts to deliver projects for finance

Sep 23, 2014

MünchenerHyp eröffnet den Markt mit dem ersten thematischen Pfandbrief! 300 Mio EUR ($ 389 Mio.) Aaa 5yr, für den genossenschaftlichen Wohungsbau. Emission 1,6-fach überzeichnet. Es ist der Prototyp für einen grünen Pfandrbief - endlich!

Sep 23, 2014

MünchenerHyp cracks first thematic covered bond! EUR300m ($389m) Aaa 5yr, for coop housing. 1.6x oversubscribed. It’s the prototype for a Green Pfandbrief – at last!

Sep 22, 2014

California isn’t just issuing green bonds – it's buying them too! World Bank issues $250m bond solely for California State Treasurer's Office, 2yr, AAA

Sep 20, 2014

EIB taps 2026 EUR bond for as a further EUR 250m ($323m) just 7 days after issue

Sep 20, 2014

Big60Million launches UK’s first certified climate bond

Sep 17, 2014

Littlie from EIB: Rand 400m ($29m) tap of big bertha Climate Awareness Bond

Sep 16, 2014

World Coal conference looking at green bonds for “clean” coal investments. Hmmm. NOT a new frontier

Sep 16, 2014

Musings from Manila on bridging the gap between young and capital needy emerging markets and capital rich ageing countries

Sep 16, 2014

ECB’s decides to buy asset-backed securities and covered bonds – let’s make that green securities!

Sep 14, 2014

AFD goes BIG with first climate bond and gets investor diversification - EUR 1bn ($1.3bn), 10yr, AA/AA+, coupon 1.37, Bravo France!

Sep 13, 2014

Alert: California is about to issue its first $200m green bond, the second US State to do so. + Massachusetts ups to $350m

Sep 12, 2014

Alert: nine days to go before 2nd Mass. Green Bond due out - 17 Sept - $250m this time, up from $100m last time.

Sep 9, 2014

Reminder: climate bonds seminar 18th Sept, San Francisco’s Green/Climate Bond briefings and discussions with CBI & California State Controller. Register now, event is free.

Sep 8, 2014

Proposed Climate Bonds Green Property criteria allow top 15% of buildings to be used to back green bonds; positive feedback so far; consultation period now closes 30 Sept

Sep 8, 2014

EIB issues new climate bond with longer tenor (12yr), EUR 500m ($657m), coupon 1.25%, AAA. Takes EIB total climate bond issuance to EUR 6bn!

Sep 4, 2014

World Bank does a 10yr, AAA $12.06m green retail bond especially for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management clients. Harbinger?

Sep 2, 2014

Arise Wind issues a 2nd corporate green bond: SEK 350m ($50m), 3yr, floating rate. Should we be bringing all pureplay renewable energy corporate bonds into the green bond list?

Sep 2, 2014

Hold the date 18 Sept: California State Controller & Treasurer invite you to San Francisco Green/Climate Bond briefings - for investors/financiers & for NGOs/advocates

Aug 29, 2014

UK Govt guarantees £48.5m green power bond – excellent example of role public sector can play in boosting the green bonds market

Aug 20, 2014

Invite: Free Webinars on ‘Bonds & Climate Change: State of the Market in 2014’. Aug 19 / 22 / 28. Note NEW times

Aug 18, 2014

IFC issues first Peruvian Soles-denominated PEN 118m ($42m) green bond, for domestic investor RIMAC Seguros, AAA, 20yr. A fantastic kick-start for a domestic green bond market in Peru?

Aug 14, 2014

Q2 Green Bond Underwriters League Table: SEB, HSBC & Credit Agricole take top spots

Aug 13, 2014

USA's NRG Yield issues $500m, Ba1, 10yr, 5.27% green corporate bond to fund renewable energy purchase. Renewable energy firms are beginning to understand benefits of being part of a larger green bonds universe

Aug 8, 2014

Convertibles solar bonds getting interesting? Trina’s $140m & SunPower’s $400m stoke fire, but then Ascent stumbles & SPI Solar is mysterious. Hmmm, convertibles are complicated, but we should continue counting them, right?

Aug 7, 2014

A little one: $6.9m PACE bond finances EE in Californian hotel

Aug 7, 2014

Invitation: Free August Webinars on ‘Bonds & Climate Change: The State of the Market in 2014’. August 19th / 22nd / 28th. Times for North America, EU, Gulf, Asia/Australia time zones.

Aug 7, 2014

Indian clean energy player Greenko issues $550m, 5 year, high-yield (B) corporate bond to re-finance portfolio of wind farms. 3x oversubscribed gives 50bps pricing benefit. Unlabeled, but still green.

Aug 3, 2014

Lots of media coverage in July digest: FT, Economist, Forbes & much more

Aug 1, 2014

UK retailer Sainsbury’s 5yr GBP200m “green loan” opens up a whole new area for green debt instruments

Aug 1, 2014

Taiwan's ASE issues Asia's first corporate green bond - $300m, BBB, 6yrs - and it's SIX times oversubscribed!! Asian green bonds may be about to blast off.

Jul 25, 2014

EUR 44bn ($58bn) Netherlands fund manager ACTIAM (formerly SNS AM) joins Climate Bonds Standard Industry Working Group to help develop green bonds eligibility criteria.

Jul 22, 2014

Launched today: annual "State of the Market" report from Climate Bonds Initiative/HSBC reveals $502.6 billion climate-themed bond universe + much much more

Jul 17, 2014

Taiwanese solar cell manufacturer Neo Solar issues a US$120mn, 3yr convertible bond. Proves viability for green bonds in uncertain policy environments

Jul 16, 2014

Germany’s KfW dives in deep with EUR 1.5bn ($2bn), 5yr AAA green bonds. Go Germany!

Jul 16, 2014

Zurich Insurance says it will invest a target $2bn in green bonds in Europe & US

Jul 16, 2014

REMINDER: Remember to register for the launch event of the annual 'Bonds & Climate Change: The State of the Market in 2014' report: Thu 17 July London, Mon 21 July Frankfurt + Leaked figures from the report

Jul 16, 2014

DC Water issues AA+ $350m ‘green century bond’ – yes that’s right, the very first 100 year green bond! Now THAT is tenor. Plus, it’s the first US green bond to get an independent review – at last!

Jul 15, 2014

My new hero: People’s Bank of China chief economist Ma Jun argues for green finance and green bonds – what a star!

Jul 15, 2014

Investor based Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) today joins the Climate Bonds Green Property Technical Working Group

Jul 11, 2014

Public consultation period for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) eligibility criteria ends next week. Last chance to get your comments in!

Jul 10, 2014

19 notable green bonds media stories for June. Includes WSJ, Global Capital, Boursorama and more

Jul 6, 2014

British Columbia CAD231.5m (USD218m), 32yr, A- green bond issued to fund sustainable hospitals. Criteria: LEED Gold+ASHRAE 90.1 mandated by BC Climate Action Plan. Nicely done Victoria!

Jul 6, 2014

Italian utility Hera issues EUR 500m, BBB, 10 yr green bond to kickstart the Italian market – and it’s 3x over-subscribed. That should encourage Bella Italia

Jul 4, 2014

Big milestone: labeled green bonds issuance in 2014 has just reached $20.121 billion globally. Yes, we're over 20bn!

Jul 3, 2014

Invitation - launch of our annual "Bonds & Climate Change: State of the Market" report - 17 July London @Shearman + 21 July Frankfurt @Allianz. Updates on everything from "labeled" green to solar, rail & water bonds

Jul 1, 2014

Reminder: register now for tomorrow's Webinar on Green Property Criteria! Or Thurs. This will be a huge slice of growing green / climate bonds market; an opportunity to find out about "what is green"

Jun 30, 2014

Invitation: Tokyo Mon 7 July, 10:00-12:00. Join me for a presentation to the Japanese Ministry of Enviro C'ttee on Market Creation for Promoting Green Investment

Jun 29, 2014

Dutch water utility NWB issues EUR500m ($680m), 5yr AAA green bond. And yes they have clear climate-related criteria. Yahoo!!

Jun 27, 2014

Invitation: London Wed 2 July lunch talk with Sean Kidney+Nick Silver: "Climate Bonds: a significant development in the Debt Capital markets?" with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment

Jun 27, 2014

Colin Purdie, head of institutional credit @ £260bn Aviva Investors, speaks out on fiduciary duty & climate change, why green standards are needed & mainstream appetite for green bonds

Jun 26, 2014

Invitation: webinars on new Climate Bonds Green Property Eligibility Criteria - 1 July + 3 July - special times for USA, EU, Asia

Jun 24, 2014

NY State Enviro Facilities Corp issues $213m, 25/30yrs, AAA water bond, opens up a big question: is clean water by default 'green'? What about climate change, energy? Phew, NY has a good plan!

Jun 22, 2014

Vornado Realty $450m, 5yr, BBB, green property bond kicks along US market; but we need more ambition to help fix climate

Jun 22, 2014

Green Property definitions for the Climate Bond Standards out for comment. Involves market specific benchmarks, esp. useful for property portfolios in big cities, driving $150bn p.a. mkt

Jun 19, 2014

IFC issues RMB500m ($47m) green bond for climate investments. FT calls it "another step forward in internationalising China's currency"

Jun 18, 2014

China’s CGN Wind issues RMB1bn ($161m) 5yr green bond with carbon-linked coupon

Jun 15, 2014

The ADB is Asia's development bank and also green bank - and it understands the link. But it also still funds coal. Post-Haiyan, public sector money concerned with Asia’s long-term future has no place funding future-destroying coal

Jun 13, 2014

Alert: we're about to hit $20bn of green 'labeled' bonds issued this year; we're at $19.67bn as of today. Just thought you might like to know.

Jun 12, 2014

Just Out: First emerging market green city bond... City of Johannesburg Green Bond, approx R1.5bn ($139m), 1.5x oversubscribed!

Jun 5, 2014

May media monitor for you: 5 stories in the Financial Times!!! + WashPost, EnvFinance, BusinessGreen, EnergyPost, CNBC, Bloomberg, ABC Australia

Jun 2, 2014

The Swedes come marching in ... just out Gothenburg 6yr, SEK1.8bn ($273m) Green City Bond. Earlier in the month new issuers Stockholm Lans Landstring SEK870m ($167m) and Rikshem green property SEK100m ($15m) joined the charge.

May 30, 2014

I’m in Svalbard, 79 degrees North in the Arctic; the retreating glaciers and ice-free fjords are making me fret about last week’s Regency $250m BBB 10yr Green Property Bond, the first from the US

May 27, 2014

Invitation: webinar this week Thurs 29 May on new Climate Bonds Green Property eligibility criteria, timed for Australia/Asia/US-West-Coast

May 26, 2014

We’re looking for brilliant people to hire: a market analyst and a policy researcher. London-based

May 21, 2014

Trucost joins Climate Bonds Low Carbon Transport Technical Working Group

May 16, 2014

AAA away! EIB does a EUR350m ($480m) tap of its big 5yr climate awareness bond / World Bank does 4yr BRL465.5 + TLY335.5 (total $369m) green bonds for Japanese uridashi investors

May 16, 2014

Whooa! GDF Suez goes BIG with largest ever RE/EE green bond at EUR2.5bn ($3.5bn). And STILL 3x times oversubscribed! And it’s pretty darn green.

May 15, 2014

Green definitions for transport: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) eligibility criteria under Climate Bonds Standard out for public comment

May 13, 2014

In Jakarta, Credit Suisse AsiaPac Vice Chair calls for green bond standards & certification, incentives and a green growth narrative. Go!

May 13, 2014

Seoul update: IEA reads riot act to clean energy ministers / BNEF says there is a some hope / Korea tech's 10 breakthroughs leave us on the up

May 12, 2014

3 new members for Standards low-carbon transport expert group: Prof Danang Parikesit from Indonesia; Nick Owen, E4 Tech in UK; Carol Lee Rawn from Ceres in USA. First eligibility criteria for rail, EVs & BRTs to be released next week for comment

May 6, 2014

Update from Crazy Abu Dhabi: green bonds part of UN Climate Summit / Jeffrey Sachs lays out 7 Step Survival Plan / Ban Ki Moon's soft power

May 5, 2014

A bunch of climate bond media stories for you: Financial News, Wall Street Journal, Enviro. Finance, Inst. Investor, etc

May 4, 2014

HK's Jun Yang Solar issues HKD190m ($24.5m) convertible bond to expand PV power

Apr 30, 2014

World Bank's first 'Kangaroo' green bond hops into Australian market: AUD300m ($280m), 5yrs. UniSuper jumps in as “lead green bond investor”, bringing others in. Now that’s a good idea for other markets! USS in the UK? ABP in Netherlands? CPP in Canada?

Apr 22, 2014

Green Bond Principles: BankTrack & NGO group "cautiously welcome", but call for transparency, science-based criteria for 'green' & independent verification

Apr 16, 2014

Now it's 25! A dozen more banks sign on to "Green Bond Principles" + ICMA takes on Secretariat role. Can they make it 100 banks signed on by UN Climate Summit in Sept? Go on, Ban Ki Moon needs some good news.

Apr 16, 2014

Arise Windpower issues SEK1.1bn ($167m), 5yr green bond linked to wind farms. Nice.

Apr 16, 2014

Île-de-France issues EUR600m( $830m), 12yr, AA+ Green Muni. They had so many orders in one hour they upped it from 350m to 600m!

Apr 15, 2014

Canada’s first corporate green bond: TD Bank’s 3yr AA- CAD500m (USD454m) bond was 1.5 x oversubscribed. Our take: underlying structure & intent solid but better upfront disclosure needed + third party review.

Apr 11, 2014

Perfecto! Spain's Iberdrola issues 8.5yr EUR750m ($1.04bn), BBB but very tightly priced, green bond tied to their renewable assets; 2nd utility to enter market; 4x oversubscribed. Yes, that's right, 4 times as many buyers as they needed!

Apr 9, 2014

SolarCity on the road with a $70.2m, 8yr, BBB+ rooftop solar leases securitization; closes Thursday

Apr 8, 2014

Swedish construction co. Skanska (Ground-Zero, Gherkin) issues 5yr, SEK850m ($131m) green property bond ... CICERO sign-off but report not public ... yet?

Apr 8, 2014

Q1 roundup 2/3: Underwriter league table for Q1 – SEB out in front followed closely by, Morgan Stanley, Credit Agricole and DB

Apr 7, 2014

Magic: the incredibly powerful effect reducing bond interest rates in developing countries can have on boosting renewable and other long-term climate investments. Great work from Climate Policy Initiative

Apr 4, 2014

Record-breaking Q1: $9bn labelled green bonds issued, new issuers, new currencies and finally an index!

Apr 1, 2014

New ClimateBonds rpt for China's State Council on 'How to Grow Green Bonds in China': kickstart with state bank green bonds; loosen regs for retail green bonds; certification; green covered bonds for munis; FDI window for green investors; and more

Mar 31, 2014

Canada's TD Bank has issued a CAD500m (USD450), 3yr green bond. Very few details and there's no third party review of what they're calling "green". But we do know they're a big renewables lender; we're investigating

Mar 30, 2014

Sweden's SCA issues SEK1.5bn ($232m), 5yr green bond - the 2nd viking corporate green bond issuer

Mar 28, 2014

EIB issues first Sterling Climate Awareness Bond, upsized to GBP500m ($832m). Puts EIB at the top of issuer list for the year - nearly $3bn out in past 3 mths. Go Luxembourg!

Mar 27, 2014

Unilever opens up Sterling green bonds with 4 yr, £250m ($411m) "sustainability" bond for CO2 & water improvements in manufacturing plants: 3x over-subscribed!

Mar 24, 2014

Errrr - I meant EUR550m ($758m) not $550m for World Bank's latest bond. (Maybe it's time to revisit the idea of a common currency; would save a lot of confusion. And typos.)

Mar 22, 2014

Last week's World Bank Green Bond closed at EUR550m, up from expected EUR400m / EBRD does NZD12m ($10m) and BRL93m ($40m) 'sustainability' bonds

Mar 22, 2014

EIB taps yet another 6yr EUR250m climate bond + issues 4yr ZAR250m ($70m) + does a 25yr, Y5bn ($50m) Green Samurai. Who says Luxembourg is a sleepy place?

Mar 18, 2014

Wow! Toyota will this week issue a huge $1.75bn, investment grade, multi-tranche green bond, backed bond by electric+hybrid auto loans. It was going to be only $750m but demand was very strong. A new horizon opens?

Mar 17, 2014

First Green Bonds Index launched by Solactive; opens up opportunity for ETFs and improved access for smaller investors

Mar 17, 2014

California Council issues $104m AA bond backed by PACE resi energy efficiency loans

Mar 14, 2014

Second green bond of the day: Vasakronan issues SEK1bn ($157m) for green property

Mar 13, 2014

Alert: World Bank is just closing their inaugural AAA Euro Green Bond, 3yrs - expected EUR400m

Mar 13, 2014

Climate Bond events: webinar 15:00 gmt tomorrow with SRI-Connect / London investors workshop, 1 April, with IIGCC / Utrecht roundtable for Dutch investors, 16 April, @RaboBank

Mar 12, 2014

Just in case you were wondering ... $3.93bn of "labelled" green bonds issued so far in 2014. More coming - up to $1bn expected next week

Mar 11, 2014

African Dev Bank does SEK1bn ($157m) 5yr AAA green bond, its third to date

Mar 11, 2014

EIB issues a ZAR300m ($28m), 4yr climate bond, designed for individual investors in the EU

Feb 28, 2014

AfDB issues SEK1bn ($153m) green bond - 5yr, AAA - for African renewables, water, etc

Feb 22, 2014

Unibail-Rodamco issues EUR750m 10 year, A+ green property bond, first green corporate bond of 2014 – 3.4x oversubscribed in less than 2 hours. The next wave of green is coming.

Feb 21, 2014

Hero renewables and energy efficiency bank KfW still has its dark side - its time to stop using German public money to fund coal plants and mines

Feb 19, 2014

EIB taps 2019 Climate Awareness Bond for another EUR500m. Brings total 2014 green bond issuance to USD2.6bn

Feb 19, 2014

Events: Green Bonds webinar in 17hrs, 18 Feb @1pm EST, hosted by AsYouSow.org / CSFI London Climate Bonds lunch Mon 24 Feb / Uni Edinburgh Climate Bonds public lecture Tues 25 Feb

Feb 18, 2014

EIB does SEK900m tap of 2019 climate bond / Ban Ki Moon plugs climate bonds / Is public transport green?

Feb 16, 2014

Nordic Investment Bank issues a EUR40m ($55m), 5yr AAA 'environmental' bond

Feb 16, 2014

2013 Overview: the Dawn of an Age of Green Bonds?

Feb 6, 2014

Dr Michael Molitor, Kristian Brüning and Dr Alex Rau join Climate Bonds team to support new Climate Science Advisory Committee supervising criteria for Climate Bond Standards

Jan 28, 2014

Timetable announced for release of new certification criteria for Climate Bonds - Green Buildings, Low-Carbon Transport, Geothermal, Biofuels, Water and more coming soon

Jan 27, 2014

New Climate Bonds & friends project for European Commission’s Climate Directorate, looking at "Europe’s role in shifting private finance to climate investments", kicked off today in Brussels

Jan 25, 2014

First new issuer of 2014! ExportDevCanada issues USD300m AAA green bond - sold out in 15 mins! / Reminder: Climate Bonds seminar in Paris on Tues. 120 people coming, but we still have seats

Jan 23, 2014

Green Bond Underwriters League Table released for 2013, $10 billion - biggest issuance year yet, SEB, BoAML, Morgan Stanley, Credit Agricole and JP Morgan on top.

Jan 23, 2014

UN Investor Summit on Climate Risk in NY: Clean Trillion report launched - bonds galore

Jan 18, 2014

Figueres @UN Investor Summit on Climate Risk: institutional investors who ignore climate risk face being seen as blatantly in breach of their fiduciary duty to their beneficial owners. The cat is out of the bag.

Jan 17, 2014

They keep coming... World Bank issues $550m short-dated green bond; with EIB takes 2014 "labelled" total to $1.3bn.

Jan 15, 2014

2/2: Climate Bond Standards Board welcomes launch by 13 international banks of new Green Bond Principles. Important step towards standards-based market, esp. for corp green bonds

Jan 14, 2014

1/2: Thirteen major banks issue “Green Bond Principles” to guide development of Green Bonds market. This is Big! Read media statement & full text here; Climate Bond Standards Board comment in next email

Jan 14, 2014

EIB goes again: taps Nov 19 Climate Awareness Bond for a further EUR350mn ($478mn) = biggest green bond outstanding at EUR1.5bn ($2bn)!!

Jan 14, 2014

Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change, representing EUR7.5 trillion of assets, joins Climate Bond Standards Board. Goal: to assure integrity of green claims for investors

Jan 13, 2014

News Flash: first green bond in 2014 issued... EIB Climate Awareness Bond for CHF350m ($386), 11 yrs. And we're off!!

Jan 10, 2014

Reminder: Join us in Paris for our Climate Bonds / Sustainable Bonds / Green Bonds Conference, 28 January 14:00-17.45. Hear Dominique Dron, Florian Sommer, Julia Hoggett, Tanguy Claquin, Mark Lewis, Sean Kidney, James Ranaivoson & many more

Jan 10, 2014

New Climate Bonds Low-Carbon Transport Working Group kicks off development of certification eligibility criteria for low-carbon transport related bonds

Jan 6, 2014

Christmas climate bond: $100m, 6yrs @2.79%, ABS of cash flows from renewables & energy efficiency in buildings. That's the way to do it.

Dec 23, 2013

European Investment Bank's climate financier Chris Knowles joins Climate Bonds Advisory panel

Dec 20, 2013

Commonwealth Secretariat climate finance group calls on Govts to review financial regulation so it supports the transition to a global low carbon economy

Dec 17, 2013

Join us in Paris 28 Jan for seminar on sustainable & climate bonds

Dec 16, 2013

EBRD follows other dev banks and drops coal lending, except in "rare" circumstances. Progress.

Dec 16, 2013

Nov review 7/7: NRW wraps up the month with a EUR250m green/water bond ... but ain't no standards

Dec 9, 2013

Nov review 6/7: And then came the whopper ….EDF's EUR1.4bn

Dec 9, 2013

Nov review 5/7: Bank of America ML blasts off with a $500m first commercial bank green bond

Dec 9, 2013

Nov review 4/7: Vasakronan corporate green bond tackles energy efficiency

Dec 9, 2013

Nov review 3/7: Kommunalbanken's $500bn green bond funnels proceeds to Norwegian Govt-mandated local govt climate projects

Dec 9, 2013

Nov review 2/7: benchmark-issuing pathbreaker IFC does 2nd $1bn in a year

Dec 9, 2013

Nov review 1/7: newbie FMO tries a EUR500m Sustainability Bond

Dec 9, 2013

A review of November's $5bn Green Bonds craze – when it rains it pours. Standards will now be the key to avoid greenwash

Dec 9, 2013

UK Greater Gabbard wind-grid bond, 19yr £305m ($496m), is 3 x oversubscribed. Whacko! EIB Proj Bonds Initiative helps it get magic A3 rating; shows the way for future Proj Bonds credit enhancement

Nov 27, 2013

COP19 snippets #2: new rpt shows climate finance flows flat @$359bn p.a. vs $1tn needed / IEA says we have to make EE 'cool' / OECD platform to support Green Banks / World Bank: could EM megacities issue green munis to fund green transition?

Nov 24, 2013

COP19 snippets #1: UN climate negotiations a damp squib / HSBC's Robins "We need to integrate climate into financial policy" / GGGI CEO says investors should expect change in a rush, leaving assets stranded: "hedge your bets"!

Nov 24, 2013

Germany's NRW does a "water" bond EUR250m 4yr AAA

Nov 22, 2013

EDF closes humdinger EUR1.4bn green bond, A+, 7.5yr - 2 x oversubscribed. Wow! This is how investors vote.

Nov 21, 2013

UK Govt announces it's joining US, Scandis, World Bank, EIB to end overseas aid support for coal power and stop other MDBs. First test: EBRD's Kosovo coal plant

Nov 21, 2013

Former Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors head of research, Mark Fulton, joins Climate Bonds as a Senior Fellow, working on green securitization

Nov 20, 2013

HK's GCL-Poly goes convertable solar

Nov 20, 2013

Zurich Insurance allocates $1bn to green bond investing; mandate goes to BlackRock

Nov 20, 2013

Bank of America closes their own 3yr, Baa2, $500m green bond - a US first

Nov 20, 2013

Swedish property group Vasakronan issues SEK1.3bn ($197m) Green Bond - theme goes corporate

Nov 20, 2013

Yet another over-subscription as Norway's Kommunalbanken closes its USD500m AAA 3yr green bond @0.75%. With demand this strong and rates this low, perhaps we can get on with rebuilding the world's infrastructure?

Nov 16, 2013

This week’s $54.4m, BBB+, 13yr solar rooftop lease securitization bond was a ground-breaking success

Nov 16, 2013

COP19 letter #1: Oh that Crazy Polish Government!

Nov 14, 2013

Small bonds roundup... Good Energy 3x oversubscribed, mini-solar bonds, EU+US crowd funding – retail investors want in!

Nov 12, 2013

Morgan Stanley & Credit Ag shopping proposed EDF green bond this week / EIB issues 4yr ZAR500m ($48m) climate bond

Nov 12, 2013

SolarCity rooftop solar lease securitization nears fruition / If you're in Warsaw @COP19 come and hear me speak at 3 side-events

Nov 11, 2013

Buyer details for IFC $1bn + FMO EUR500m: over-subscription, central banks, and more / Just to remind us why we're doing this, WMO says GHG levels reach a high point

Nov 10, 2013

Heads up: Norway's Kommunalbanken expected to issue AAA $500m green bond next week

Nov 8, 2013

Dutch development bank FMO issues EUR500m AAA "Sustainability" bond - sold out in one hour!

Nov 7, 2013

IFC today pricing new $1bn AAA 3yr green bond; more expected to follow

Nov 5, 2013

FYI: full text of Green Bonds Framework - steering c'ttee now set up w. BoAML, Citi, JPM, MS +others in process of joining

Nov 1, 2013

Citi+BoAML promote new Green Bonds Framework; JP Morgan+MS join up; defines a green bond as being about underlying assets not green rating of the company

Nov 1, 2013

Ontario's Premier announces she is pushing through legislation to allow the Province to issue climate bonds linked to their Metro rail assets

Oct 30, 2013

Join us: final 2013 Bonds & Climate Change Webinar - tomorrow - Mon 21 Oct @3pm London time

Oct 20, 2013

Regulator update: China's excellent green credit guidelines are ... mandatory! A whole new set of worry lines for bank compliance staff :)

Oct 16, 2013

7 Easy Steps to Move Pension Funds from Short-term to Sustainable, +7 Steps for Pension Fund Staff

Oct 16, 2013

Spanish waste mngt co. issues €150m 5yr PIK note @4.5%. Yes, only 4.5% for a Spanish junk (climate) bond! Does that mean the ECB strategy is working?

Oct 15, 2013

China's finance sector regulators are pushing green

Oct 15, 2013

AfDB's long-awaited AAA $500m inaugural green bond is sold out

Oct 11, 2013

10 tweaks to transform the green economy

Oct 10, 2013

Final Bonds & Climate Change rpt webinar 10am, 21 Oct, for the New Yorkers we had to turn away / Can you send in a suggestion for improving the report next year?

Oct 7, 2013

$50m solar bonds from HK’s GoldPoly / UK’s Good Energy goes retail w £5m bond / PACE bonds update / Philippines FirstGen $250m – it could have been green

Oct 7, 2013

Gothenburg breaks ground with $77m Swedish Green Muni / German AAA Rentenbank $50m climate bond / NYSERDA $24.3m resi EE climate bond / Green Bond Underwriters league: BoAML up to #2

Sep 30, 2013

The climate bond underwriters league table: SEB, Citi, BAML, JP Morgan and HSBC lead the way

Sep 26, 2013

Canadian climate bonds universe = C$5.7bn, includes 3 renewable energy project bonds, 83% investment grade

Sep 25, 2013

German's PNE Wind €33.7m private placement completes €100m 8% corporate bond / Reminder: 'Bonds & CC' in Boston, Toronto, NYC next week

Sep 19, 2013

EBRD $250m climate bond closes / Norway's REC planning $110m 5yr convertible / We're looking for climate science-savvy interns

Sep 11, 2013

EBRD testing the market for a new AAA 4.5yr $250m "environmental sustainability" bond, a.k.a. climate bond

Sep 10, 2013

Boston Climate Bonds seminar Mon 23 Sept @SSgA / Sean Kidney Toronto Economic Club speech 24 Sept changed to breakfast (bumped by Canada's Minister for Finance!) / Climate Bonds Webinar Wed this week

Sep 9, 2013

EIB (AAA) taps Climate Awareness Bond (Nov 2019) for further EUR250m = largest green bond issued to date. 2/3 investors European, ¼ Nordic.

Sep 5, 2013

Invitation to New York lunch event, Thurs Sept 26, 'Bonds and Climate Change: the state of the market in 2013', 12:30pm

Sep 4, 2013

Invitation to Canadian event on Bonds and Climate Change report, Sept 24th, Toronto

Sep 3, 2013

Invitation to Webinar on Bonds & Climate Change rpt, Wed 11 Sept: Los Angeles 09:00 / Denver 10:00 / Chicago 11:00 / NYC 12:00 / London 17:00 / Paris 18:00

Aug 28, 2013

Sth Africa's Nedbank retail green bonds meets their R4bn ($393m) year one target. Over 20% from new customers. Giving customers a chance to vote with their savings.

Aug 17, 2013

Solar eligibility criteria under Climate Bond Standard released for comment: all PV yes; CSP yes, but only if FF back-up is less than 15%; supply chain criteria still to come

Aug 16, 2013

China’s State Council (the Chinese govt's cabinet) has decided to encourage green corporate bonds as part of its financial market reforms. Bravo! Will the EU and the US follow?

Aug 15, 2013

World Bank is back with 2yr, $550m green bond, AAA, placed with asset managers, pension & insurance funds in US and EU

Aug 13, 2013

Reminder: Invitation to Webinar on Bonds & Climate Change report, Thurs 15 Aug

Aug 12, 2013

Climate Bonds is recruiting a Standards program coordinator

Aug 6, 2013

China's Longyung Power issues 3yr, BBB-, $300m wind bond

Aug 6, 2013

EIB does another Swedish Krona 400m climate bond ($60m)

Aug 2, 2013

Vanuatu lagoon musings / sunset for coal at EIB, WBnk, USExImBank / momentum for ‘Ditch Brown, Buy Green’

Jul 31, 2013

Invitation to Webinar on Bonds & Climate Change report, Thurs 15 Aug -- Sydney 17:00 / Hong Kong 15:00 / Delhi 12.30 / Dubai 11:00/ 9.00 Joh'burg / London 8:00

Jul 30, 2013

EIB goes again - 7yr, SEK750m ($115m) climate bond for Storebrand/SPP

Jul 22, 2013

Buyer facts for EIB €650m climate / Climate Bonds Australia Pooled Funds meeting tomorrow / Adv Panel members Flannery & Mathews spread the word

Jul 15, 2013

EIB has just closed a 6yr €650m Climate "Awareness" Bond

Jul 11, 2013

AfDB to issue $500m AAA green bond in Sept/Oct; arranger still to be selected

Jul 10, 2013

Bonds & CC: last few tickets left for London on Thurs / Frankfurt on Friday / webinars mid-July. Speakers incl. HSBC, S&P, Allianz, EIB, DZ

Jul 2, 2013

LONDON Save the date - Bonds and Climate Change: state of the market 2013; 4 July 3:30pm

Jun 24, 2013

$1bn solar bond, 22yr Baa3, issued by MidAmerican Energy's Solar Star to fund CA plant

Jun 22, 2013

Save the date - Bonds and Climate Change: state of the market 2013, Frankfurt, 5 July,10:30am

Jun 18, 2013

Bond snippets: Aussie CBD issues £7.5m corp bond to finance UK RE plans / BVP extends closing for EUR2m+ bond for Nthn Ireland wind

Jun 18, 2013

Apologies about the gremlin code - please don't miss our fabulous new report!

Jun 14, 2013

New Climate Bonds-HSBC report reveals 25% growth in issuance of climate-themed bonds over past year

Jun 14, 2013

IEA offers a modest 4 for 2 deal to the world / Jorgen Randers: dealing with climate change will consume 12% of global GDP by 2050 / Sydney Climate Bonds meet next Mon

Jun 11, 2013

In case you missed it, the Paris 4 June Climate Bonds seminar video is now online

Jun 7, 2013

Mass slashes GO bond offering ... but $100m green bond bit oversubscribed. Could that be a "market signal"?

Jun 6, 2013

The other option to shifting investment: capital steerage / Listen in to tomorrow's sold-out Paris Climate Bonds seminar

Jun 3, 2013

Massachusetts to issue AA+ $100m Green Bond on 4 June

May 24, 2013

Tesla issues $600m, 5yr EV convertible bond / Reminder: join our Green Sukuk webinar this Thurs 2pm London time - http://goo.gl/3zYqD

May 20, 2013

Invitation: Green Sukuk Webinar - 23 May 2013, 5pm Dubai / 3pm CET / 2pm BST / 9am EDST

May 15, 2013

Join us in Paris, 4 June: Seminar "Financing the energy transition in France: What role for Climate Bonds?"

May 14, 2013

Germany’s MBB issues €72m clean energy bond / BlackRock’s Schulten calls for green bond standards / first Climate Bond Standard verification / NY Green Bank looking for a President

May 12, 2013

ECB's Draghi backs the need to support securitization – let’s make that ‘green’ securitization!

May 8, 2013

Webinar: ITUC President Sharan Burrows in conversation on fiduciary duty, tomorrow 9 May @11am EDT / 4pm BST

May 8, 2013

Foresight issues £60m, 21yr, solar bond to refinance UK solar parks - first swallow of summer?

May 3, 2013

Soitec issues R1bn ($111m) solar bond

Apr 30, 2013

EIB issues $75.9m climate bond, first of the year

Apr 29, 2013

IFC planning to issue $1bn Green Bonds p.a. / Hawaii setting up bond-funded green bank / Germany’s PNE Wind planning a €100m corporate bond

Apr 21, 2013

Invitations: DNV on 'How Climate Bonds certification works' 2 May 10.30am (free) / Reminder: Env Bonds Conf London 25 April (25% discount)

Apr 16, 2013

MidAmerican to issue second Topaz bond - $250m BBB 26yr

Apr 9, 2013

Climate bonds in the pipeline: US $220m solar, Philippines $170m geothermal

Apr 6, 2013

Indonesian 7yr $350m B+ geo-thermal bond is 11x over-subscribed @6.125%

Mar 30, 2013

Suzlon issues $650m wind bond, credit-enhanced by State Bank of India - first step in growing an Indian corp climate bond mkt?

Mar 26, 2013

Env Bonds Conf London 25 April - 25% discount / US Military to do Green Securitization / Obama to mandate CC impact assessments across fed govt / France turns off wasteful night lights

Mar 18, 2013

US States compete on Green Banks, with CA the latest / Penn's warehouse issues $31m energy efficiency bond

Mar 17, 2013

9 useful facts about the global bond market

Feb 28, 2013

New Canadian C$450m wind bond / Kenya utility planning US$345m geo-thermal bond / US Govt Acc. Office lists CC as threat to US fiscal health (+video)

Feb 26, 2013

Korean Exp-Imp Bank $500m Green Bond: way-oversubscribed, 95bps over UST. Bingo & bravo!

Feb 22, 2013

Breaking News: Korea Exp-Imp Bank issuing a 5yr AA3 GreenBond (benchmark size: $500m+). Books have just opened

Feb 20, 2013

Snippets: Canada to see $700m RE bonds in 2013 / USA took 70% of IFC's $1bn green bond / FT predicts 2013 as year of rooftop solar securitization

Feb 16, 2013

Breaking news: IFC issues $1bn 3yr Green Bond tied to climate investments

Feb 14, 2013

UK £12m solar bond / New Mexico solar farm to deliver energy below fossil fuel cost

Feb 7, 2013

Roundtable greenlights effort on Renewable Energy Covered Bonds

Feb 1, 2013

New Canadian $454m refinancing wind bond rated BBB

Jan 28, 2013

First good news of the year: NY Governor announces Green Bank

Jan 10, 2013

Invitation: Climate Bonds webinar with NSFM & Concordia University, Wed 19 Dec, 4pm GMT

Dec 17, 2012

Renewable Energy Covered Bonds Roundtable on attracting more capital + Steering Committee announced

Dec 14, 2012

Doha snapshots 5: Turkish Ambassador's climate confusion / Tweets everywhere / Monckton evicted / Aviva builds in ESG / Amazing fact of the day

Dec 8, 2012

China's Longyuan power issues $400m hybrid wind bond

Dec 7, 2012

Doha 3: India supports GCF leveraging / Torben wants Climate Bonds / What Brooks said to Barker / UK goes for emission-target wrecking gas / And Bopha blasts / Bianca Jagger tweets forests / WB rpt says ME to get hotter (is that possible?) / Amazing fact

Dec 6, 2012

Doha snapshots: Bissett & Steer: adaptation affects Everything / At least Tajikistan is adaptation planning / Astounding fact of the day / Korean Minister pokes negotiators

Dec 5, 2012

Doha snapshots: Negotiations? pffft / IEA+WB+UNEP+PwC+WMO: big gun reports fire away / meanwhile, in Uganda ....

Dec 4, 2012

Innovative Australians use $100m Green Sukuk to fund 50MW of Indonesian PV plants

Nov 27, 2012

$64m 24 yr solar bond private placement with UK Pensions Insurance Corp

Nov 23, 2012

Invitation to a Roundtable on Renewable Energy Covered Bonds - London, 14 Dec, 1-4pm

Nov 21, 2012

New $111m EIB climate bond / $100m Argentina solar bond coming soon / great Grantham blast in 'Nature'

Nov 19, 2012

Sth Africa's PIC buys $115m of IDC's $580m green bond

Nov 12, 2012

RBC issues Canada’s first solar bond - $175m, 19yr BBB

Nov 7, 2012

Pension fund investments in wind farms laying the ground for Wind ABS

Nov 5, 2012

Canada's Brookfield Renewable places 41yr (!) $176m Hydro bond / Another $146m WB Green Bonds into Uridashi market

Nov 5, 2012

SA's Nedbank $490m retail green bonds offer

Oct 19, 2012

Snippets: God I love engineers / Summer bonds: Acciona’s $300m Mex wind bond & Utah $92m wind bond / Air Liquide bond x6 oversubscribed / WB Green Bond reporting

Oct 17, 2012

Air Liquide issues €500m thematic “SRI” bond

Oct 11, 2012

Musings from the Venetian Lagoon

Sep 20, 2012

New €80m 12yr French enviro bond 90% over-subscribed - Calais shows the way

Sep 19, 2012

Climate Bonds news: Sean P Flannery, former CIO, Americas, of SSgA, joins Climate Bonds Advisory panel

Sep 17, 2012

Financial Times covers Climate Bonds today

Sep 17, 2012

New $75m NIB Enviro Bond out

Aug 31, 2012

7 useful facts about global bond markets

Aug 31, 2012

Boost for resi EE: new study shows green homes get a 9% higher sale price

Aug 9, 2012

China news: corporate bond market booms / Govt cautiously allows bond trading while tightening scrutiny / Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy issuing $567m of bonds

Aug 5, 2012

Snippets: French province issues €119.5m green-SRI bond / S&P says we need bonds to finance renewables / EDHEC study says Solvency II will reduce lending to business / Greenland’s big melt

Aug 5, 2012

Climate Bonds Standards Energy Efficiency Working Group starts work

Jul 29, 2012

Join us for 'Bonds & Climate Change' report Webinar 11-12 July / Reminder invite: 3 July, Peggy Liu on China renewables

Jun 26, 2012

Invitation: 3 July 4-6pm London, Climate Bonds roundtable w. Peggy Liu on the Chinese govt & China's cleantech market - how it really works

Jun 20, 2012

Windreich BBB+ wind energy bond / Local Govt PF makes climate bonds allocation / Diary alert 3 July: Peggy Liu on China energy / Clements-Hunt+Damerow join CB Adv Panel

Jun 6, 2012

New report finds USD174bn of climate-themed bonds

May 31, 2012

Citi: "Climate Bonds market ready to explode" / New ADB clean energy bonds / Climate Bonds on Canadian BizTV / IEA-RETD features green bonds / + bits

May 25, 2012

New Climate Bonds proposal released today: Renewable Energy Covered Bonds - how to adapt the covered bond market to bring capital into the low-carbon economy

May 23, 2012

CDC Climat on green bonds and amazing success of Ile-de-France's €350m green bond / Tickets still going for NYC Env Bonds next Wed / +Berlin +Cologne

May 18, 2012

Green Shoots of Recovery in the Securitisation Markets?

May 16, 2012

Quarterly Corporate Bond Market Update

May 15, 2012

Painful truth from Jeffrey Sachs / Mongolia to Japan grid will halve Japanese energy prices / China $284m wind bond / MIGA needs a push / IEA supports climate bonds / Korea shoots for 2% of GDP going into green growth

May 11, 2012

IFC does $500m green bond / Pennsylvania setting up national EE loan warehouse / Korea SWF becomes climate bonds buyer / SA green bond is 14 yrs / Reuters on need for RE bonds in EU

Apr 30, 2012

New EIB $148m Climate Bond / Climate Bond talks galore: London LSE 19 Apr; Oslo 2 May; NYC Env Bonds Conf 23 May; Toronto 25 May

Apr 18, 2012

Sth Africa IDC issuing $700m green bond / WB does another $115m / China orders banks to assess enviro risks - Go China! / UK Chancellor urged to get serious / Enviro Bonds conf NYC 23 May: 25% off

Apr 8, 2012

Bond news: IRS provokes roaring laughter w. Destiny Green Bond ruling / Nice model w. Morris C. distrib. solar / Fitch rates wind bond A-! / $50m Swedish wind bond / Alert: NYC Env Bonds Conf 25 May

Mar 26, 2012

4 snippets: IEA’s Birol says we need new Churchills (i.e. ain’t any around at the moment) / EU raises 4°C warming / corporate leaders have light bulb moments / Kidney@BloombergNEFSummit

Mar 21, 2012

Just released in NYC: OECD global enviro health check - wake up call for investors

Mar 21, 2012

Buffet hedge bet comes out in favour of solar

Mar 11, 2012

Green Sukuk Working Group launched to support finance for climate change investment projects

Mar 5, 2012

Solar bonds: Israel Electric $500m + MidAmerican $700m 27 yr / US PACE Court win / Irish tax support for forest bonds / Env Bonds Conf on Wed London / Kiernan joins CB Adv Panel

Feb 13, 2012

Developments in the green corporate bond market / REC case study

Feb 9, 2012

Davos speech: An 8 point plan for Mobilizing Bond Markets for the Low Carbon Transition

Jan 26, 2012

$3bn of 20yr wind bonds / Japan preferencing RE bonds (go Tokyo!) / Dark side of heroic EIB / Special 25% off Enviro Bonds Conf 15 Feb / US PACE bonds lifeline / Hear Kiernan raging / and more

Jan 23, 2012

China wind bonds

Jan 12, 2012

The true story of US CREBs and QECBs / China ups solar target 50% / Singapore+climate+insurance

Jan 11, 2012

Webinar invite 11 Jan: "Evaluating Clean Energy Public Finance Mechanisms", new UNEP SEF Alliance / Climate Bonds Initiative / Irbaris report

Jan 4, 2012

Best wishes from a kayak in the middle of Sydney's NY Fireworks

Dec 31, 2011

Ecotricity £10m bond oversubscribed; innovative Melb EE scheme writes first loan; global EE retrofits outpace green new build for first time; upcoming talks

Dec 21, 2011

12 Durban Snips: EIB mixes great works with lunacy; WB too; India solar cost down 38%; Trevor Manuel; Korea; Karen Ireton on IFC; Nedbank; Pachauri & more

Dec 9, 2011

Insurers worth $3.5tn call for Climate Bonds and support Standards

Dec 7, 2011

$400m WB Green Bond purchase announced by Standards Board member Bill Lockyer

Dec 7, 2011

6 Durban snippets: Negotiations gossip x2 / China Light & Power disclosure / FAO report shows deforestation hasn’t slowed after all / Amazing fish

Dec 5, 2011

New Climate Bonds report for UNEP SEFA on Evaluating Clean Energy Public Finance Mechanisms

Dec 2, 2011

Snippets from Durban: WB Green Sukuk; Aviation awkwardness; Climate Bond meets in Durban, Paris, Australia

Dec 1, 2011

Press picking up on Climate Bond Standards: NYT today; FT; Economist

Nov 28, 2011

3 simple reasons why Climate Bond Standards are important

Nov 25, 2011

Climate Bond Standard launch backed by investors and NGOs; Goal to Assure Integrity of Green Claims for Investors, Governments

Nov 24, 2011

A cheerier note: China green tax / Australia / new Planetary Stewardship paper

Nov 16, 2011

Tough news: global GHG up 5.9% & IEA predicts grim future

Nov 16, 2011

Clmt Bnds Adv Panel recruits: CPI's Barbara Buchner, BofML's Abyd Karmali, Wolfgang Mostert (Venice, London, Copenhagen)

Nov 15, 2011

Climate Bonds Standard to be launched in London, 24 Nov 4pm, with UK Minister Greg Barker, California Treasurer Bill Lockyer and many more

Nov 8, 2011

News: China tests green Munis / Koch-funded study confirms CC science / Green Climate Fund thaw

Oct 29, 2011

Solyndra’s failure and why tax credits are a better way to go

Oct 22, 2011

Big week: SSgA elephant's green bond fund +UK passes (de-risking) Green Deal +EU announces Project Bond guarantees

Oct 21, 2011

From leafy Luxembourg: can the EIB become the climate banker to match the EU's leadership

Oct 17, 2011

A better path for Green Climate Funds

Oct 5, 2011

Delaware $72.5 EE bond

Oct 4, 2011

The Eiffel Tower and the anguish of carbon markets

Oct 3, 2011

Bonds key to protecting forests

Sep 22, 2011

Adaptation bonds to help save Australia’s Great Barrier Reef - seminar 27 Sept in London

Sep 21, 2011

"Financing for a zero-carbon power sector in Europe": new report from ECF, Climate Bonds & Co.

Sep 16, 2011

Eversheds to provide legal advice for our eco-refurbishment finance project

Sep 16, 2011

Climate Bonds to release residential eco-refurb financing rpt - sneak preview

Sep 15, 2011

New OECD paper on 'Role of PFs in Funding Green Growth' recommends standards for green/climate bonds

Sep 14, 2011

Clmt Bnds Adv Panel recruits: Morgan Stanley’s Ahmad + muni bond leader Bianco + IETA's Derwent + climate lawyer Hobley join (London, Houston, Geneva, Sydney)

Sep 2, 2011

California utilities issue $159m wind bond + first Bamboo Bond + Delaware $72.5 EE bond

Aug 29, 2011

German govt's KfW to provide greater financing support for offshore wind

Aug 7, 2011

Are PACE bonds about to come back in the US?

Aug 1, 2011

Climate Bond Standard expanded to include more bond types, released next week

Jul 29, 2011

Giant US pension fund joins Climate Bond Standards Board

Jul 25, 2011

Kidney in Oz papers; Sinovel $900m wind bond;

Jul 23, 2011

Australia to set up $10bn Clean Energy Finance Corp +renewables fund +biodiversity fund

Jul 11, 2011

4 new clean energy bonds

Jul 8, 2011

5 great bond market facts: $95 trillion, 130% of GDP + more

Jul 8, 2011

'Investor Group on Climate Change' Joins International Board Developing Standards for Climate Bonds

Jul 5, 2011

Update: Standard out July + new Adv Panel from Turkey, NZ, Canada

Jun 13, 2011

BofA Merrill retails WB green bonds; US considers $3bn forest conservation bonds

Jun 13, 2011

Connecticut votes to set up State-level Green Investment Bank

Jun 8, 2011

California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer Joins International Board Developing Standards for Climate Bonds

Jun 6, 2011

UK wind developer tries £10m green energy bond

May 31, 2011

IFC issued $90m+ of green bonds two days before EBRD

May 22, 2011

EBRD launches third environmental bond

May 22, 2011

Carbon Disclosure Project joins international Climate Bonds Standards Board

Apr 21, 2011

Moura Costa, Clenaghan, Maxwell, Wood join Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

Apr 21, 2011

"Tiny green bond market looking ready to sprout" says P&I

Apr 18, 2011

Invite: Paul Gilding on new book "Great Disruption", London Wed 13 April AM +Dickinson, Thamotheram, Robins, Kidney & Oulton

Apr 4, 2011

Eversheds: banks are working on renewable energy securitisation

Mar 17, 2011

Climate Bond Standards project launched in Brussels

Mar 17, 2011

Barclays/Accenture report highlights need for green bond standards

Mar 16, 2011

Why are retail green bonds so popular in Japan?

Mar 10, 2011

Ecotricity Green Bond success

Mar 4, 2011

Premier US environment NGO joins Climate Bonds Standards project

Feb 19, 2011

Ireland eyeing environmental bonds

Feb 4, 2011

UK Guardian on green bonds

Jan 13, 2011

Media on Climate Bonds standards

Jan 6, 2011

Christmas News: Climate Bonds certification project underway!

Dec 24, 2010

Danone considering corporate 'sustainability' bonds that premium if they don't meet targets

Dec 23, 2010

India setting up Green Inv Bank / Lessons from Japan's 'state' banks

Dec 15, 2010

Bryan Martel and Vince Julier join Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

Dec 12, 2010

13 farewell COP snippets: >Indian hero >Finance Fund mess >China shows the way > and more

Dec 11, 2010

EBRD does green bonds as well

Dec 8, 2010

Cancun snippets #2: >$13 tn of investors hammer govts >Germans propose 100% renewable by 2050 >Bolivia blocks REDD >+more

Dec 7, 2010

7 Cancun snippets: >machine-guns >Japanese pre-emptive strike >climate talks CEO in tears >and more

Dec 5, 2010

South African Govt Minister talks about issuing green bonds

Dec 1, 2010

Australian climate finance report recommends Climate Bonds

Nov 30, 2010

World Bank Green Bonds investor update

Nov 24, 2010

We're looking for a researcher/analyst

Nov 23, 2010

New Italian solar bond aims for €200 mil

Nov 20, 2010

Spanish energy efficiency financing report proposes “Aggregated Investments Model”

Nov 6, 2010

Climate bonds story in the NY Times/IHT

Nov 4, 2010

Fiduciary duty, pension funds and climate change

Nov 2, 2010

UK green power company issues £10m 'Ecobonds'

Oct 19, 2010

Upcoming presentations about Climate Bonds

Oct 6, 2010

ADB sells $232mil of its first clean energy bond

Oct 1, 2010

'Carbon Management' journal editorial calls for Climate Bonds

Oct 1, 2010

British insurers call for green bonds

Sep 22, 2010

PACE bond-funded finance for residential microgen & EE crippled

Sep 9, 2010

Chinese province flags Green Bond issuance

Sep 8, 2010

UK Govt Capital Markets forum tackles need for trillions of climate investment

Sep 8, 2010

Enviro Businesses press new Oz Govt to issue Climate Bonds

Sep 8, 2010

Sustainable banking report features climate bonds as a new fixed income asset class

Jul 19, 2010

World's first Green Cement Bond closes

Jul 13, 2010

A history lesson for Green Banks

Jul 2, 2010

UK Green Investment Bank Commission report released today

Jun 29, 2010

Papandreou says G20 to discuss green bonds

Jun 23, 2010

World Bank to issue retail Carbon Bonds

Jun 20, 2010

EIB has to green itself if it wants to be channel for EU climate funds

Jun 17, 2010

IATD says IETA proposal is just "Carbon Trading Wrapped in a Green Bond Proposal"

Jun 13, 2010

"Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as 6 impossible things before breakfast…"

Jun 10, 2010

Climate bond lectures in Stockholm & Oxford, Wed 2 June

May 31, 2010

Climate Bonds Initiative welcomes IETA proposal for green bonds program

May 26, 2010

AXA IM fixed income CIO calls Climate Bonds a "major new asset class brewing"

May 19, 2010

UK Coalition confirms Green Investment Bank

May 12, 2010

Highlights of Climate Bonds Initiative Advisor Panel April meeting

May 4, 2010

EIB issues €300 million of “Climate Awareness Bonds”

May 1, 2010

IFC issues $200 mil Green Bond

Apr 16, 2010

Kyoto Protocol carbon market architect Prof Graciela Chichilnisky joins Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

Apr 2, 2010

ADB issues Water Bonds, mulling climate bonds

Mar 7, 2010

€2bil green funds in Dec/ FT says more govt bonds OK

Mar 2, 2010

Energy Policy journal on climate bonds

Feb 28, 2010

WB has raised over $1 billion with Green Bonds

Feb 25, 2010

Nikko launches WB green bond fund for EU & ME investors

Feb 23, 2010

IMF to launch green fund

Feb 3, 2010

LSE introduces retail bond trading platform

Feb 2, 2010

Nikko to launch World bank Green Bond Fund

Jan 28, 2010

Canadians mulling Green Bonds

Jan 20, 2010

New World Bank retail green bond

Jan 18, 2010

Nomura selling Nordic IB enviro bonds

Jan 13, 2010

Site has been updated

Jan 6, 2010

Triodos debuts new climate change bonds

Dec 21, 2009

Final text of the COP15 agreement

Dec 19, 2009

Climate Bonds launch: fast-track solution to low-carbon economy

Dec 15, 2009

Jeremy Leggett in the FT about climate bonds

Dec 14, 2009

Dec 11, 2009

COP15: 4 snippets

Dec 9, 2009

FT: UK pension funds call for big rise in long-dated gilts

Nov 30, 2009

A win: UK Shadow Chancellor Osborne announces green bonds and Green Investment Bank

Nov 25, 2009

Climate bonds story in BRW magazine

Nov 14, 2009