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Climate Bonds Blog
Posted: Nov 9, 2015
The Climate Bonds Initiative Welcomes Thomson Reuters as a Climate Bonds Partner
Posted: Nov 5, 2015
The first green bond from Mexico issued by Nacional Financiera (Nafin), certified by Climate Bonds!! Check out our blog for full details!!
We see municipalities and development banks quickly catching up on green bond issuance over the past week or so! For three key issuances covered in this blog, we as usual share our thoughts on the green credentials of these bonds and further dive into the eligible projects under use of proceeds.
Municipal green bonds
State of Hawaii issued its 2nd green bond to preserve land and habitats ($35m, 2.0-3.5%, AA/AA/Aa2, 3-10 yrs)
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
Posted: Nov 5, 2015
The Mexican state-owned development bank, Nacional Financiera S.N.C (Nafin), issued its inaugural green bond of $500m. The bond is the first green bond in Mexico, and also the first green bond in Latin America to receive internationally recognised Climate Bonds Certification by the Climate Bonds Standard Board! Rated as A3 (Moody’s) and BBB+ (Fitch), the bond offers a coupon of
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)
Posted: Nov 3, 2015
We are extremely excited to welcome BlackRock Inc as our most recent Climate Bonds Partner. A global leader in investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients, BlackRock manages $4.721 trillion of assets under management (as of June 30 2015). As of yesterday it has signed up as a Climate Bonds Partner.
Kevin Holt, Co-head of the Americas Fixed Income said:
BlackRock becomes a Climate Bonds Partner
Posted: Oct 28, 2015
Late Oct: London & Shanghai 28th, Singapore 29th, HK 30th
Nov: Shenzhen 2nd, Paris 3rd, Kuala Lumpur 3rd & 24th/25th, Bangkok 4th & 26th Delhi 5th, Mumbai 6th, Vienna 13th, Danang City 17th 18th, Beijing 10-11th & 19th
Late Oct & Nov Talks: London & Shanghai 28th, Singapore 29th, HK 30th, Shenzhen 2nd, Paris 3rd, Kuala Lumpur 3rd + more
Posted: Oct 27, 2015
Thursday 29 Oct 2015 09:00 San Francisco / 10:00 Mexico City / 12:00 New York / 16:00 London / 17:00 Paris
Duration: Approx. 1 Hour with Q&A.
Register here.
Event Invitation: Climate Bonds Initiative Webinar - Standards for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Investments
Posted: Oct 27, 2015
Wow! What a great start to Q4; issuance is gearing up for Paris! A wide range of issuers are pumping more green bonds into the market - both repeat issuers and new comers from Asia, Plus, we have analysis on what the CarbonCount metric means for investors and as always analysis on the green credentials of some recent issues.
Green Asset Backed Securities (ABS)
Hannon Armstrong’s second green ABS, $118.6m, will save 0.39 tons of GHG annually per $1,000! ($100.5m, 4.28%, 19 yr, A and $18.1m, 5.00%, 19 yr, BBB)
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!
Posted: Oct 26, 2015
Image: Russian Railways, Railway Gazette
Public Consultation Opens on Low Carbon Transport criteria under the Climate Bonds Standard
Posted: Oct 21, 2015
LONDON: 11:00 BST 21/10/2015: We are pleased to announce that major global asset manager Allianz Global Investors have become a Climate Bonds Partner today. The active investment manager manages €446bn (as of June 30, 2015) for institutional and retail investors and is also a signatory on the Climate Bonds Initiative’s Investor Statement re: green bonds and climate bonds.
Franck Dixmier, Global CIO Fixed Income at Allianz Global Investors said:
Allianz Global Investors becomes a Climate Bonds Partner
Posted: Oct 21, 2015
Monday 26 Oct 2015 08:00 London / 09:00 Paris / 13:30 Delhi / 19:00 Sydney
Duration: Approx. 1 Hour with Q&A.
Register here.
Event Invitation: Climate Bonds Initiative Webinar - Standards for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Investments