National Australia Bank (NAB) - one of Australia’s four big banks - confirmed today it has joined the Climate Bonds Partners program, saying it will continue working with the Climate Bonds Initiative to grow the green bonds market.
Climate Bonds Blog
Posted: Aug 29, 2015
National Australia Bank joins as Climate Bonds Partner; NAB's Steve Lambert muses - on video - about benefits, pricing & their next steps
Posted: Aug 28, 2015
The Climate Bonds Initiative would like to invite you to the formal pre-launch of the sector-specific guidance for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land-Use (AFOLU) under the Climate Bond Standard.
Time: Wednesday 9 September, 5-7pm
Venue: Credit Suisse Forum St. Peter’, St. Peterstrasse 19, Zurich
The event will include a presentation on the Agriculture, Forestry and other Land Use guidance. It will also include an update on the green bonds market and opportunities for the sector.
Invitation: Zurich, 9 Sept, pre-launch Climate Bonds Standard for Ag, Forests, Land Use (AFOLU); hosted by Credit Suisse
Posted: Aug 24, 2015
The major green bonds media story in July was the launch of our Bonds and Climate Change: the state of the market in 2015 report. The report first launched in Frankfurt with further launches in Mexico City, New York and London. Another key story was the first labelled green bond from a Chinese issuer (issued in the international dollar market). We also saw stories continuing the debate on greenwashing, pointing out the need for clear standards and transparency, as well as discussing other general market developments.
July media digest: Forbes, GlobalCapital, Reuters, IFR Asia, SMHerald, Int Bus Times & more, on China & Asia, Climate Bonds rpt, standards, etc
Posted: Aug 18, 2015
World Water Week 2015 will take place 24-28 August in Stockholm and Climate Bonds Initiative is joining the discussion! Register here to participate.
The annual event hosted by SIWI is celebrating its 25th year. Thousands of individuals and hundreds of organizations will gather to focus on the world’s water issues.
The Climate Bonds Initiative will be co-convening the session “Investment approaches to Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation.”
Join us at World Water Week in Stockholm Monday 24 August at 4pm
Posted: Aug 15, 2015
Help on issuing green city bonds is at hand! We've launched a Green Municipal Bonds Playbook through our US Green City Bond Coalition to give guidance to prospective issuers on how to tap into the rapidly growing green muni bond market.
Available for download, the Playbook includes:
Launch of Green Muni Bond Playbook incl. 5-step guide for issuers and in-depth case studies + webinar recording now available!
Posted: Aug 15, 2015
Development Bank green bonds
IFC issued green masala bond for INR 3.15bn ($49.4m) (5-yr, 6.15%, AAA) with proceeds used to invest in Yes bank’s domestic green bond
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
Posted: Aug 5, 2015
Join us for a presentation on the updated version of the Climate Bond Standard V2.0 (now out for public consultation) and the latest developments in low carbon criteria including a discussion with NAB on their experience issuing and arranging climate bonds.
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
Posted: Aug 3, 2015
Corporate green bonds
Second green bond from TerraForm to finance wind power acquisition, $300m 10yr, 6.125% s/a coupon, BB-/B1
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)
Posted: Aug 3, 2015
The green bond market stepped up a gear in Q2 with $11.9bn of deals; up from $7.1bn in Q1. Behind this resurgence of issuance are the underwriter banks that arrange and facilitate the green deals.
Top of the table in this busy Q2 is Bank of America Merrill Lynch, underwriting just over $2bn green bonds in the quarter. It’s not the first time BAML takes one of the leading green bond underwriter spots: last quarter the Bank was the third biggest green bond underwriter, and for 2014 as a whole it came in second.
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
Posted: Jul 30, 2015
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