Climate Bonds Blog

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 18thBeijing 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
Posted: Oct 19, 2015

Q3 sees the biggest single issuance this year so far of $1.1bn (thanks to NWB Bank) and overall total issuance is $6.9bn for the quarter. The green bond market has slightly slowed from a high in Q2. But, it seems like the issuance is going up in size – the average in Q3 bonds ($204m) is well above the Q2 figure of ($144m).

$6.9bn green bonds in Q3 as JP Morgan tops the qtrly underwriters league table; HSBC 2nd & Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3rd
Posted: Oct 16, 2015

Highlights positive role of green bonds and practical examples from around the world

Lima: Last week the UNEP Inquiry launched its final report ‘The Financial System We Need – Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development’.  Another exciting output of a very busy time in Lima!

UNEP Inquiry issues final report on financial system for sustainable development
Posted: Oct 14, 2015

Actually USD 995 million in three separate bonds, but close enough to a billion.  FinanceAsia has the first story.

Agri Bank of China issues the country's first green bank bond - $1bn! 4x oversubscribed! A1 rated. Now watch the China market open up!