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The pool of Climate Bonds Standard verifiers is growing fast: Sustainalytics is the latest to join

Posted: Jun 8, 2015

Sustainalytics – the leading independent provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and analysis to investors around the world– is the latest company to be confirmed by the Climate Bond Standards Advisory Board* as an approved verifier. They will be joining EY, KPMG, Bureau Veritas, DNV-GL, Oekom Research and others as approved verifiers under the Climate Bond Standard.

Sustainalytics has been actively involved in the green bonds space since mid-2014 and has provided second opinions for a number of green bond issuances with a climate focus.

The pool of Climate Bonds Standard verifiers is growing fast: Sustainalytics is the latest to join

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

Posted: Jun 8, 2015

8 June (today) — London: Green Securitization Roundtable at Nomura.Jointly hosted by LSE Grantham Institute for Climate Change and Climate Bonds Initiative.

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?"

Posted: Jun 5, 2015

Join us in Hong Kong at the breakfast briefing on the emerging green bond market in Asia co-hosted by the Climate Bonds Initiative and ASrIA.

The morning talk with Sean Kidney, CEO and Co-founder of the Climate Bonds Initiative, will revolve around the rapidly changing landscape of the green bond market and consider where the opportunities lie in Asia and how we can realize them.

You’ll also have a chance to hear from a surprise panel of representatives of major banks.

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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?"

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

Posted: Jun 4, 2015

This week Dutch transmission grid corporate TenneT broke this year’s record for largest green bond issuance with an impressive EUR1bn deal. ABN Amro (EUR$500m) and ANZ Bank (A$600m) issued very successful Certified Climate Bonds (blogged separately); the first green bond from Eastern Europe was issued by Nelja Energia; and Belgian waste company Shanks Group also came to market with a EUR150m ($167m) green retail bond.

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%

Posted: Jun 3, 2015

Netherlands State-owned bank ABN AMRO has just closed a EUR500m ($556m) green property bond deal – the first euro zone green bond to be certified under the Climate Bonds Standard and now the largest Certified Climate Bond. Fantastic!

Climate Bonds Standard for Low Carbon Buildings officially launched at RI Europe 2015; new rules deliver FairTrade-like labeling

Posted: Jun 3, 2015

Today, the Climate Bonds Standard for Low Carbon Buildings was officially launched at the 8th annual RI Europe 2015, an investor-focused event held in London.

Green and climate bonds are where the proceeds go to projects or assets important to addressing climate change. The Climate Bonds Standard is a FairTrade-like labelling scheme for those bonds.

Climate Bonds Standard for Low Carbon Buildings officially launched at RI Europe 2015; new rules deliver FairTrade-like labeling

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

Posted: Jun 1, 2015

By Justine Leigh-Bell, Manager of Standards and Certification Scheme

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

Posted: May 29, 2015

如有兴趣订阅中文版电子通讯，请发送电邮至 info@climatebonds.net

2015年第一季度内，市场上合共发行44宗绿色债券(总计72 亿美元)。虽然1月份发行数量较少，但随后市场逐步增长，单计3月份市场共发行了三倍于1月份的绿色债劵。按照目前市场上正准备发行的绿色债劵数量，以及预期市场于第三及第四季度将会因联合国气候变化公约缔约方会议(UN COP)变得更加炽热，我们预测2015年将是有史以来绿色债劵发行量最高的一年。

绿色债劵市场将从缓慢的第一季度快速增长

You're invited! Green Securitisation Roundtable, London 8 June / Sustainability Bonds Conference, Madrid 9 June

Posted: May 29, 2015

London, Monday 8 June: Climate Bonds Roundtable on Green Securitisation

Green securitisation can address the low-carbon financing gap by allowing smaller scale assets to be aggregated to access the bond markets. This can provide access to capital at scale, and lower the cost of capital. To tap into the potential of green securitisation, policymakers can play a role in addressing barriers that currently exist in the market, mainly around getting financially attractive green ABS deals to investors. The role of policymakers can include supporting standardised loan contracts for relevant green assets; warehousing and credit enhancement.

You're invited! Green Securitisation Roundtable, London 8 June / Sustainability Bonds Conference, Madrid 9 June

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-

Posted: May 28, 2015

Today, Australia and New Zealand Bank (ANZ), Australia’s third largest bank, closed their A$600m ($464m) inaugural green bond deal – and the largest Certified Climate Bond to date. The 5-year bond has a semi-annual coupon of 3.25% and is rated Aa2e/AA-. ANZ was underwriter of the bond.

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