Major West Coast Utility Goes to Global Market with Climate Bonds Certified USD402m Green Municipal Offering First "Put Option" for a Muni Green Bond
What's it all about?
Major West Coast Utility Goes to Global Market with Climate Bonds Certified USD402m Green Municipal Offering First "Put Option" for a Muni Green Bond
What's it all about?
Special Webinar Event! Green Bond Pledge – A briefing for Cities.
Thursday 26th July 12:00 PM EDT/09:00 AM PDT/17:00 PM BST co-hosted by CDP and Climate Bonds Initiative
Info and Registration here.
Highlights:
MARKET NEWS
Financial Times, French green debt fetches a premium from investors
First Climate Bonds US muni briefing paper identifies USD264bn outstanding bonds from climate-aligned municipalities
Substantial opportunities to expand US muni green bond market
What’s it all about?
Climate Bonds Initiative has conducted a scoping exercise to identify potential US Muni green bond issuers. We looked at specialised municipal entities which operate in climate aligned sectors: water, waste, transport, renewable energy and land use. These are key sectors under the Climate Bonds Taxonomy. We also consdiered the upcoming bond maturities of these entities.
Guest Post by Michael Paparian, former California Deputy State Treasurer and long term environmental policy and environmental finance advocate. Mike is Climate Bonds representative in California.
REGISTER NOW at http://greenindia-uk.climatebonds.net/register
Join us on Monday (16 July) at Willis Towers Watson (51 Lime St, London, EC3M7DQ)
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There is only 7 days left to comment on the Climate Bonds Standard Forestry Criteria.
Public consultation closes on Friday 20th July.
H1 highlights:
Bloomberg reports new issuance via London Branch of giant Indian bank
State Bank of India, India’s largest banking institution has announced plans to issue an inaugural USD benchmark green bond in the Reg S market. Green Banking and Sustainability have long been areas of priority for the lender and in an early delineation of this approach, SBI had enunciated its Green Banking Policy a decade back.