MARKET NEWS
Financial Times, French green debt fetches a premium from investors
Climate Bonds Blog
Posted: Jul 18, 2018
June’s Media Digest: Euromoney, FT, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, City A.M., IFR, Investments & Pensions Europe and more
Posted: Jul 17, 2018
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.
Can US Munis Scale Up Green Bond Issuance? Likely-Yes: Latest Briefing from Climate Bonds
Posted: Jul 17, 2018
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.
Green Bond Pledge: A Climate Finance Framework for Cities & Subnationals: Linking action agendas to financing strategies
Posted: Jul 13, 2018
REGISTER NOW at http://greenindia-uk.climatebonds.net/register
Join us on Monday (16 July) at Willis Towers Watson (51 Lime St, London, EC3M7DQ)
The line-up ---------
India Green Bond opps forum Monday in London - demand so strong we've had to get a bigger space - more seats now available
Posted: Jul 13, 2018
There is only 7 days left to comment on the Climate Bonds Standard Forestry Criteria.
Public consultation closes on Friday 20th July.
One week left to provide your comments and feedback for the Forestry Criteria! Consultation closes 20th July
Posted: Jul 12, 2018
H1 highlights:
H1 2018 Green Bonds Market Summary: USD74.6bn preliminary figures for H1: Spotlight on US Muni GB issuance: BAML leads Q2 underwriters league table: First listing venue league table
Posted: Jul 9, 2018
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.
Breaking: State Bank of India to issue inaugural GBs: Climate Bonds Certified: USD Benchmark size.
Posted: Jul 9, 2018
India is turning green
Next week in London, Climate Bonds is holding a forum on the huge green finance opportunities opening up as India’s national energy and climate plans develop.
Invitation: India Green Bonds & Green Finance Investment Opportunities: London 16 July
Posted: Jul 5, 2018
Highlights:
Market Blog #8: Record month! $6bn in Certified GBs – Big US solar ABS-Largest in World: New issuers: Green bonds gossip & more!
Posted: Jul 4, 2018
The European Commission has convened a Technical Expert Group (TEG) on Sustainable Finance to assist on the implementation of their Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth, we will be meeting for the first time tomorrow
During my journey today, I’ve penned a few thoughts to share with Blog readers…
En Route to First EU TEG Meeting: Sean Kidney reports