Climate Bonds Blog

I’m writing this inside the United Nations complex in New York, part of a large crowd of investors, finance people, and related NGOs like ours. All here for the UN Investor Summit on Climate Risk, well-organised by Ceres (a Climate Bonds Partner).

First Environment, an environmental engineering and consulting firm headquartered in New Jersey, has been confirmed by the Climate Bonds Standards Board as an Approved Verifier.

Todd Delaney, President of First Environment said:

High profile Australian & international finance executive Mark Burrows has taken up the newly created honorary role as Senior Adviser to the London based Climate Bonds Initiative.

Mark Burrows is currently Credit Suisse Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Global Investment Banking. For the past few years he has been working on sustainable development with global financial institutions and is a Special Advisor to the UNEP Finance Initiative.

In 1992 he was the joint author of a report that was arguably the foundation for the $1.7 trillion Australian compulsory superannuation industry.

SynTao Green Finance, an independent ESG risk management, research and consulting company in China, has been confirmed by the Climate Bonds Standard Board as an approved verifier.

SynTao Green Finance co-founder and CEO, Tracy Cai, said:

“As an Approved Verifier under the Climate Bonds Standard we plan to play an important role in developing confidence and trust in the growing green bond market in China.