Today, we are excited to announce our newest partner; AllianceBernsteinLP (AB), a leading investment management firm has joined our Partnership Programme.
In a statement released from New York a few hours ago, the international manager pointed to the need to drive ‘innovative climate friendly investment solutions.’
With Kidney, Leigh-Bell & Fowler. Phew!
A mix of Le Bourget Blue Zone, Green Zone, central Paris and OECD locations.
Invitations! Registrations are still open for two special Climate Bonds COP21 events:
Banks are driving growth in green bond markets ahead of this week’s COP21 in Paris with IDBI, ING, Société Générale and HSBC all issuing inaugural green bonds. And India’s financial services regulator says it’s working on regulations for the green bond market.
Corporate
Double whammy from ING with $1.3bn of green bonds hitting the market (€500m, 0.75%, Ae/A1e, 5-yr; $800m, 2%, Ae/A1e, 3-yr)
Where: Rio Pavilion in the Climate Generations Area (Green Zone) COP 21
When: 15:45pm to 17:15pm, Tuesday 8th December.
Please join us in Paris
Launch of the Climate Bonds and UNEP: Scaling up Green Bond Markets - Guide for Governments Report.
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With the month’s breaking news of the inaugural green bond from Agricultural Bank of China, we begin to see more and more Chinese titles pointing to green bonds.
Over the past few months we’ve got to know the work of the IDBI, an Indian development bank. It used to be called the Industrial Development Bank of India, a name that explained them well.
Like a lot of India’s banks they’ve taken up Prime Minister Modi’s mission to grow clean energy and green infrastructure.
Climate Bonds releases Draft Water Standard for international public consultation
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Leading Indian development bank IDBI has today joined the Climate Bond Initiative.
IDBI (formerly Industrial Development Bank of India) is an Indian government-owned bank with a balance sheet of USD53 billion.
Mr. Kishor Kharat, Managing Director & CEO, IDBI Bank, said:
“IDBI has a strong commitment to growing green finance in India and helping to meet the government’s ambitious renewable energy, rail and infrastructure objectives.
