Terms of use
Welcome to our website. The use of this Website is subject to the following Terms of Use
You should read these Terms of Use carefully before using our website. If you continue to browse and use our website www.climatebonds.net, and/or use the Partner account which is a password protected area of the website to view additional resources, (together, the “Website”) you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following Terms of Use, which together with our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy govern Climate Bonds Initiative’s relationship with you in relation to this Website. If you disagree with any part of these Terms of Use, please do not use our Website and leave immediately.
We make changes to these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy, and Copyright Notice from time to time, and are only capable of variation by us. You should check these whenever you return to our website to see whether any changes have been made, as these will be binding on you.
Each section of these Terms of Use operates separately. If any section of these Terms of Use is found by any court or body or authority of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unlawful, void or unenforceable, such section will be deemed to be severed from this Agreement and this will not affect the remainder of this Agreement which will continue in full force and effect.
The term 'Climate Bonds Initiative’ or ‘Climate Bonds’ or 'us' or 'we' refers to the owner of the Website whose registered office is First Floor, Queen Street Place, London, United Kingdom, EC4R 1BE. Our registered charity number in England & Wales is (1154413). The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of our Website. You can contact us:
By email at info@climatebonds.net
By phone at +44 (02) 2045824124
By post at First Floor, Queen Street Place, London, United Kingdom, EC4R 1BE
Restrictions on your use of our Website
• You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Website through your internet connection are aware of and must comply with the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy.
• You must not:
o knowingly or recklessly introduce to our Website, or use our Website to transmit, any application, material or ware (such as viruses, spyware, malware or adware) which are malicious or harmful.
o attempt to misuse or gain unauthorised access to our Website, the server, equipment or network on which our Website is stored, any server, computer or database connected to our Website or any software.
o use our Website to collect or use information, including without limitation email addresses, screen names or other identifiers, by deceit (such as phishing, internet scamming, password robbery, spearing, scraping and harvesting).
o carry out a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack on our Website or use our Website to carry out any such attack on any other website.
o use our Website in violation of export laws, controls, regulations or sanction policies of the United States or any other country.
• Unauthorised use of this Website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence for breaching these Terms of Use, and your right to use our Website will immediately end. If we receive a request from a law enforcement authority to do so, we may report your identity, details of any breach and any other information we consider necessary to relevant law enforcement authorities.
Our Website and its content
• Our Website is made available to you free of charge. We do not guarantee that access to our Website, or the content on it, will always be available or uninterrupted. Your right to access our Website is given on a temporary basis only.
• The content of the pages of this Website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice, and we reserve the right to change our Website and the content on it, including without limitation by adding or removing content or functionality.
• This Website uses cookies to monitor browsing preferences. If you do allow cookies to be used, the following personal information may be stored by us for use by third parties: given name; family name; job title; company; city; country; and email address.
• Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty, undertakings, representations or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this Website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by relevant law.
• We make no warranties, representations, undertakings or guarantees that our Website is secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for ensuring that the device from which you access our Website has suitable anti-virus software in place.
• Your use of any information or materials on this Website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information referred to or available through this Website meet your specific requirements.
• This Website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance, graphics, and other content. Reproduction, use, storage, or transmission of any content and / or materials available on this website, in any form, is prohibited other than with the prior written permission of Climate Bonds Initiative and with inclusion of the following copyright notice:
© Climate Bonds Initiative 2024. All rights reserved.
• All trademarks reproduced in this Website which are not the property of, or licensed to, the operator are acknowledged on the Website.
• From time to time this Website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no control, responsibility or liability to you for the content of the linked website(s).
Passwords and security requirements for Partner account
• If you register a Partner account on our Website you must provide accurate and complete registration information and keep that information up to date at all times.
• Use of the Partner account on this Website is password protected. In order to use it you will need a username (which requires an email address) and password in order to access it. It is your responsibility to keep this information secret and confidential and not to disclose it to any other person.
• If you think that your Partner account login details have been compromised or you become aware of unauthorised use by another person, you must contact us immediately.
• We reserve the right to disable any username and/or password at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, you fail to comply with any of these Terms of Use, if we consider that you are using our Website to download content or infringe in any manner the rights of another person or if we consider that there may be a security risk.
Applicable law
Your use of this Website under these Terms of Use (and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them) are governed by the law of England and Wales and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any dispute arising out of or connection with them (including without limitation in relation to any non-contractual obligations).
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
The information contained in this communication does not constitute investment advice in any form and the Climate Bonds Initiative is not an investment adviser. Any reference to a financial organisation or debt instrument or investment product is for information purposes only. Links to external websites are for information purposes only. The Climate Bonds Initiative accepts no responsibility for content on external websites.
The Climate Bonds Initiative is not endorsing, recommending or advising on the financial merits or otherwise of any debt instrument or investment product and no information within this communication should be taken as such, nor should any information in this communication be relied upon in making any investment decision.
Certification under the Climate Bond Standard only reflects the climate attributes of the use of proceeds of a designated debt instrument. It does not reflect the credit worthiness of the designated debt instrument, nor its compliance with national or international laws.
A decision to invest in anything is solely yours. The Climate Bonds Initiative accepts no liability of any kind, for any investment an individual or organisation makes, nor for any investment made by third parties on behalf of an individual or organisation, based in whole or in part on any information contained within this, or any other Climate Bonds Initiative public communication.
In particular, where you are a business user, we will not be liable for:
• loss of profits, sales, business, anticipated savings, or revenue;
• business interruption;
• loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
• any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage arising out of or in connection with your use of (or inability to use) our Website, or your use of or reliance upon any content on our Website, whether in contract, tort (including without limitation negligence), misrepresentation, restitution, under statute or otherwise. Where you are a business user, we will not be liable for loss or damage caused by a denial-of-service attack, virus, application, material or ware (such as viruses, spyware, malware or adware) which are malicious or harmful, and that may infect your computer hardware and software, which is a consequence of the use of our Website or any website linked to it.
Nothing in these Terms of Use limits or excludes our liability to you for:
• death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
• fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
• any other matter for which we are not permitted by law to exclude or limit our liability.
Further information
If you have any questions about this Policy or if you would like more information, please contact us.
Data controller
Unless we notify you otherwise, Climate Bonds will be the “controller” of the personal information that we process. This means that we determine the purpose for which, and the way in which, personal information is processed.
The types of personal information we collect from you, why we use it and where we get it from
We collect and process different types of personal information. We set this out in the table below as well as the lawful basis for our use of your information, and where we collect it from.
| Data we collect | Purpose/activity | Lawful basis/condition | Source(s) of data |
Personal identifiers/details Name, address, contact details, professional details (job title, name of organisation and sector) |
| Consent (where you expressly provide your consent to us to process your personal information). Necessary for the following legitimate interests:
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Portal log-in information for Clients (described in paragraph 5 below) Name, address, contact details, professional details (job title, name of organisation and sector), partner portal log-in and password. |
| Consent (where you expressly provide your consent to us to process your personal information). Necessary for our legitimate interests in administering our services |
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Marketing data Name, contact details, organisation type, role information relating to purchase history of Climate Bonds products and services and history of participation in past events organised by Climate Bonds, gender, dietary requirements |
| Consent (where you expressly provide your consent to us to process your personal information). Necessary for the following legitimate interests:
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Feedback and opinions Name, contact details, information relating to feedback shared with Climate Bonds. |
| Necessary for the following legitimate interests:
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Customer and donor payment information Bank account number, IBAN, BIC, and, where applicable, your tax reference, sales tax or VAT number, and your purchase and donation history. |
| Performance of a contract with you. Necessary for our legitimate interests in operating, managing and improving our organisation and the services we provide. |
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Who we share your personal information with, why and where they process it
We use third party service providers in connection with providing our services to you.
The table below indicates categories of organisations to whom we may disclose personal information about you, the reason we disclose this personal information, what personal information is shared with them, and where these organisations are located. This list contains the information that we share with Climate Bonds’ Partners, third party organisations who are members of Climate Bonds’ three-tiered programme with access to Climate Bonds’ green bond databases (“Partners”).
Where we transfer your personal information to third parties outside of the UK or European Economic Area (“EEA”) we shall do so only where there are adequate provisions to ensure your privacy. Where the jurisdiction is not considered adequate by the relevant data authorities, we will put in place alternative contractual measures, as required by data protection laws, including the standard contract clauses in a form approved by the UK Information Commissioner.
| Third party recipients | Information shared | Purpose of sharing information | Lawful basis | Location of third party recipients |
Marketing agencies: Mailchimp Eventbrite Interlated Microsoft Whova Zoom | Personal identifiers Marketing data | To provide marketing to users of our services and to make users who have subscribed to receive news from us aware of events and training. | Consent (when you actively consent, including via email, ticking a form consent box or any other method). | UK EEA Australia |
| Website designers | Personal identifiers Marketing data Website and communication usage information | To enable website designers, on an ad hoc basis as required and subject to agreement between Climate Bonds and these designers, to make changes to the design and functionality of our website. | Necessary for our legitimate interests in managing our services and organising events. | UK EEA |
Videoconferencing companies Webex Zoom Microsoft | Personal identifiers | To organise virtual seminars, conferences and events. | Necessary for our legitimate interests in managing our services and organising events. | UK EEA Any applicable jurisdiction in which Climate Bonds uses videoconferencing services. |
Payment processors Paypal | Personal identifiers Bank details | To process donation payments and event fees. | Performance of a contract with you. Necessary for our legitimate interests in operating, managing and improving our organisation and the services we provide. | UK EEA Any applicable jurisdiction in which Climate Bonds provides its services |
Email hosting platforms Interlated LLC Rimuhosting Mailchimp Microsoft | Personal identifiers Marketing data Website and communication usage information | To manage our email systems and to communicate with users, donors and partners. | Consent (when you actively consent, including via email, ticking a form consent box or any other method). | UK EEA USA |
Analytics providers Google Analytics | Personal identifiers Marketing data Website and communication usage information | To assist Climate Bonds in the improvement of its website, to understand the engagement by visitors with Climate Bonds’ services and to monitor traffic on our website. | Necessary for our legitimate interests in administering and managing our organisation. | UK EEA Any applicable jurisdiction in which Climate Bonds operates its website |
IT service providers Microsoft Salesforce | Personal identifiers Marketing data Feedback and opinions Website and communication usage information Customer and donor payment information Partner portal log-in information | To support and maintain the IT software, platforms and infrastructure we use. | Necessary for our legitimate interests in ensuring we have adequate assets to support our organisation and protection our information and the information we collect. | UK EEA Any applicable jurisdiction in which Climate Bonds provides its services |
| Sponsors | Personal identifiers Marketing data Feedback and opinions Partner portal log-in information | To share knowledge and resources with other charities, NGOs and Sponsors on our campaigns. | Consent (when you actively consent, including via email, ticking a form consent box (including as part of enrolment in Climate Bonds events)) | UK Any applicable jurisdiction in which Climate Bonds provides its services or engages with Climate Bonds Sponsors |
| Public authorities, regulators or government bodies | Personal identifiers Marketing data Feedback and opinions Customer and donor payment information | Administration of justice, regulatory and compliance | Compliance with our legal obligations Our legitimate interests in ensuring that we maintain good relationships with relevant government entities | UK Any applicable jurisdiction in which Climate Bonds provides its services |
| Professional advisers | Personal identifiers Marketing data Feedback and opinions Website and communication usage information Customer and donor payment information | To receive legal and compliance advice where necessary For audit purposes | Compliance with our legal obligations Necessary for our legitimate interests in ensuring our organisation is well advised about financial, legal and compliance issues. | UK Any applicable jurisdiction in which Climate Bonds provides its services |
We may also disclose your personal information to other third parties from time to time:
- in connection with the transfer of our organisation, or any of our assets, to another organisation. In this scenario we will disclose your personal information to the transferee organisation (and/or their advisers); or
- if we are required to disclose information under applicable law.
Changes to your Policy
We will review and update this Policy from time to time. It was last updated in September 2024.