Market Intelligence Services
- Green bond list and tracking: See the full list of labelled green bonds
- Climate Bonds Taxonomy 2018: A guide to climate aligned assets & projects: The 2018 version has adopted a traffic light system to indicate whether identified assets and projects are considered to be automatically compatible with a 2-degree decarbonisation trajectory, need further analysis or are automatically incompatible.
- CBI Green Bond Database Methodology – September 2018 (English version) and Chinese version: The Climate Bonds Initiative uses a clear set of criteria to define green bonds as eligible for its Green Bond Database. More detail on the classification criteria and screening process is set out in our updated green bond database methodology.
- Selected recent reports
- Australia green finance state of the market 2019
- GIIO Australia 2019
- New Zealand green bonds and infrastructure 2019
- Germany green finance state of the market 2019
- Green bond pricing in the primary market: H2 2018
- Green bonds: the state of the market 2018
- Post-issuance reporting in the green bond market
- Japan green finance state of the market 2018
- Financing low carbon buildings with green bonds
- ASEAN green finance state of the market 2018
- ASEAN green financial instruments guide
- Bond analysis
- the Market Blog contains commentary and analysis about most bonds issued - to view the latest market blogs, click here
- quarterly and annual green bond market updates - global and for China - can be accessed here
- Other information
- Explaining green bonds - Green Bonds are standard bonds with proceeds going to green
- Independent Review - Bonds can be qualified as green by an independent second party (also known as second opinions and second reviews)
- Green bond segments on stock exchanges - Dedicated green bond lists have been crucial in showcasing green bonds
- Investor appetite - Huge demand for green bonds with most of the issuances oversubscribed
- Best practice – Voluntary green market guidelines and growing need for universal green definitions