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Leading environmental data provider, Trucost, has been confirmed as an approved verifier under the Climate Bonds Standard.
To issue a Climate Bond Certified bond, a company simply has to get the bond reviewed by an approved 3rd party verifier. The verifier’s job is to ensure that bond’s assets meet the Climate Bond Standard’s environmental and financial guidelines.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a new report a few days ago, the summary of its full 5th report. It's a tough one.
Oekom Research AG, a leading ESG rating agency has been confirmed by the Climate Bond Standards Board as an approved Climate Bond Standards verifier.
Since September’s highly successful California and Massachusetts green bonds there has been lots of talk of cities beginning to issue. The most likely starters at the moment would seem to be Connecticut’s Hartford(population 125,000) and New York City(population 8.4 million) – a David vs Goliath battle for first out.
Working group of 15 international experts gets the Standard development under way
The Climate Bonds Initiative held the first meeting of a new Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Expert Group last week. It is convened to develop eligibility criteria for assets and projects that can be used to back Climate Bonds.
