Working in Partnership to Promote Infrastructure Investment in Emerging Markets
LONDON: SAO PAULO: 20/11/17 14:00 GMT 10:00 BRST: GRI Club is the newest member to join the Climate Bonds Partner Program with the objective to boost infrastructure investment across emerging markets. GRI is a global organisation that brings together key actors across two critical economic and industry sectors: real estate and infrastructure.
Since 2016 GRI Club Infrastructure is committed to promoting business opportunities and connections between investors, developers, banks, utilities and infrastructure managers.
With the growing investor demand for green infrastructure, buildings and clean energy, CBI and GRI will work together to unlock green bond markets across emerging economies and open up new sources of capital investment for these sectors.
Justine Leigh-Bell, Director Market Development, Climate Bonds Initiative:
“We are looking forward to joining efforts with GRI Club in promoting green finance as a prominent source for infrastructure development. We expect the LatAm region to become a leading force on green finance, building investment opportunities in low carbon infrastructure assets. This is a shared goal of both organisations.”
Airton Medeiros, Global Vice-President, GRI Club:
"The partnership between GRI and Climate Bonds Initiative marks the beginning of an important relationship to accelerate and stimulate the issuance of green bonds as an instrument for financing infrastructure. GRI becomes a partner to Climate Bonds at the same time as they join our club, allowing us to spread information and promote discussions about green bonds across the markets we act in alongside decision makers."
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Climate Bonds Contacts:
Mariana Caminha
Brazil Communications & Media
Climate Bonds Initiative (São Paulo)
+55 (61) 98135 1800
mariana.caminha@climatebonds.net
Andrew Whiley
Head of Communications and Media
Climate Bonds Initiative (London)
+44 (0) 7914 159 838
About Climate Bonds Initiative: Climate Bonds Initiative is an investor-focused not-for-profit, promoting large-scale investment in the low-carbon economy. Climate Bonds undertakes advocacy and outreach to inform and stimulate the market, provides policy models and government advice, market data and analysis and administers an international Standards & Certification Scheme for green bonds. For more information, please visit www.climatebonds.net.
Climate Bonds Partners Program: Banks, institutional investors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments and other relevant market players are eligible to join as Climate Bond Partners to help grow a market of green and climate bonds. Partners assist in developing initiatives to grow investment in climate finance solutions and participate in different market development committees & help define policy agendas for sector, country & sub-national programs. A list of Partners is available here.
About GRI: Founded in 1998 in the U.S.A, GRI brings together the major players in the real estate, retail and infrastructure sectors of the world. Through a unique platform, GRI contributes to the construction of relationships and real business opportunities.
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