Thursday 29 Oct 2015 09:00 San Francisco / 10:00 Mexico City / 12:00 New York / 16:00 London / 17:00 Paris
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Standards: News Archive
Posted: Oct 27, 2015 by Andrew Whiley
Posted: Oct 21, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Monday 26 Oct 2015 08:00 London / 09:00 Paris / 13:30 Delhi / 19:00 Sydney
Duration: Approx. 1 Hour with Q&A.
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Posted: Oct 13, 2015 by Andrew Whiley
Roundtable for asset owners and managers, prospective issuers and underwriters
Posted: Sep 29, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Tomorrow (29 Sep), we will be co-hosting a webinar with the Aviva at:
Posted: Sep 24, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Tomorrow (25 Sep), we will be co-hosting a webinar with the Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) at:
Posted: Sep 18, 2015 by Sean Kidney
The idea of green bonds or climate bonds is in fact quite simple: issue a bond and earmark the proceeds to green assets and investments. Make sure you’re transparent about what you’re doing and report back. Bingo. Sit back and bask in the glow of new investors, happier existing investors and burnished reputation.
We like people to feel good about issuing their green bonds because one of the things we’re trying to do in this market is draw attention to good work to address climate change where and when it’s already going on, and to encourage more.
Posted: Sep 15, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Join the webinar to find out how the updated version of the Climate Bond Standard (v2.0) will make independent reviews of green bonds simpler and easier – and let us know if we can do even better. We’re in the last stretch of public consultation and we would really value your feedback!
The webinars are being co-hosted by major investors Aviva (UK), PGGM (Netherlands) and CalSTRS (USA) and the Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA). They will share an investor perspective.
Four options – pick that one that best suits your time zone:
Posted: Sep 15, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Geothermal power has the potential to make an enormous contribution to a rapid transition to a low-emissions economy. The University of Utah estimates that heat from global geothermal resources is equivalent to 42 million megawatts of power. To give you an idea on what that means in practice, one megawatt can meet the power needs of about 1,000 homes. So here we are talking about the potential of 42 million megawatts – million! – that’s millions of homes powered by geothermal. That’s the scale we need!
Posted: Sep 10, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Zurich: Over 60 people have showed up to the Credit Suisse Forum St. Peter this afternoon, for the pre-launch of the criteria for agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) under the Climate Bonds Standard. The criteria are now out for public consultation for 60 days – check out the full criteria (or have a peek at the executive summary).
Posted: Sep 9, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Over the past year, a group of 16 leading academic and internationally recognised experts from the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sectors have been meeting to draft a new set of eligibility criteria for the Climate Bonds Standard. What´s more - another 30 people representing large global investors, banks and industry have been providing feedback on the practicality of the drafts.
Posted: Sep 4, 2015 by Sean Kidney
As you may recollect, we published on 17 July the draft of version 2.0 of the Climate Bonds Standard. The updated text has three key improvements:
- A more robust assurance framework that is more practical and efficient
- Fully integrates the latest version of the Green Bond Principles
- Makes annual reporting requirements more explicit.
We've had a lot of great, positive and very useful feedback - thank you!
Posted: Jul 17, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Today, the Climate Bonds Initiative released the draft version 2.0 of the Climate Bonds Standard (we’ve called this version 1.9) for public consultation. The public consultation period lasts 60 days.
On the advice of investors, bankers and other stakeholders around the world, the updated Climate Bonds Standard has three key improvements:
Posted: Jun 29, 2015 by Sean Kidney
The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) runs the Green Star environmental rating system for buildings. The system is especially popular in Australia and, more recently, in South Africa.
GBCA has today joined up as a Climate Bonds Partner.
Posted: Jun 8, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Sustainalytics – the leading independent provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and analysis to investors around the world– is the latest company to be confirmed by the Climate Bond Standards Advisory Board* as an approved verifier. They will be joining EY, KPMG, Bureau Veritas, DNV-GL, Oekom Research and others as approved verifiers under the Climate Bond Standard.
Sustainalytics has been actively involved in the green bonds space since mid-2014 and has provided second opinions for a number of green bond issuances with a climate focus.
Posted: Jun 8, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Sustainalytics – the leading independent provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and analysis to investors around the world– is the latest company to be confirmed by the Climate Bond Standards Advisory Board* as an approved verifier. They will be joining EY, KPMG, Bureau Veritas, DNV-GL, Oekom Research and others as approved verifiers under the Climate Bond Standard.
Sustainalytics has been actively involved in the green bonds space since mid-2014 and has provided second opinions for a number of green bond issuances with a climate focus.
Posted: Jun 1, 2015 by Sean Kidney
By Justine Leigh-Bell, Manager of Standards and Certification Scheme
Posted: Jun 1, 2015 by Sean Kidney
By Justine Leigh-Bell, Manager of Standards and Certification Scheme
Posted: May 28, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Today, Australia and New Zealand Bank (ANZ), Australia’s third largest bank, closed their A$600m ($464m) inaugural green bond deal – and the largest Certified Climate Bond to date. The 5-year bond has a semi-annual coupon of 3.25% and is rated Aa2e/AA-. ANZ was underwriter of the bond.
Posted: Apr 23, 2015 by Sean Kidney
Three weeks ago we released our Climate Bonds Bioenergy Standard for public consultation. Bioenergy is energy made available from materials derived from biological sources such as wood, manure or other agricultural byproducts. Using waste products is preferred due to reduced social and environmental risks. The focus of the proposed criteria is on liquid biofuels, biogas, and solid biomass used for heat and electricity.
We’ve had some interesting responses, including suggestions that climate change benefits from biofuels – one of the forms of bioenergy addressed – are “a fallacy”. Well, that’s not quite right.