National Australia Bank (NAB) - one of Australia’s four big banks - confirmed today it has joined the Climate Bonds Partners program, saying it will continue working with the Climate Bonds Initiative to grow the green bonds market.
The Swiss Government’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) confirmed today that it has joined as a Climate Bonds Partner — the first national government member of the Climate Bond Partners program.
Munich-based bank, Münchener Hypothekenbank eG has EUR 35.7 billion (US$53 billion) as of June 30, 2014 of assets under management and has the biggest mortgage cover pool of all German Pfandbrief issuers.
Last year the bank issued a highly successful EUR 300m esg covered bond (ESG Pfandbrief). The bank has indicated its interest in also issuing Green Covered Bonds for low-emission housing.
Leading Dutch fund manager ACTIAM has joined the Climate Bonds Partner program. ACTIAM (formerly SNS Asset Management) has assets of EUR 46.8 billion (US$53 billion) under management.
Erik Jan van Bergen, Chief Investment Officer at ACTIAM, said:
