Washington DC Invitation: Sean Kidney & CN Green Bank CEO Bryan Garcia, on Green Bonds, at the Inter-American Development Bank, lunchtime 28 Jan
Submitted on Wed, 2016-01-20 17:58
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Central Bank of Bangladesh launches US$200m Green Transformation Fund & prepares green bond issuance – and states “these are only first small steps” of their green transition
Submitted on Fri, 2016-01-15 00:00This week, Bangladesh Bank announced a US$200 million ‘Green Transformation Fund’. Initially, the fund will focus its support on green transition of manufacturing practices in the export-oriented textiles and leather sectors.
India’s securities’ regulator finalises official green bond listing requirements + says green bonds are a tool to finance India’s INDC (national climate change plan) - yes they are!
Submitted on Tue, 2016-01-12 23:15Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the securities’ markets regulator, finalised their official green bond requirements yesterday after going through a public consultation in December. Impressively quick turnaround from SEBI’s decision in late November to establish requirements!
Ready to tackle 2016? 5 key take aways from COP 21 to frame what's coming your way this year
Submitted on Mon, 2016-01-11 00:00Let's recap a very successful UN COP last December as the perfect way to get motivated for the coming 12 months. Here are our 6 key takeaways from COP:
1) Enormous opportunity to take INDC goals and develop matching Country Investment Plans
Credit Agricole CIB tops Q4 green bond underwriters table; the overall 2015 year end top spot goes to BAML!
Submitted on Mon, 2016-01-04 00:002015 was a magnificent year for green bonds (look out for our year-end market summary coming soon!). Q4 is in particular a busy quarter for green bonds – a total of $14.87bn were issued, and November was the largest monthly issuance EVER with $7.4bn of green bonds.