Luiza Mello close Senior Communications Specialist Luiza is Climate Bonds Initiative's Communications Senior Specialist. She designs and executes the Communications Strategies for Standards and Climate Finance Solutions teams. Luiza supports the development of enduring communication and broader brand strategies. Collaborating closely with the Global Head of Communications & Media, she ensures the maximisation of communication opportunities across all fronts. Together with the designated teams, she devises and executes campaign plans, enhances systems, and undertakes other communication projects as deemed essential. These endeavours encompass media monitoring and outreach, partner engagement, and the creation of media briefings and pitches. Luiza is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Krista Tukiainen close Senior AdvisorKrista previously Head the the global research pipeline of the Climate Bonds Market Intelligence team. Krista has led and contributed to projects ranging from country- and sector-specific green finance briefings to a study on the global state of play of post-issuance and impact reporting in the green bond market, as well as the inaugural global green bond issuer survey. Additionally, she is jointly responsible for data-related collaborations with external stakeholders. Krista works closely with the rest of the Client Services team to help disseminate Climate Bonds' data to partners who use it to build a variety of green and sustainable investment products. An environmental economist by training, Krista has six years of experience from cross-sector advisory projects. She previously worked as a Consultant at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Sustainable Development followed by an ESG advisory role at London-based boutique firm Longevity Partners. She has also collaborated with impact-driven companies and investors, for example as an advisor to Sylvera Ltd, a start-up using machine learning to identify and carry out large-scale carbon sequestration projects, as well as UK-based VC fund Eka Ventures in helping to define their investment thesis and impact measurement approach.
Caroline Harrison close Director of Technical DevelopmentCaroline is a London-based research analyst with 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. At Climate Bonds Initiative, Caroline has developed, produced, and written an ongoing research series, ‘Green Bond Pricing in the Primary Market’. The report series examines the behavior of green bonds in the primary and immediate secondary market to determine whether investors attach a value to the green label. This work began in 2017, with an introductory publication covering qualifying green bonds issued in 2016 and H1 2017 and was published quarterly until the end of 2017. Since 2018, it has been a semi-annual report, with each one covering bonds issued in the preceding half year. The work included the development of the concept of a ‘greenium’ which is now a broadly used term to describe a green bond receiving a new issue discount. The reports have been widely referenced in academic work, and the content is frequently cited in the press. Caroline also leads research on various stakeholder groups, beginning with the Green Bond European Investor Survey (November 2019), the Green Bond Treasurer Survey (April 2020), and Sovereign green bond issuers.
Bridget Boulle close Principal Technical Advisor Bridget is the Director of Technical Development where she is responsible for the Policy, Standards, Taxonomy and Market Intelligence teams. She has been at the Climate Bonds Initiative since 2012 in a number of roles, most recently as Head of Taxonomies where projects included the Common Ground Taxonomy through the International Platform on Sustainable Finance as well as ASEAN, Singapore and others. Previous roles included Head of Market Intelligence, Head of Asia Pacific and the Content and Production Manager. Bridget is based in Cape Town, South Africa. Bridget has been working in sustainable finance for 15 years in London, Sydney and Cape Town.
