Climate Bonds' Green Bond Training: 23 - 25 February 2022 EU & Americas

Dates:  23, 24 and 25 February 2022

Time:  7:00am - 9:30am PST (Los Angeles, Vancouver)
           10:00am - 12:30pm EST (New York, Toronto)
           3:00pm - 5:30pm GMT (London)
           4:00pm - 6:30pm CET (Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam)

Format: Live Virtual via Zoom - EU & Americas - No pre-requirements

CLIMATE BONDS' GREEN BOND TRAINING

As the leading debt instrument, the Green Bonds have been paving the path of issuances to other thematic labelled bonds for attaining the sustainable development global goals and providing the capital for the long-term environmental and social infrastructure. They allow issuers to raise funding for projects that support the sustainable development agenda and investors to play an influential and positive role required to build a low-carbon, resource-efficient, climate-resilient, and inclusive economy.

The Climate Bonds Initiative has been collecting green bond data since its inception in 2010 and it has delivered training about it since 2018. The signature Climate Bonds Green Bond Training is a comprehensive and practical course on green bonds for a range of individuals who wish to gain broad knowledge of these thematic labels. It comprises four learning modules, case studies, interactive discussions, and exercises to provide a valuable learning experience to participants.

The Climate Bonds Green Bond Training objective is to provide an overall understanding of the role of green bonds in shifting financial practices to more sustainable approaches while providing an overview of how these bonds impact the way the market perceives sustainability and what attracts investors and issuers to the green bond market. Additionally, the Green Bond Training aims at discussing in detail the green bond issuance process and providing comprehensive information on the market’s size, key stakeholders, key investment themes, regional markets, among other key elements.

COURSE CONTENT

A mix of structured theory, case studies, experience sharing, and practical exercises is used to enhance the learning experience:

• Green Bond Basics: Current finance landscape, the sustainable debt market, green bond definitions, types and benefits, and its contributions to the global goals 
• Setting Up the Scene: Market stakeholders, Green bonds principles and standards, CBI’s taxonomy and classification systems, Green bonds policy landscape
• Process for Issuing a Bond Labelled Green: Pre-issuance including green bond framework, Issuance and Post- issuance including allocation of proceeds and reporting
• Green Bond Market Development: global and regional; Sovereign bonds market evolution, its benefits and impact and Transition bonds

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Participants in the Climate Bonds Green Bond Training can expect to acquire solid knowledge and be able to respond to the following questions at the end of the sessions:· 

• What are Green Bonds and Why are they important?
• What does it mean for a bond to be labelled Green?
• What determines how green bonds are?
• What is the CBI taxonomy and other classification systems?
• What are the specifics of issuing a green bond?
• What is a green bond framework?
• Who is involved in the process of issuing a green bond?
• What is the Green Bond Market dynamics globally and regionally?
• What are the relevant Green Bond regulations and policies?
• Why is important to certify a Green Bond?

TRAINING METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH

• Training format: 7.5 hours of content delivered online (Live Virtual via Zoom) in 3 sessions of 2.5 hours each (1 session per day). 
• Trainers: climate finance specialists will deliver the training
• Participants: 25 is the suggested number of participants per training
• Material: Climate Bonds Initiative provides participants with all training materials and presentations
• Language: Training materials and communication are in English
• Certificate: Participants who complete the course are awarded a CBI Certificate and a CPD Certification Service Certificate.