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CBI launches waste management industry accreditation criteria
16 December 2019Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has launched its green bond standard covering the waste management industry.
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CBI criticised for hydropower accreditation proposal
11 December 2019The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has been called on by a group of more than 200 civil society organisations to abandon its proposed green bond standard for hydropower projects.
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Nasdaq launches global green, social and sustainability bond platform
10 December 2019Nasdaq has launched an online platform to improve transparency across the green, social and sustainability bond market.
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CBI says 2019 saw largest green bond spread compression
16 October 2019The first half of 2019 saw the largest average spread compression and oversubscription of green bonds for two-and-a-half years, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).
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EU green bond standard ‘likely to kill’ second party opinions
07 August 2019The proposed EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) “is likely to kill the second party opinion format as we know it”, according to French investment bank Natixis CIB.
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EU GBS-compatible Climate Bonds Standard gets CBI sign-off
05 August 2019An updated version of the Climate Bonds Standard framework has been published that acts as a ‘universal adaptor’ for international green debt standards including the EU’s Green Bond Standard (GBS).
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Will the taxonomy deliver?
12 July 2019Will the EU's taxonomy succeed in boosting the flow of finance to a low-carbon economy, asks Elena K Johansson
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Responsible soy credit facility to issue $1bn in green bonds
04 July 2019A credit facility that aims to issue $1 billion in green bonds to fund sustainable soy production in Brazil has been launched at London Climate Action Week.
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Green bond market should get a boost from proposed EU standards, say insiders
18 June 2019Revised proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) from the EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) have been generally welcomed by market insiders.
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Green bond comment, June 2019: Three reasons to be cheerful
05 June 2019There has been a flurry of good news from the green, social and sustainability bond market in recent months. Here are three reasons to be cheerful.