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Reputational benefit is main incentive for green bond issuance
22 April 2020The likelihood of an enhanced reputation is the most important driver behind the issuance of green bonds, according a survey of treasurers by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).
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Carney: EU Taxonomy 'still too narrow'
25 March 2020Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has reiterated that the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities remains "quite proscriptive" despite recent revisions, while he is optimistic it will become richer through the addition of transition activities in the future.
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Argentina and Brazil have 'most sovereign credit risk from natural capital'
05 February 2020Argentina and Brazil have been identified as the two G20 countries facing the greatest risk from factors associated with economic dependence on natural capital.
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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, Dubai announce push to develop green sukuk
17 September 2019The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with market authorities in Dubai to encourage the growth of the green sukuk market.
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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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EU’s TEG unveils final reports in milestone moment for sustainable finance
18 June 2019In what has been billed a landmark moment for sustainable finance, a far-reaching set of recommendations for a taxonomy of sustainability economic activities, an EU Green Bond Standard and climate-themed benchmark indexes has been published.
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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.
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EXCLUSIVE: EU's TEG broadens taxonomy to include 'transition' activities
31 May 2019The EU's Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) has broadened the scope of its taxonomy to include activities that help transition to a net-zero economy by 2050, in a move that opens the door to some fossil fuels and internal combustion engines, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Bonds round-up: ICBC, Banque Postale, ABN Amro, ERG, Yorkshire Water, Woolworths, Shinhan Bank, IADB, Chile, Otto, Arizona State University, NYC Housing, OPIC, Nomura, Trianon
17 April 2019La Banque Postale has issued its first green bond, raising €750 million ($849 million).