Archive

  • Members of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance announced

    13 June 2018

    The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

  • CBI updates green bond water criteria to accommodate natural capital

    23 May 2018

    Wetlands, watersheds and forests will become an acceptable use of proceeds for Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI)-certified green bonds under revised criteria.

  • South Korea could be regional leader in green bonds, says CBI

    20 March 2018

    South Korea has potential to become a major issuer of green bonds, the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) said.

  • Figueres: infrastructure bonds should be green bonds

    20 March 2018

    Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres issued a rallying call for cities, governments and large companies to issue green bonds to finance their infrastructure projects, as she seeks to shift the market's growth into a higher gear.

  • Chinese green bond market needs to grow further

    09 February 2018

    Green bond issuance from China has to grow tenfold in just three years if the country is to have a large slice of the $1 trillion target per year by 2020, a report has argued.

  • Brazil poised for more green bonds

    03 October 2017

    Several more green bonds from Brazilian issuers are imminent, market insiders say.

  • Green bond comment: Back to work!

    06 September 2017

    The summer holiday is over for the green bond market.

  • Lessons from the Repsol bond

    02 August 2017

    I recently had an interesting chat with a leading green bond underwriter. He wanted to know whether I thought a green bond to finance energy-from-waste would be well received by the market.

  • Time the green bond market grew up

    05 June 2017

    The exclusion of Repsol's bond from the main green bond indexes highlights that a lack of a clear definition of what is green is hindering the market, argues Keith Mullin.

  • Repsol's green bond: exploring the controversy

    19 May 2017

    Spanish oil & gas company Repsol issued a controversial green bond that immediately raised concerns, mainly because it represents more investment in production that results in more carbon emissions, even if more efficiently. Marcio Viegas assesses the controversy