News

• UK-China group eyes overseas sales of green Chinese ABS

  21 March 2018

  Developing an international market in asset-backed securities (ABS) based on Chinese green loans is one of four priorities for the China-UK Green Finance Taskforce, said Ma Jun, chairman of China's Green Finance Committee (GFC).

• IFC urges emerging markets to be sovereign green bond 'gamechangers'

  20 March 2018

  The IFC has encouraged emerging market countries to follow Fiji in issuing a green bond, as it publishes guidance it hopes could attract a host of new issuers.

• Regulations likely to boost pricing of green bonds, say experts

  20 March 2018

  Regulatory pressure for improved disclosure of environmental risks and opportunities is likely to improve the pricing of green bonds relative to comparable non-green bonds, according to two market specialists.

• 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.

• Aquila Capital sets €750m target for 'energy transition' fund

  20 March 2018

  Aquila Capital aims to invest €750 million ($925 million) in renewables projects with the launch of its Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund (ETIF).

• Iberdrola revisits green hybrid market with €700m issue

  20 March 2018

  Iberdrola has made good on its promise to raise more green capital in 2018 by issuing its second green hybrid bond.

• 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.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 19 March 2018

  19 March 2018

  A mixed week for carbon, as prices hit a fresh six-year high at €11.50, but tailed off at the end of the week to finish just 8 cents up at €11.18.

• Sustainalytics boosts emerging markets expertise with Solaron deal

  19 March 2018

  Sustainalytics has bolstered its emerging markets expertise with the acquisition of Solaron Sustainability Services, as the arms race in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data space continues to escalate.

• Companies sluggish to act on TCFD, report finds

  19 March 2018

  Just one in 10 companies provide incentives for board members to manage climate-related risks and opportunities, representing a failure to act on the recommendations of the FSB's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a report has found.