Craig Davies, head of climate resilience investments at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), shared his thoughts at Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income 2020 virtual conference on the potential of climate-resilient bonds and how this relates to the activities that the EBRD is undertaking to become a majority green bank by 2025.
Investors are understood to be encouraging the UK government to consider issuing a social-focused sustainable bond after continued success for its innovative and expanding green bond programme, according to Edentree Investment Management (IM).
Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank and Union Investment employees are among appointees under a renewed mandate of an expert group to advise Germany's federal government on sustainable finance.
Polymer manufacturer Trelleborg has become the first Swedish company to issue a blue bond, raising SEK800 million ($84 million) through a five-year transaction linked to sustainable water and wastewater management.
Europe's push for trust may reshape the market, writes Geoffroy Marcassoli
