As part of Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income 2020 virtual conference, Daniel Farchy, equity investment officer at the European Investment Bank (EIB), and Timothée Jaulin, head of supranational entities coverage at Amundi, discussed how their joint Green Credit Continuum (GRECO) programme aims to widen the green credit issuer landscape to non-traditional issuers, such as smaller corporates and SMEs, and develop the market for non-traditional green credit instruments.
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
