Results for archive, analysis, Green Bonds, 4
Frédéric Samama has been a key mover in the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition, the creation of low-carbon indexes, and now the world's biggest green bond fund. He talks to Peter Cripps
Equity,Green Bonds,Investors,Stranded Assets
Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Asia conference saw the agreement of a deal that could help drive growth in the region, writes Michael Hurley.
Green Bonds
Green bond enthusiasts received a sharp 'reality check' last month, when they heard that Hiro Mizuno, chief investment officer of the world's largest pension fund, regards them as a "lose-lose product".
Green Bonds
There has been much discussion about whether green bonds command a 'greenium', but is it time to look at the argument from a different perspective, asks Jacob Michaelsen
Green Bonds
A 'prototype' covered green bond has been prepared that could help developing countries meet their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. Junji Hatano explains.
Green Bonds
Climate change is “the biggest risk” to the €36.4 billion ($44 billion) FRR pension fund in coming years, Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr, chief investment officer of the pension fund, tells Michael Hurley.
Green Bonds,Policy,Stranded Assets
Infrastructure project developers face an urgent choice: benefit from low-carbon opportunities, or lock cities into decades-long dependence on fossil fuels, writes Peter Ellsworth
Green Bonds,Investors
Is the green bond market evolving into the impact bond market?
Green Bonds
The future of finance is green, says ICMA president René Karsenti.
Debt,ESG,Green Bonds,People
At least $28 billion of new green bonds were issued in the first three months of 2018, according to preliminary data from the Environmental Finance Green Bonds Database.
Green Bonds
African countries have the potential to achieve their sustainability objectives through innovative funding of climate-change projects, including green bonds, say Mindy Hauman and Tallat Hussain
Green Bonds,Policy
Sovereign issuers gave a major boost to the green bond market in February, with inaugural issues from Belgium (€4.5 billion) and Indonesia ($1.25 billion) and a repeat issue from Poland (€1.0 billion).
Green Bonds
In the classic film Monty Python's Life of Brian, a group plotting to overthrow the Roman Empire ask: 'What have the Romans ever done for us?'
Green Bonds
Issuing its first sovereign green bond was a significant achievement for Africa's biggest economy, but it missed an opportunity to make a much bigger capital markets splash, argues Keith Mullin
Green Bonds
The next growth spurt for the green bond market could come from sovereigns, reports Michael Hurley
Green Bonds
The green bond market, which in recent years has emerged as a test bed for sustainable finance, has begun to adapt in response to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Green Bonds
A record amount of new issues, several significant 'firsts' and important regulatory initiatives in November, suggest the green bond market is well-placed for further dramatic growth.
Debt,Green Bonds,Markets,Policy
Several Asian capitals have announced a variety of plans to attract 'green finance' to the region. What's needed now is a green investment bank in Hong Kong, argues Alexandra Tracy.
Debt,Equity,Green Bonds,Investors,Policy
A high-powered group of UK and Chinese investors, corporates and regulators have developed a plan of action to boost climate finance. Graham Cooper reports
Debt,ESG,Equity,Green Bonds,Investors,Policy
It was great to have something positive to announce about the US green bond market at this year's Green Bonds Americas conference!
Green Bonds
Fixed Income and ESG, featuring the Green Bonds Europe conference
Green Bonds Asia
Water: Risk, Opportunity and Sustainability 2018
Green Bond Symposium: Financing America's Fight Against Climate Change
Conservation finance may appear to be one of the most esoteric investment niches, but experimentation and innovation is giving way to proof of concept – attracting a growing number of institutional investors along the way. Mark Nicholls reports
Is managed decline the only way?