Green bond comment, June 2021: Are oil and gas firms still locked out of the sustainable bond market?
The labelled bond market needs to start helping dirty issuers finance the transition, argues Peter Cripps
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The labelled bond market needs to start helping dirty issuers finance the transition, argues Peter Cripps
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has weighed in on the debate about the creation of a new market…
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The Environmental Finance Bond Awards 2019 feature several repeat winners alongside many new names, as 13 extra categories were added this year in response to the rapid growth of social and sustainability bonds.
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A surge of activity has boosted the green, social and sustainability bond market, with $10.1 billion…
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Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first…
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has regained the title of leading underwriter in the green bond…
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A significant increase in the level of private finance being channelled into forest conservation is required in order to meet the aims of the Paris Agreement, a roundtable organised by Environmental Finance and Finance for Forests heard. Michael Hurley reports
Spanish utility Iberdrola has returned to the market with its tenth green bond. The €750 million deal…
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DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its…
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Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has named the companies it regards as leaders and laggards…
ESG,Equity,Investment
The Bank of China (BoC) has issued one green and one sustainability bond at the same time, marking the…
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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".
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The Asia-Pacific green bond market is poised for significant growth, with some $600 billion of new issues…
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Newton Investment Management has launched its first sustainable fixed income fund, as it continues to…
Iberdrola has made good on its promise to raise more green capital in 2018 by issuing its second green…
Debt,Green Bonds,Renewables
BNP Paribas emerged as the biggest green bond underwriter in July, as French banks continued their assault…
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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.
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A 36% increase in new issues in the first six months of this year, combined with further signs of maturity in the market, suggest green bonds are entering their second decade in good health.
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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.
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German mortgage lender Berlin Hyp is set to return to the green bond market with its second euro-denominated…
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