Green Bond Comment, August 2021: A new dawn for the beleaguered transition bond label?

Once seen as the next exciting frontier in sustainable fixed income, the take-up of transition bonds has so far underwhelmed the market. But could the beleaguered label stage a fight back, asks Ahren Lester

Debt,Green Bonds,Policy

Investor group urges banks to set enhanced net zero targets

ESG,Investment,Policy

WBA announces 2,000 most influential firms for sustainable future

The World Benchmarking Alliance has revealed the 2,000 companies that it believes have the greatest influence…

Carbon,Policy,Renewables,Natural Capital

20% of Hong Kong companies sustainability compliant

Only 20% of Hong Kong's largest companies have good compliance with international sustainability guidelines,…

Corporate,ESG,Green Bonds

Bonds round-up: ICBC, Banque Postale, ABN Amro, ERG, Yorkshire Water, Woolworths, Shinhan Bank, IADB, Chile, Otto, Arizona State University, NYC Housing, OPIC, Nomura, Trianon

La Banque Postale has issued its first green bond, raising €750 million ($849 million).

Green Bonds

People moves: ING, Natixis CIB

Xiaofei Guo has been promoted to become vice president of sustainable finance at ING.

People

Green bonds round-up, 3 October 2018

Getlink said its inaugural green bond had been "comfortably oversubscribed", helping it raise €550 million…

Green Bonds

LGIM announces exclusions from its £5bn Future World Funds

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has named the companies it regards as leaders and laggards…

ESG,Equity,Investment

Green bond round-up, 15 February 2017

German index provider Solactive has launched a green bond index that tracks investment-grade euro and…

Debt,Green Bonds,Investment,Policy

China issues $6bn of green bonds in one week

Three Chinese issuers came to the market with CNY40.25 billion ($6.03 billion) of domestic green bonds…

Debt,Green Bonds,Investment

NDB's RMB9bn green bond is three times oversubscribed

The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly called BRICS Bank, said its inaugural green bond attracted more…

Green Bonds

BRICS Bank 'prices inaugural green bond'

The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly called BRICS Bank, is understood to have priced a RMB3 billion…

Green Bonds