Microsoft among buyers of blue carbon credits from giant mangrove project
Microsoft and Trafigura are among the buyers of the first three million carbon credits to be generated…
Asia Pacific,Carbon,Natural Capital
Results for KfW
Microsoft and Trafigura are among the buyers of the first three million carbon credits to be generated…
Asia Pacific,Carbon,Natural Capital
Following guidance-busting issuance in 2021 and an expanded green bond framework, KfW's Petra Wehlert tells Ahren Lester that expectations are high that it will surpass its 2022 green bond forecast
Debt,Green Bonds,Policy
KfW has invested €74 million ($86 million) in a Latin America green bond fund the German development…
COP,Green Bonds,Investment
BlackRock has announced its flagship public-private financing Emerging Market (EM) climate infrastructure…
Asia Pacific,Investment,Renewables
German development bank KfW expects to "significantly" exceed its targeted green bond issuance total…
Green Bonds
Sustainability-linked bond issuance in the second quarter of 2021 tripled on the first three months of…
Debt,Green Bonds
To coincide with the UN World Oceans Day, Environmental Finance will host a thematic briefing afternoon…
Natural Capital
Proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) and the pending launch of a platform designed to make it…
Green Bonds,IMPACT
German development bank KfW is planning to issue up to €10 billion ($12.1 billion) in green bonds in…
Green Bonds,Investment,Policy
BlueOrchard Finance has launched a $140 million impact fund to help financial institutions provide financing…
IMPACT
€1.8trn of investors urge companies to tackle deforestation
Sovereign green bonds experienced a bumper September, with several new issuers, but Ahren Lester argues other hesitant sovereigns should step-up ahead of COP26 next year to light up this potentially significant market
Green Bonds
A €40 million ($47 million) 'emergency liquidity facility' has been launched to help smallholder farmers…
Debt,IMPACT
After a significant jump in green bond issuance in 2019, the KfW capital markets head tells Ahren Lester they still expect 2020 issuance to hit €8 billion and that 'greeniums' have persisted - but don't expect any social or sustainability-linked bonds from the development bank.
Green Bonds
Renewable energy producer Boralex has completed a C$805 million ($600 million) refinancing over 16 years…
Equity,Renewables
Sustainablilty focused asset manager Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis, has closed its Althelia Sustainable…
Equity,IMPACT
Energy efficient buildings took more than 79% of the allocated proceeds from the €8.1 billon ($8.8 billion)…
Green Bonds
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has partnered with German development bank KfW to promote…
ESG,Green Bonds,Investment
Former Bank of England (BoE) governor Mark Carney has described green bonds as a "success story", while…
Debt,Green Bonds
KfW has sealed its first labelled transaction in a year that it expects could eventually see it issue…
Green Bonds,Investment