A 'year of records' for LGX

The ground-breaking Luxembourg Green Exchange set fresh records in 2021, Laetitia Hamon tells Ahren Lester

Green Bonds,Investment

Databases and regulation driving standardisation of labelled bond data

Efforts to standardise green, social and sustainability bond impact data are gaining traction, but widespread comparability remains elusive, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports

Debt,ESG Data,Green Bonds

Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2021

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds,Investment

WFE highlights lack of consensus on ESG standards across exchanges

Stock exchanges have flagged the array of different environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting…

Markets,Policy

Reputational benefit is main incentive for green bond issuance

The likelihood of an enhanced reputation is the most important driver behind the issuance of green bonds,…

Green Bonds

Assets managed by LuxFLAG labelled products cross €100bn

The Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency (LuxFLAG) has seen assets managed by the 200 investment products…

Equity,Green Bonds

Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2020

Environmental Finance's Bond Awards were expanded again this year to reflect the growth and…

Green Bonds,Investment

People moves, 27 December: AIIB, J O Hambro, LuxSE

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has appointed Andrew Cross as its chief financial officer.

People

Green Bond round-up – 10 April: Senvion, LG Chem, France's GROAT, ocean plastic bond, Toyota, Terna, EIB's new CAB, Peru, Luxembourg links with China

South Korea-based chemicals manufacturer LG Chem has issued green bonds worth $1.56 billion to help finance…

Green Bonds

GBPs publish green buildings impact reporting guidance

A ‘harmonised framework for impact reporting on green building projects’ has been published by the Green…

Green Bonds

Eurosif's Micilotta moves to LGX

Flavia Micilotta has left her position as executive director of the European Sustainable Investment Forum…

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

Bearing the standard for green bond growth

As the green bond market has grown, a plethora of national and regional standards has sprung up. What do they bring to the market and are they necessary, ask Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps

Green Bonds

Green bond round-up, 11 July 2018

Green Bonds

Members of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance announced

The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

Investment

Green bond round-up, 16 May

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has priced its second social bond to help finance socio-economic…

Green Bonds

Luxembourg Green Exchange extended to SRI funds

Luxembourg Stock Exchange has opened up its ‘green exchange’ to socially responsible investment (SRI)…

ESG,Equity,Green Bonds

Luxembourg Stock Exchange strikes green bond deal with Shanghai Clearing House

An agreement to "close the information gap" between international investors and green bonds traded on…

Green Bonds,Investment

Environmental Finance Green Bond Awards winners revealed

Environmental Finance's Green Bond Awards have grown for the second consecutive year, as the number of…

Green Bonds

Chinese green bond market needs to grow further

Green bond issuance from China has to grow tenfold in just three years if the country is to have a large…

Green Bonds