Green bond round-up, 18 April 2018
BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market with a €500 million ($618 million), six-year offering…
Green Bonds
Results for Morgan Stanley
BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market with a €500 million ($618 million), six-year offering…
Green Bonds
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) will become the world’s first shipping company to issue a labelled green bond,…
Green Bonds
Danish pension fund PKA has said divestment is a possibility for 64 oil and gas companies with which…
Investors,Policy
Japan-based banking group MUFG has issued a five-year, €500 million ($612 million) green bond, its first…
Debt,Green Bonds,Investors
What lessons can be learned from the evolution of the renewables industry, and what lies ahead for energy storage, asks Samer Salty
Renewables
Fiji looking at green bonds, says economy minister Fiji is considering using green bonds to help boost…
Green Bonds
Institutional investor support for shareholder resolutions on climate-related risks is at a turning point,…
ESG,Equity,Investors
French bank Societe Generale's head of sustainable bonds is "entirely convinced" there will be significant…
Green Bonds
Mexico City Airport Trust has returned to the green bond market with the biggest corporate issue to date…
Green Bonds
Private equity groups, infrastructure investors, a power utility and a sovereign wealth fund are said…
Investors,Renewables
BNP Paribas emerged as the biggest green bond underwriter in July, as French banks continued their assault…
Green Bonds
Renovate America said its 11th green-labelled asset-backed bonds attracted 10 new investors, including…
Green Bonds
US clean energy company Invenergy has arranged construction financing for its 300MW Santa Rita wind farm…
Renewables
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.
Green Bonds
Bank of China has become the first Chinese player to join the executive committee of the Green Bond Principles…
Green Bonds
Morgan Stanley has launched a Global Sustainability Bond Leadership Council to oversee the development…
Investors,People
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.
Green Bonds
As he announced that the US was to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, President Donald Trump claimed that the rest of the world was laughing at the US for signing the agreement, and they won't be laughing any longer.
Carbon,Policy
Spanish oil & gas company Repsol issued a controversial green bond that immediately raised concerns, mainly because it represents more investment in production that results in more carbon emissions, even if more efficiently. Marcio Viegas assesses the controversy
Green Bonds
UK asset manager Standard Life Investments hopes to launch global and UK-focussed impact investment funds…
ESG,Equity,Investors
Green Bond Symposium: Financing America's Fight Against Climate Change
Green Bonds Americas 2017
Green Equities 2017
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?