Annual costs for impact reporting 'typically in €10k-€25k range'

A survey of green bond issuers and investors sheds light on how they approach impact reporting, says Björn Bergstrand

Green Bonds

UK Green Finance Institute 'to boost catastrophe bonds and green mortgages'

Scaling up the catastrophe bond market and the issuance of green mortgages will be among the priorities…

ESG,Investors,Policy

People Moves: Nature Conservancy, UBS, Premier Asset Management, AP6, LuxFLAG

NGO the Nature Conservancy has announced board directors and leadership members.

People

Bond round-up: Chile, Korea, Engie, CDC, Vattenfall, BayWa, RATP … and more

Green Bonds

People Moves: AAM, Morgan Stanley, AP1, Carbon Market Institute, Gold Standard, Ethic, Aviva Investors

Aegon Asset Management (AAM) has hired two people for its responsible investment team.

People

Chemicals company signs €400m sustainability-linked RCF

Finland-based chemicals company Kemira has agreed a €400 million ($450 million) ‘sustainability-linked’…

Debt,Investors

Green bonds round-up: IBRD, Folksam Group, Electrolux, Interstate Power & Light, Pace Funding Group, EBRD

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank Group, has tapped…

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Green bond round-up: Danske Bank, Cassa depositi e prestiti, Kommuninvest, Teonec, NYSERDA, NY State Housing and Vasakronan

Danske Bank has become a green bond issuer for the first time, in a deal worth €500 million ($568 million).

Green Bonds

Green bond round-up: Société du Grand Paris, Duke Energy, ReNew Power, Kommuninvest, World Bank, Santa Fe

Green Bonds

Green bonds can price tighter at issuance, studies suggest

Evidence that green bonds can price tighter at issuance is mounting, according to two studies.

Green Bonds,Investors

Green bond round-up: BNP Paribas; NYSERDA; Nigerian first; Konan Ultra Power

BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market, with a €750 million ($850 million) transaction.

Green Bonds

Nordic issuers encourage use of SDGs in impact reporting

Issuers of green bonds should use their impact reports to show how their investments support the UN's…

Green Bonds,Policy

People Moves: Morgan Stanley Investment Management, AP6, SEB Investment Management, Geneva Association, Robeco and IETA

Vladimir Demine has been promoted to head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research at Morgan…

People

NIB prices inaugural blue bond

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has priced a "landmark" blue bond to help protect and rehabilitate the Baltic…

Green Bonds

SCBC issues the biggest ever green bond in Swedish krona

SCBC has issued the largest ever green bond in the Swedish krona market, raising SEK6 billion ($670 million).

Green Bonds

Securitised bank loans key to solving climate crisis, G20 told

Sustainable securitised bank loans should become the primary source of financing for sustainable infrastructure…

Debt,Investors

Green Bonds round-up, 12 December

Swedish bank SEB has predicted that total green bond issuance could reach $240 billion in 2019, despite…

Green Bonds

Green Bonds round-up, 28 November

France's state-owned postal company La Poste saw its inaugural €500 million ($564 million) green bond…

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Green bonds round-up, 14 November 2018

Netherlands-based ING Group has completed a dual-tranche green bond worth $2.96 billion, making it the…

Green Bonds

IBRD marks 10 years of green bonds with $1.2bn issue

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank Group, has issued…

Green Bonds,Investors