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Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... economy, both to quickly reduce emissions and to buy time while we transition to clean energy," said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds chair. "They can also be very profitable, paid for with savings made on energy bills." The Climate Bond Standard, developed ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... that there is a correlation between financial sustainability and environmental, social and governance factors. The Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence found that there is USD$174bn worth of climate-themed bonds outstanding ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... are using MSCI ESG Sovereign Ratings. On the environmental side, they're looking at things like biodiversity, land use, climate change and vulnerability to climate change, air pollution, energy security, water security, waste management, to name a few ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. The report, which examines opportunities for investment ...

Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative, the Clean Energy Business Council of the Middle East and North Africa and The Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association have formed a working group to develop best practices and promote the issuance of "green" sukuks, Sharia-compliant ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... which will provide opportunities to enhance private investment in emerging economies, and has been involved with the Climate Bonds Standards Board, developed by the UK-based Climate Bonds Initiative to establish a set of standards to assess debt issuances ...

Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... low carbon economy by 2050 and on limiting the risk of dangerous climate change," said Sean Kidney, chair of the Climate Bonds Initiative. The finalised text of the standard was approved by the Climate Bond Standards Board -the Investor Group on Climate ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Markets and the Carbon Disclosure Project, has developed the International Standards and Certification Scheme for Climate Bonds, which is aimed at facilitate the development and use of climate bonds through a certification process for bonds and issuers ...