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Norton Rose Fulbright becomes Climate Bonds Initiative partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... bonds, and US$65.9 billion in labelled green bonds. The increase of US$95 billion is attributed to the growth of the green bond market - constituting 32% of the overall growth, while 40% was due to climate-aligned rail issuance. " This support is one ...

Impact investing key trend for 2016: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... institutional investors, Christensen said. "We will not put green bonds in there," Christensen said. "We have a specific green bond fund that we launched last year, and we see that as a big-ticket item you can do. Whereas our second impact fund will ...

Global underwriters issue US$15bn in green bonds in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... â,¬1.5bn ($1.66bn) bond issued by KfW, two tranche deal of â,¬0.5bn and $0.8bn ($1.3bn) issued by ING Bank; and a green bond totalling $1.25bn from EDF, the Climate Bond Initiative said. "Top of the Q4 table is Credit Agricole CIB with its total ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Risk. The Climate Bonds Initiative coordinated the Paris Green Bonds Statement. "Enormous opportunity exists to deploy green bond financing, to renew existing, ageing urban infrastructure and also in emerging markets and economies that will be building ...

Ernst & Young joins Climate Bonds Initiative as partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... to have the opportunity to deepen that relationship and work more broadly with them to build a robust international green bond market." Recently, the UNEP FI Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) joined the Climate Bonds Partners program as well. ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Initiative's Low Carbon Transport Technical Working Group have released the Low Carbon Transport Standard for climate bonds. The proposed Low Carbon Transport criteria uses universal GHG emission thresholds defined on a per passenger-km ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... bonds, and US$65.9 billion in labelled green bonds. The increase of US$95 billion is attributed to the growth of the green bond market - constituting 32% of the overall growth, while 40% was due to climate-aligned rail issuance. "At the moment we're ...

Demand for ethical products strong: Ethical Advisers' Co-Op

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... said. "One challenge has been the global share funds in that dark green space. Also, we've been working to get ethical green bond funds out to the clients. With the aging population, the growth of retirement, and so on, it necessitates bond and even ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels. Recently, London Stock Exchange launched a full range of fixed income segments specifically designed for green bond issuance, which is geared at promoting greater transparency in the fixed income market providing green bond instruments ...

Climate Bonds Initiative gain insurance body partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The UNEP FI Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) has joined the Climate Bonds Partners program, according to the Climate Bond Initiative. The Principles for Sustainable Insurance is a collaborative initiative between the United Nations Finance ...