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Climate Bonds Initiative analyses bond issuance from second quarter 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... investors. Climate Bonds Initiative notes that green and ESG based mandates are supporting market growth Climate Bond Initiative notes that the QBE Insurance Group Ltd green bond was a part of this statistical sample for the report. "Pax welcomes this ...

DTEK joins the Climate Bond Initiative's Partner Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
DTEK, Ukraine's largest energy group, has joined the Climate Bond Initiative's Partner Program. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The partnership between DTEK and the Climate Bond Initiative will "help develop mechanisms to attract financing ...

Commonwealth Bank issues $650 million climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Australia holds the distinction of being the only country where every climate bond issued is certified by the Climate Bond Initiative, Kidney noted.

NAB raises $500m for first ever gender equality social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... to plug-in sector-specific external validation processes - the WGEA index for the Social Bond, or the Climate Bond Initiative's certification for NAB's green bonds. This will allow NAB to explore other areas of ESG-themed vehicles, as and when appropriate ...

Climate Bonds Standard approves Deloitte France, Deloitte Luxembourg

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... has published several studies on climate change mitigation investment. "Deloitte is thrilled to join the Climate Bond Initiative as an approved verifier," said Julien Rivals, partner and global leader sustainability assurance, Deloitte France. "We believe ...

Climate Bonds Initiative CEO speaks on 2017 green bond market outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... as well as in Australia. He noted that all green bonds issued in Australia had bene certified under the Climate Bond Initiative standards, and also pointed to the innovative collaborative work done between the financial services sector, the sciences ...

Climate Bond Initiative releases climate performance data for buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Climate Bonds Certification will vary according to when the bond is issued and the term of the bond, the Climate Bond Initiative said. "These emissions performance trajectories are an important step for our industry, as Australian building owners and ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian market, and dominated by rail operator Aurizon, while ANZ, NAB and Westpac have all issued Climate Bond Initiative-certified bonds. "It helps in Australia that the [Investor Group on Climate Change] is a board member of the project because ...

Westpac Group issues $500m climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Green Bond issued by the World Bank in April, 2014. Westpac chose to certify its climate bond using the Climate Bond Initiative because it is seen as "best practice" by potential investors, said Siobhan Toohill, Westpac Group head of sustainability. ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... 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 Q4 underwriting deals of $994m dominated by issuances from ...