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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
The Climate Bonds Initiative will release the updated Climate Bonds Standards v2.0 later this month. The updated standards will make independent reviews of green bonds simpler and are currently out for public consultation, said Rob Fowler, a part of ...

Climate Bonds Initiative gain insurance body partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... 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 Initiative and ...

Green bond issuance hits US$36.6 billion for 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... green bonds, and bonds issued in six currencies. Corporate issuance of green bonds emerged in 2014 - the Climate Bond Initiative cited the example of Toyota, which issued a US$1.75 billion green asset-backed bond in the first quarter of 2014. "This bond ...

Barclays, MSCI launch green bond index series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... sub-indices that are segmented out by currency, maturity, sector, and use of proceeds. "According to the Climate Bond Initiative, around US$30-40bn of green bonds will be issued this year, increasing to around US$100bn next year," said Brian Upbin, head ...

US$9.2 billion in green bonds issued in Q3 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Stanley, BNPPAR is BNP Paribas, GS is Goldmans Sachs, Barc is Barclays, Rabo is Rabobank. Graphic courtesy of Climate Bond Initiative A total of US$32 billion of green climate bonds have been issued in the first three quarters of 2014. Climate Bonds ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... bonds is US$502.6 billion and the universe of labelled green bonds is US$38.8 billion, according to the Climate Bond Initiative's 2014 market report. Bridget Boulle, programme manager, Climate Bond Initiative According to Bonds and Climate Change: the ...

Barclays, MSCI to launch Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... for Green Bond classification," said Remy Briand, managing director and head of MSCI ESG Research. The Climate Bond Initiative has predicted that US$30-40 billion of green bonds will be issued in 2014, with around US$100 billion will be issued in 2015 ...

Solactive develops Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... index's universe is comprised of fixed income securities that are categorized as green bonds, as per the Climate Bond Initiative's definition. All bonds have an amount outstanding of at least US$100 million and a minimum remaining time to maturity of ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... look at those three things, there is an opportunity there." The Climate Bond Standard, developed by the Climate Bond Initiative, is a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of a low carbon economy. Earlier this month, the ...