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Solar financier to issue certified green ABS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... National Australia Bank will be the sole arranger of the issuance. The notes to be issued are verified to conform with Climate Bonds Standard for Certification under the Solar Criteria and comply with the ICMA Green Bond Principles. The size of the issuance ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) and State Street Global Advisors have joined the Climate Bonds Initiative's Partners Programme. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Partners Programme is designed to support investor and stakeholder ...

Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... also facilitate regional cooperation, including in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Separately, the Climate Bonds Initiative launched the Hong Kong Green Bond Market Briefing 2019, an overview of the Hong Kong market. The briefing found ...

Vietnam a source of green infrastructure projects, pipeline: CBI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has identified 16 green infrastructure projects and a sample pipeline of approximately 40 projects in Vietnam. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative CBI released the Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities ...

Treasurers cite positive impact in green bonds: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... relations and new business lines as a result of issuing green bonds, according to a global survey carried out by the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Green Bond Treasurer Survey 2020 is the first survey to speak ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... of green bonds in Southeast Asia almost doubled to reach US$7.8 billion in 2019, according to research from the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Climate Bonds Initiative, supported by HSBC, launched the ASEAN Green ...

Q&A: Pablo Berrutti, on the launch of the Altiorem research platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... classifying research going grown and changed as it's been applied? Pablo : We have four standards (GRI, SASB, the SDGs and Climate Bonds Initiate), and we developed our own aggregation of those and every single article is tagged with our aggregate version ...

Global green bond market continues to grow, expand: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... jurisdictions will follow, time will tell. It depends on how it's rolled out and also on the taxonomy itself. The Climate Bonds Initiative has had a taxonomy for quite some time, and that has about, depending on the year, a 10-15% uptake. The idea of ...

HESTA names Andrew Major chief risk and compliance officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... capital - and represents HESTA on several Fund Advisory Boards. He has also recently served as a director of the Climate Bonds Standards Board and as co-chair of the UN PRI Infrastructure Advisory Committee.

Genex Power closes $192 million certified green debt funding package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Power has closed a nearly $200 million debt funding package that has been verified as a green loan, certified by the Climate Bonds Standard. Simon Kidston, executive director, Genex Power The $192 million package includes a senior loan facility and structurally ...