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Green Bonds

Tesco issues €750m bond linked to science-based climate goals
Tesco issues €750m bond linked to science-based climate goals

Retailer issues its first sustainability-linked bond aimed at supporting efforts to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions

  • Investment
  • 21 January 2021
Rishi Sunak: UK to issue first green bond and require firms to disclose climate risk
Rishi Sunak: UK to issue first green bond and require firms to disclose climate risk

Chancellor unveils raft of green finance plans, including green taxonomy proposals and mandatory climate risk disclosure rules for listed companies

  • Investment
  • 09 November 2020
Just Group becomes first UK insurer to issue a green bond
Just Group becomes first UK insurer to issue a green bond

Insurer says bond issuance will enable investment in green buildings, renewable energy, and clean transportation projects

  • Investment
  • 16 October 2020
UK's first local government green bond raises £1m for West Berkshire District Council
UK's first local government green bond raises £1m for West Berkshire District Council

New funds to help deliver solar arrays, LED traffic lights, cycleways, and nature protection projects

  • Investment
  • 14 October 2020
Investors pounce on sterling market's maiden sustainability-linked bond
Investors pounce on sterling market's maiden sustainability-linked bond

$500m sustainability-linked bond released by Enel sees nearly $3bn of orders, as PepsiCo reveals how it is to spend proceeds of $1bn green bond issued last year

  • Investment
  • 14 October 2020
Investors managing £10tr urge UK government to issue maiden green bond
Investors managing £10tr urge UK government to issue maiden green bond

BlackRock, NatWest, Barclays and Schroders among firms urging government to issue sovereign bond ring-fenced for green projects in wake of Covid-19 downturn

  • Investment
  • 08 October 2020
Oxford University announces first professorship in sustainable finance
Oxford University announces first professorship in sustainable finance

The senior post is created as part of a five-year partnership with Swiss investment firm Lombard Odier, the university said

  • Investment
  • 10 September 2020
'Significant game-changer': How Transition Bonds could help heavy industries clean up their act
'Significant game-changer': How Transition Bonds could help heavy industries clean up their act

New report from Climate Bonds Initiative and Credit Suisse proposes new standards for emerging Transition Bonds category

  • Investment
  • 09 September 2020
Council-issued green bond enables residents to invest in solar farm
Council-issued green bond enables residents to invest in solar farm

Warrington Borough Council's CMI aims to raise £1m, making it the second local authority to launch a green bond via ethical investment platform Abundance

  • Investment
  • 25 August 2020
Global green bond market rallies towards Covid-19 recovery
Global green bond market rallies towards Covid-19 recovery

After tough start to 2020 due to pandemic global green bond issuance rallied in the second quarter of 2020, says Moody's

  • Investment
  • 20 August 2020
Alphabet shakes up sustainability bond market with massive $5.75bn issuance
Alphabet shakes up sustainability bond market with massive $5.75bn issuance

Google parent company makes ESG-focused bonds the centre piece of giant $10bn bond sale that secured record low borrowing costs

  • Investment
  • 05 August 2020
West Berkshire Council launches UK's first local government green bond
West Berkshire Council launches UK's first local government green bond

Green bond arranged by Abundance Investment aims to raise £1m from residents to fund solar panels on council buildings

  • Solar
  • 16 July 2020
National investment bank needed to guide 'just transition' in wake of Covid crisis, report argues
National investment bank needed to guide 'just transition' in wake of Covid crisis, report argues

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  • 13 July 2020
Christine Lagarde hints at green bond push from the ECB
Christine Lagarde hints at green bond push from the ECB

'I have children, I have grandchildren. I just don't want to face those beautiful eyes, asking me and others: 'What have you done?''

  • Investment
  • 08 July 2020
Reports: China scraps 'clean coal' from list of projects eligible for green financing
Reports: China scraps 'clean coal' from list of projects eligible for green financing

People's Bank of China intends to move its green financing framework closer to global standards by excluding so-called 'clean coal', according to reports

  • Investment
  • 02 June 2020
How Covid-19 is refocussing sustainable finance
How Covid-19 is refocussing sustainable finance

A broader focus of sustainable finance is needed to support sustainable business models covering both environmental and social elements, argues Constance Chalchat from BNP Paribas CIB

  • Investment
  • 16 April 2020
Could Cadent's first UK 'transition bond' help turbocharge the journey towards net zero?
Could Cadent's first UK 'transition bond' help turbocharge the journey towards net zero?

Gas distributor's issuance marks UK's first transition bond, a nascent asset class aimed at helping high carbon firms shift towards becoming greener

  • Investment
  • 06 March 2020
Moody's predicts green bond market boost
Moody's predicts green bond market boost

Influential agency predicts 24 per cent growth for green bonds market this year, as greater clarity from governments and regulators drives investment

  • Investment
  • 04 February 2020
Green bonds reach record $255bn in 2019 with issuance set to soar in 2020s
Green bonds reach record $255bn in 2019 with issuance set to soar in 2020s

Climate Bonds Initiative forecasts major global growth ahead that could see first $1tr issuance hit in early 2020s

  • Investment
  • 17 January 2020
National Grid tees up €500m green bond
National Grid tees up €500m green bond

Cash will be used to support firm's sustainability efforts

  • Investment
  • 14 January 2020
2019 a breakthrough year for sustainable debt, new figures show
2019 a breakthrough year for sustainable debt, new figures show

Latest BloombergNEF data shows growth in green bond issuances outstripped even the most bullish forecasts, as sustainability-linked loans also made substantial gains

  • Investment
  • 09 January 2020
Swedish airport operator awarded $103m green bond to create 'climate smart' airports
Swedish airport operator awarded $103m green bond to create 'climate smart' airports

Swedavia, which owns and operates 10 airports across Sweden, will use cash injection to make its airports 'carbon neutral' by next year

  • Aviation
  • 10 December 2019
'The time for action is now': Apple issues $2.2bn green bond
'The time for action is now': Apple issues $2.2bn green bond

Tech giant almost doubles its green bond offering as it seeks to accelerate emission reduction efforts

  • Investment
  • 08 November 2019
Moody's: Green bonds exceeding expectations
Moody's: Green bonds exceeding expectations

Ratings agency predicts green bond market to outperform its expectations of $200bn issuances in 2019

  • Investment
  • 08 November 2019
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