Green bonds

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Euro GSSS (Green, Social, Sustainability and Sustainability-linked) issuances, all type of issuers combined, reached EUR 255 bn by the end of September. This represents a 17% decre...

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On 6 July 2021, the European Commission unveiled its Proposal for a Regulation on the European Green Bond Standard (EU GBS). Most of its requirements follow market practices. To b...

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OVERVIEW
While many countries have beefed-up their NDCs at the COP26, the Green, Social and Sustainable (GSS) Sovereign Bonds Market has exceeded $200bn in cumulative issuances in 20...

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The Swedish Central will reportedly purchase more green bonds in its asset purchasing programs. At the end of last year, Sweden’s Central Bank (the “Riksbank”) announced its intent...

The massive investors’ appetite for Green Bonds was once again illustrated with the German Federal government inaugural Green Bond issuance. The EUR6.5 bn German sovereign Green Bond transaction l...

The European Union has not shown any slack in its drive for a more sustainable financial system in spite of the Covid-19-related crisis. In the search for solutions and new regulatory measures th...

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The global issuance of green bonds is expected to soar to USD 300 billion in 2020 according to Moody’s market intelligence estimate (available here), while the Climate Bonds In...

Our active coverage universe is focused on Green bonds issuances above USD 200m outstanding which meet the minimal requirement to be, in our mind, called "green bonds", that is to say: targeted us...

Climate change was extensively discussed during C. Lagarde’s nomination hearing 
Climate change emerged as an influential topic during the public hearing of Ms. Christine Lagarde by the European...

ESG is becoming asset class agnostic, sustainability themed and impact investing are on rise. We questioned investors on the fast development of green and sustainable finance, to sense their expect...