Green bonds

Euro GSSS Bond Market: evolutions, trends and novelties

04 Nov 2022

6 minute read
 
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...

The European Green Bond Standard: a future gold standard for green bond issuance?

30 Nov 2021

10-minute read
 
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...

State of the Green, Social and Sustainable Sovereign Bonds markets, what is next?

30 Nov 2021

15-minute read
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...

Integrating sustainability criteria into central banks’ asset purchasing programs – the Swedish Central Bank as a first mover

13 Jan 2021

3-minute read
 
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...

German sovereign innovates with its Bund’s inaugural green twins

24 Sep 2020

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...

European Commission’s Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy: broader and deeper

30 Apr 2020

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...

From little drops to groundswell, emerging markets bonds on the path to sustainable finance

10 Mar 2020

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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...

Green, Social & Sustainability Bonds Market

02 Mar 2020

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...

Christine Lagarde sees climate change as “mission critical” for the ECB and opens the door to EU taxonomy-based asset purchases programs

11 Sep 2019

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...

“Green & Sustainable Finance: what’s next?”

01 Jul 2019

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...

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