March 2020

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...

Mexico’s SDG Bond Framework: a two-fold eligibility and unique governance

02 Mar 2020

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The Federal Government of Mexico released on February 21 its “SDG Sovereign Bond Framework”. It has mandated BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB and Natixis (who acted as Sole SD...

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...

ECBC to set minimum standards for Energy Efficiency Covered Bonds

26 Feb 2020

According to Environmental Finance, the European Covered Bond Council (ECBC) is currently working on market initiatives which will set minimum standards for Covered Bond issuances to be eligible fo...

BP sets ambition for net zero emissions by 2050

26 Feb 2020

Following the appointment of Bernard Looney appointment as its new CEO, BP has joined the league of other oil companies with bold climate action ambitions. Its “net zero ambition” released on Febr...

EU Taxonomy - reminder on who, what and when

26 Feb 2020

Following the political agreement  last December between the European Parliament and the Council, the Regulation on “the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment”, the so-c...

Aviation’s climate footprint, investors' wake-up call to action

26 Feb 2020

The aviation industry has been under growing scrutiny from public opinion because of the carbon footprint of its operations which grew globally at an annual rate of 2.8% between 2008 and 2018 acco...

Rising risk on the financing of fossil fuels?

04 Feb 2020

COP 25’s failure to have the World’s major economies revise upwards their CO2 emissions reduction targets filled in Paris in 2015 at the COP21 (see Morning line issue of 05/12/2019: Deciphering th...

European Green Deal: Putting words into action

04 Feb 2020

On the occasion of the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Ursula von der Leyen showcased the Green Deal announced last month by the European Commission, stating that it constituted the European ...

Taking a deep dive in IEA’s 2019 World Energy Outlook

14 Jan 2020

 
As we highlighted in a recent focus (see Deciphering the daunting challenges of COP25), the main underlying goal of the ongoing COP25 summit in Madrid is to have the world’s main economies indiv...

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