Renewable Energy World

JUNE 29, 2021

Between 2015 and 2018, emerging markets accounted for an increasingly larger share of this investment, yet high-income economies have accounted for the majority since 2018. What is the potential of green bonds to address this imbalance?

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 6, 2023

6 – When the city of Atlanta issued $370 million of what it called “social bonds” in December 2022, the sale’s. Paul, bond issuers are steering muni markets toward racial equity appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec. The post From Atlanta to St.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 28, 2024

The post How a $75 million ‘basket bond’ is catalyzing climate lending to small businesses in emerging markets appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Local and community lenders in the US have been preparing for a windfall of financing from the federal government to support communities—particularly underinvested.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha has partnered with HIP Investor to highlight upcoming bond issues with social and/or environmental significance. The post University of Hawaii campus turns to bond markets to finance affordable student housing appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Disclaimer: Nothing in this post or on.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

9 – Municipal bonds have been called the original impact investments, the source of much needed capital for highways, bridges, schools and. The post Munis 101: Players, capital flows and mechanics in the $4 trillion municipal-bond market appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Feb.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

ImpactAlpha, November 1 — Citi has issued a $1 billion bond to advance social impact in emerging markets. Proceeds from the bond will. The post Citi issues $1 billion social finance bond for emerging markets appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 11, 2023

11 – A community’s racial makeup, irrespective of economic variables, affects its cost of capital in the $4 trillion US municipal bond. The post Mispriced risks in bond markets mean Black communities pay more for climate resilience appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Oct.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

SEB revises its predictions for sustainable bond market upwards, after stellar results in first quarter of the year. Analysts expect the sustainable bond market to exceed $1tr this year as corporates and governments raise capital to help accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Climate Bonds Initiative lifts its projections for global green bond market this year to over $500bn following strong start to the year. Issuance of green debt bonds grew in the first half of the year, reaching a new record for half-year results of $227.8bn, more than double the $91.6bn reached in the first half of 2020.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 12, 2022

12 – Municipal bond issues are down 17% this year compared to 2021 as interest rates have spiked, according to SIFMA. The post Cities embrace ESG in muni bonds even as overall market dips appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 24, 2023

The post The Brief: Financing fintechs in emerging markets, green earth impact fund, plant-based home goods, data centers in Africa, cultural impact bonds appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Catch ImpactAlpha’s David Bank at Neighborhood Economics this week in Jackson, Miss. Dennis Price is.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 1, 2023

29 – In October 2021, a paper manufacturer in Kalamazoo, Michigan, issued $100 million of what it called “green bonds” through. The post The winding road to ESG standards in the municipal bond market appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Feb.

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GreenBiz

JULY 21, 2023

2023 is poised to be a record year for the booming green bonds market, according to a new Linklaters analysis.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

Google parent company makes ESG-focused bonds the centre piece of giant $10bn bond sale that secured record low borrowing costs. Google parent company Alphabet yesterday issued a massive $5.75bn in sustainability bonds, marking the largest sustainability or green bond issuance executed by any company.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 23, 2020

Countries and corporations are tapping a growing corner of the $100 trillion global bond market with designated ‘social’ and ‘sustainability’ bonds. The post Countries and companies tap fixed-income market with ‘social bonds’ for COVID relief appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Can bond banks help? The post The Brief: Bond banks vs. the Black Tax, Quona’s financial inclusion, Norwegian offshore wind, electric buses in emerging markets, finance day at COP27 appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Muni Impact Many small cities pay a ‘Black Tax.’ An old idea is finding.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 21, 2023

The post With gender bonds, Pro Mujer puts Argentina’s capital markets to work for female entrepreneurs appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Aug. 21 – The amounts are small, but the implications could be profound. When micro lender Pro Mujer earlier this year distributed.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 8, 2023

The post How ‘racial equity audits’ of underwriters could mitigate risks in municipal bond markets appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Jun. 8 – Sunlight is often the best disinfectant. In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in 2020, a simple tool.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

One silver lining of this horrific moment is the rise of loans, bonds and other financial instruments linked to sustainability outcomes. Pandemic bonds join a growing list of sustainability-linked financial instruments that have been gaining the attention of investors worldwide. There are, no doubt, other flavors, with more to come.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 29, 2021

Featured: Capitalism Reimagined Social enterprises provide models for stakeholder capitalism in emerging markets. The post The Brief: Stakeholder capitalism in emerging markets, inclusive climate transition, barbershop tech, virtual learning, green bonds or greenwashing? Social entrepreneurs in Asia, Africa and.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The post Finding the opportunities in (and the problems with) the municipal bond market appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins Host Monique Aiken to to share some takeaways from this week’s Agents of Impact Call on the steps that.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

VIDEO: Climate Bonds Initiative's Sean Kidney, LaFargeHolcim's Nicolas Vaniet, MSCI's Elisabeth Seep, and Ben Caldecott of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme discuss the trends, challenges and potential of the rapidly evolving green bonds market. What part can the government play in this market?

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 4, 2021

Europe is leading the acceleration in green bond issues, while China and the U.S. are the most active markets.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Latest data from Climate Bonds Market Intelligence shows labelled sustainable debt market topped $1.2tr last year. The analyst outfit yesterday confirmed that the green bond market continued to accelerate last year, topping half a trillion dollars for the first time with $517.4bn of issuances.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 15, 2021

The post The Brief: Sustainability-linked debt, racial equity bond, Indian agtech, electric aviation, carbon market expansion in Europe and China appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Featured: Sustainability-Linked Sustainability-linked debt is giving more companies incentives to do the right things. Greece’s largest power utility put.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

HSBC and IFC tout sizeable fund raise as evidence of investor appetite in funding net zero transition in emerging markets. and Danish pension fund Lærernes Pension are among the 10 investors that backed the bond fund, HSBC and IFC revealed yesterday.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2020

$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. Giulio Baratta, Enel's EMEA head of DCM corporates, said the success of the issue highlighted the financial markets' appetite for the clean energy transition.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2020

After tough start to 2020 due to pandemic global green bond issuance rallied in the second quarter of 2020, says Moody's. Unlike in the first quarter when volumes fell significantly in March, green bond volumes remained steady throughout the second quarter, ranging between $15 billion and $17 billion each month," it explained.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Influential agency predicts 24 per cent growth for green bonds market this year, as greater clarity from governments and regulators drives investment. Green, social, and sustainability bond issuances could be set to jump 24 per cent to a record $400bn in 2020, according to a forecast from credit ratings giant Moody's.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 12, 2021

The post The Brief: Catalyzing infrastructure in Africa, farmers’ access to markets, Amazon’s sustainability bond, affordable student housing, shaping impact capital appeared first on Impact Alpha. Featured: Catalytic Capital Acre Impact Capital bridges a financing gap to catalyze capital for infrastructure in Africa.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The post The Brief: Soil-carbon markets, edtech startups, reduce and recycle, expanding EV charging, Goldman’s sustainability bond, pay for success appeared first on Impact Alpha. Agents of Impact Call No. 27: Opportunities at the intersection of gender and climate. GenderSmart’s Suzanne Biegel joins ImpactAlpha’s.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 26, 2024

USD 177 million) via the ASEAN Green Bond program. The EDC board has approved the public offering, issuance, and listing of the bonds pending the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp. But for this ASEAN green bond, we still still finalize allocation which it will fund.”

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 12, 2021

The post The Brief: Making the case (podcast), career impact bonds, financial innovation and climate investment in emerging markets, de-risking college tuition appeared first on Impact Alpha. Make sure to add these ImpactAlpha partner events to your calendar: Island Finance Forum. Prime ministers Gaston Browne of.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Two separate reports reveal solid third quarter growth means global green bond market is set to break the $200bn mark.

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PV Tech

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Solar financiers need to be more dynamic and flexible, according to panellists at Solar Media’s Solar Finance & Investment Europe event.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 15, 2023

15 – The $4 trillion muni market is so big that small movements in the pricing of bonds can mean shifts of. The post The arbitrage opportunity in high-impact municipal bonds (video) appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec.

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Climate-KIC

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Green bonds, seen as a key way to fund low-carbon projects, have been subject to extraordinary global growth since they were first issued in 2007. A new European Commission study released on Friday (2 December) says the issuance of green bonds globally has risen from $2.6 billion during 2012 to $74.3 billion in 2016 so […].

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