Een brede alliantie van partijen maakt vandaag bekend de handen ineen te slaan om werknemers die kanker hebben (gehad) te ondersteunen bij een snellere, succesvolle terugkeer naar werk. Het gaat om verzekeraar De Amersfoortse, arbodienst ArboNed, re-integratiebureau Re-turn, het ABN […]
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Global green bond deals will top the $100 billion mark on Thursday and hit a new record, putting them on track to reach $130 billion by the end of the year, data from the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) showed. Issuance […]
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De NWB Bank heeft voor de tweede keer een Waterobligatie (Green Bond) in US dollars uitgegeven. Dit keer gaat het om een 4-jaars benchmark Water Bond ter grootte van USD 500 miljoen. In totaal is het de zesde Waterobligatie die […]
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Barclays PLC has today successfully priced and issued a 0.625% Euros500m green bond. This is a first for the UK market, as it represents the first green bond issued by a UK bank, using UK assets. The transaction was well received, attracting a final order book of Euros1.85bn. Barclays will allocate […]
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Closing the gap between existing and necessary climate finance: innovative climate finance for developing countries by a cooperation of MDBs, central banks and the private sector. To meet the 1.5°C limit agreed in December 2015 in Paris it is necessary […]
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More entities are looking to green bonds to fund sustainable projects, and demand from investors is keeping pace. The upshot: Returns keep pace as well. Companies, municipalities and countries are getting serious about building a low-carbon future, and they’re increasingly […]
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During UNGA week Convergence and the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution launched the report Impact Bonds in Developing Countries: Early learnings from the field. As of August 1, 2017, there were nearly 90 impact bonds contracted in […]
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Met de aankoop van een obligatie van de maker van elektrische auto’s Tesla lijk je als belegger heel duurzaam bezig te zijn. Maar is dat wel zo? Want je hebt geen idee wat de daadwerkelijke impact op de CO2-uitstoot is. […]
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Innogy heeft succesvol de eerste Duitse Corporate Green Bond in benchmarkgrootte geplaatst. Innogy’s inaugurale Green Bond is een rentedragende security, waarvan de uitgifte wordt gebruikt om duurzame projecten te herfinancieren. Het Green Bond Framework opgericht door innogy omvat hernieuwbare en […]
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Corporate finance is evolving. Top management teams and senior company executives are under growing pressure to adopt management practices and investment choices that are both socially responsible and financially rewarding. These objectives can sometimes be at odds with each other. […]
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HSBC and the Climate Bonds Initiative have launched the 6th annual ‘Bonds and Climate Change: the State of the Market in 2017’ report at the HSBC Sustainable Finance and Investing Responsibly Briefing on the first day of Climate Week NYC. Commissioned by HSBC and […]
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Evidence is mounting that bonds that finance environmental projects perform better than conventional ones, HSBC Holdings Plc said in a report. The U.K.’s largest bank said green bonds are trading closer to benchmarks than regular debt issued by the same entity, particularly […]
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