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  • IIGCC unveils TCFD-style guidance to boost private equity climate action

    16 May 2023

    Guidance for private equity investors on how to measure progress towards achieving 'net zero' greenhouse gas emissions has been published.

  • Infrastructure projects must grasp low-carbon opportunity

    08 May 2018

    Infrastructure project developers face an urgent choice: benefit from low-carbon opportunities, or lock cities into decades-long dependence on fossil fuels, writes Peter Ellsworth

  • Green bond comment, January 2018: What has the green bond market ever done for us?

    08 February 2018

    In the classic film Monty Python's Life of Brian, a group plotting to overthrow the Roman Empire ask: 'What have the Romans ever done for us?'

  • The importance of green bonds to investors

    30 October 2017

    In a transcript of his speech at Green Bonds Americas, Ceres' Peter Ellsworth explains why investors value green bonds and explains what different actors can do grow the market

  • A response to the article: 50 Shades of green bonds - and 50 ways of assessing them

    09 January 2017

    A recent feature in Environmental Finance explored the growing number of tools open to investors to help them judge the green credentials of green bonds. In this piece, Peter Ellsworth suggests five essential resources for cutting through the confusion.

  • US companies commit to reduce GHG emissions - why not issue green bonds?

    31 August 2015

    A growing number of companies are taking strides to address their carbon footprint. Could issuing green bonds be the next step, asks Peter Ellsworth

  • Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting

    01 July 2015

    Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports

  • The evolution of green bond standards

    24 April 2015

    As the green bonds market gains support from investors, issuers and underwriters, key questions are being asked. One of the most frequent and important is: "when and how will a green bond standard emerge and be accepted?"