Archive

  • Stephanie Sfakianos to leave BNP Paribas

    15 May 2019

    Stephanie Sfakianos, head of sustainable capital markets, will depart from BNP Paribas.

  • Green bond comment, March 2019: What role should green bonds play in the energy transition?

    06 March 2019

    Italian oil and gas distribution firm Snam recently issued a 'climate action bond' that divided opinion.

  • Snam's bond should trigger a discussion about 'transition bonds', says BNP

    01 March 2019

    An underwriter of Snam's 'climate action bond' has launched an impassioned defence of the issue, arguing that issues such as this are needed to help companies from high-emitting sectors to transition to lower-carbon business models.

  • Paris rail project plans €31.5bn green bond programme

    22 October 2018

    The French state-owned company developing a rail project in Paris has laid out plans for a mammoth green bond issuance programme worth as much as €31.5 billion ($36 billion).

  • ‘Misunderstood’ EU sustainability taxonomy is not straitjacket, says EIB

    01 October 2018

    The European Commission’s proposed taxonomy on sustainability activities should not be misconstrued as an effort to impose a straitjacket on the market, according to a director at the European Investment Bank (EIB).

  • Green mortgage pilot scheme receives backing of major banks

    15 June 2018

    A pilot green mortgage scheme, backed by major European banks, aims to boost the growth of energy efficient buildings in Europe by establishing a standardised European framework and data gathering process.

  • On the search for sovereigns

    05 January 2018

    The next growth spurt for the green bond market could come from sovereigns, reports Michael Hurley

  • Wanted: UK green bond issuers

    24 July 2017

    As the green bond market continues to break records and investors call for more supply, Hamza Ali asks why there hasn't been more issuance out of the UK

  • UNFCCC mulls green bonds to help refinance CDM

    08 May 2017

    The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has tabled plans to launch a green bond-based refinancing facility for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

  • Green bond market doubles to $84bn

    02 December 2016

    Green bond issuance has doubled last year's total to reach a record breaking $84 billion, thanks in part to a giant green bond issued by China's Bank of Communications (BoCom), Environmental Finance can reveal.