Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • Proposed green bond standard to 'safeguard' market growth

    18 June 2019

    The proposed EU green bond standard (EU GBS), released today, will 'safeguard' the growth of the green bond market by creating common and safe ground for issuance, delegates at Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income 2019 conference were told.

  • Bond round-up: SGP, ESB, EIB, and more...

    05 June 2019

    California's State Treasurer has called for the state to become a model issuer of green bonds, by setting stringent requirements to ensure that "green bonds marketed to investors truly are green".

  • Pimco sees little impact on returns from ESG bias in developed markets

    05 June 2019

    Returns from Pimco's global bond funds which focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, (LINK) have been very similar to those from their traditional counterparts, said Andrew Balls, the company's CIO, global fixed income.

  • Airlines confirm commitment to carbon trading

    03 June 2019

    International airlines have re-confirmed their support for the emissions trading programme that aims to ensure no increase in carbon emissions from the sector after 2020.

  • EIB partners with big name investors on clean energy fund

    29 May 2019

    A €100 million ($111 million) investment fund that aims "to bring radically new clean energy technologies to the market" has been launched by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and a private venture chaired by Bill Gates.

  • Bonds round-up: KfW, Nordea, Indiana Finance Authority, Entra ASA, Atrium Ljungberg and more...

    29 May 2019

    The German development bank has now issued 23 green bonds, from which it has raised almost $21 billion.

  • Bonds round-up: TenneT, Philips, NWB, LBBW, Avangrid and more...

    22 May 2019

    SFIL, a state-owned lender to French local authorities, has issued a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) social bond, following a similar transaction by its Caffil subsidiary in February 2019.

  • Coal utilities boosted by €16bn since Paris Agreement, say NGOs

    21 May 2019

    Eight financial institutions have given Europe's 'most polluting utilities' almost €16 billion ($17 billion) in support since the Paris Agreement was signed in December 2015, a new briefing by NGO Europe Beyond Coal has found.

  • Democrats call for up to $50bn of sovereign US green bonds for new bank

    20 May 2019

    Several Democrat senators are calling on the US Treasury to issue $10 billion of green bonds to set up a federal green bank.

  • Almost all ‘responsible' investors looking to increase impact, says KBI

    20 May 2019

    Some 94% of institutions in KBI Global Investors’ universe of ‘responsible’ equity investors aim to increase their allocation to impact investments over the next 1-3 years.