Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • Corporate issuer launches third asset-backed green bond

    29 April 2016

    An established green bond issuer is returning to the market with its third asset-backed issue (ABS), which could reach $1.6 billion.

  • Green bonds have more impact than estimated, says KfW

    26 April 2016

    The two green bonds issued by German development bank KfW in 2014 had significantly more environmental and social impact than previously estimated, the bank has revealed.

  • Investors eye €1bn for European energy efficiency projects

    25 April 2016

    A network of investors is being put together to help channel more than €1 billion ($1.1 billion) to energy efficiency projects in the European property sector.

  • ESG momentum is better indicator of return than absolute scores, says investor

    25 April 2016

    Incremental changes in companies' performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are a better indicator of future investment performance than absolute scores, says Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners (NN IP).

  • Green bond supply still falling short of demand, says major bank

    20 April 2016

    Demand for green bonds continues to outstrip supply, despite a record first quarter for new issues, said a leading European bank in a research note on the market.

  • GRI releases first sustainability reporting standards

    19 April 2016

    The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has made its first set of sustainability reporting standards available for public comment. They comprise three standards that are applicable to all organisations and three topic-specific standards covering emissions, indirect economic impacts and public policy.

  • S&P Dow Jones launches first 'smart ESG' indexes

    19 April 2016

    S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched what it claims is the first index family to isolate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues as a 'smart beta' performance factor.

  • More banks and corporates endorse World Bank's carbon pricing coalition

    19 April 2016

    Several more banks, industrial groups and national governments have signed up to join the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) which was launched at the Paris Climate Summit in December.

  • S&P expects sharp rise in issuance and price advantages for corporate green bonds

    18 April 2016

    Corporate issuance of green bonds is likely to soar this year and, over time, there could be pricing advantages for issuers, according to research by ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P).

  • IFC buys up INR 5bn green housing bond

    18 April 2016

    India's Punjab National Bank Housing Finance (PNBHF) has issued INR5 billion ($75.8 million) of green bonds, all of which have been bought by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).