by Amruth Sundarkumar | Sep 19, 2022 | Corporates, ESG Bonds
The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), an international organization that certifies use-of-proceeds bonds has launched a consultation exercise to expand certification for sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs). SLB’s differ from green, social and sustainability bonds...
by Amruth Sundarkumar | Mar 15, 2022 | ESG Bonds
With the growing interest among investors and professionals in ESG bonds – green bonds, social bonds, sustainable bonds and sustainability-linked bonds – BondEvalue has now enriched its data to include key ESG metrics for ESG bonds on the BondEvalue App....
by Amruth Sundarkumar | Mar 15, 2022 | Bond Market Basics - Educational, ESG Bonds
What are ESG Bonds and Why ESG? ESG bonds are debt instruments used by issuers to raise money for a positive Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) impact. The first such bond was issued by European Investment Bank in 2007 and the market has only grown since then....
by Amruth Sundarkumar | Jul 15, 2021 | ESG Bonds
Fitch in an update noted that US corporate issuance of green, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds/loans could accelerate if the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 becomes a law. The Act was a legislation passed by the US House in June focusing on...
by Amruth Sundarkumar | Jun 28, 2021 | ESG Bonds
ESG bond funds received investor inflows of $54bn in the first five months of 2021, despite increasing “greenwashing” concerns as per Morningstar data. This compares to 2020’s full year inflows of $68bn. Total AUM increased 14% to $374bn between January...
by Amruth Sundarkumar | Jun 24, 2021 | ESG Bonds
The first half of 2021 is set to see global green bond issuance exceed 2020’s full year volume, set for an annual record for the year. Refinitiv data shows that the number of green bonds issued has more than doubled to 605 in 2021 so far vs. 293 in H1 2020, and...
