A brief guide to understanding what climate bonds are and why they are important. What is a green bond and is it the same as a Climate Bond? A green bond is where the proceeds are allocated to environmental projects. The…
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Sustainable investing has gained significant momentum in recent years as a way for companies to demonstrate corporate social responsibility in the community by meeting a wide range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives. Increasingly, issuers are also finding that they…
Once upon a time, investors would focus single-mindedly on getting the highest financial return, leaving social justice and the environment by the wayside. But the winds are changing fast: the climate crisis is exposing the financial sector to greater risks,…
Sustainability-linked bonds grow Green bonds remain “the largest class of ESG-linked financing,” according to the Climate Bonds Initiative, with more than $1 trillion outstanding in January 2021. However, activity in the separate but related sustainability-linked bond market is growing, too,…
Green bonds are fixed-income securities whose proceeds are used to finance eligible new or existing green projects, e.g. projects to combat pollution, climate change or the depletion of biodiversity and natural resources. They are asset-backed or asset-linked, and issuers must…
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) points out that driving an energy transformation based on renewables is an opportunity to meet international climate targets. At the same time, economic growth is promoted, millions of jobs are created and human welfare…
Currently in Guatemala, the government’s energy policy aims to diversify and reverse, in favor of renewable energies, the country’s energy matrix, which currently depends mainly on polluting technologies. This is quite encouraging, since Guatemala has an enormous potential for renewable…
The health, economic and humanitarian crisis we have faced in recent months has taught us valuable lessons; the covid-19 pandemic showed us that the challenges we face cannot be overcome in isolation. The coordination between the government, the international community,…