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Green Bond Sales Expected to Grow By 30% in 2023

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 by Jessica Hunt

According to a credit research note from Barclays, corporate ESG bond issuance dropped to $362 billion last year from $461 billion the previous year. The lender estimates that this year, ESG bond sales will increase by 30% due primarily to the sale of green bonds.

Banking Industry Should Address Climate Risk, Report Says

July 17, 2014July 16, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The banking industry has not successfully integrated climate change risk into its long-term strategic planning, or understood the implications for its business operations, according to a report by Boston Common Asset Management. The report, Financing Climate Change: Carbon Risk in the Banking Sector, warns investors may unwittingly be investing in ... Read more »

Microsoft, BMW Among Top Supply Chain Climate Performers

January 21, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

Air France, BMW, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft are among 79 companies leading in climate change performance, according to a new evaluation and benchmarking tool created for CDP supply chain members and suppliers. The Supplier Climate Performance Leadership Index, which was compiled by environmental consulting and software firm FirstCarbon Solutions on behalf of ... Read more »

Investors to Unilever, General Mills, 38 Other Companies: Adopt Sustainable Palm Oil Policies

December 5, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Unilever, Kellogg, Dunkin Donuts and General Mills are among the companies facing pressure from investors to adopt policies that would ensure palm oil development does not contribute to deforestation, development on peatlands, or human rights violations. In an effort coordinated by Green Century Capital Management, a coalition of institutional investors ... Read more »

Barclays, MSCI Launch ESG Indices

June 12, 2013June 12, 2013 by Leon Walker

Financial services providers Barclays and MSCI have released three categories of environmental, social & governance (ESG) fixed income indices, which the companies say are the first fixed income performance benchmark indices based primarily on ESG factors. The Barclays MSCI ESG Fixed Income Indices are made up of more than 500 ... Read more »

BA to Purchase $500m of Waste-Sourced Jet Fuel

December 5, 2012 by Leon Walker

British Airways has committed to purchasing, at market prices, low-carbon jet fuel produced by the GreenSky London waste-to-fuel plant. The contract is worth $500 million over ten years, at today’s prices. The GreenSky London project will see the construction of a facility that will annually convert about 500,000 metric tons ... Read more »

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