Essays about: "Climate Bond Initiative"

Found 5 essays containing the words Climate Bond Initiative.

  1. 1. Corporate Sustainability-Linked Bonds and the Climate Transition Investigating the Link Between Science-Based Targets and Greenhouse Gas-Related Sustainability-Linked Bonds

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hampus Bergqvist; Hannes Sennevall von Kramer; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : Sustainability-linked bonds SLBs ; Sustainability-linked bond principles SLBPs ; Sustainability performance targets SPTs ; Key performance indicators KPIs ; Second-party opinion SPO ; Greenhouse gas GHG ; Science Based Targets initiative SBTi ; Science-based target; Climate transition; Paris Agreement; Greenwashing;

    Abstract : We examine sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), a novel phenomenon in the sustainable debt market that has grown substantially during the last years. SLBs are a new type of bond format, distinguished from other sustainable labelled bonds, providing the potential to contribute to the climate transition as proceeds can be used for general corporate purposes while key performance indicators and sustainability performance targets (SPTs) are incorporated into the bond. READ MORE

  3. 2. Green Debt Financing : Examining Investors’ Reactions to Green Bond Announcements in Europe

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lena Hussmann; Filip Simonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Green Bond; ESG; Socially Responsible Investments; Climate Bond Initiative; European Green Bond Market; Signalling Theory;

    Abstract : This paper examines what effects announcements of green bond issuances have on publicly traded firms’ stock prices in Europe. Signalling theory is used in line with suggestions from previous research to investigate potential abnormal returns. READ MORE

  4. 3. Green Bond Pricing: The Greenium and the Effect of Certification

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Ludwig Tarnow; Lennart Breeschoten; [2022]
    Keywords : Corporate green bonds; Green Premium; ESG; Sustainable Finance;

    Abstract : We study green bonds, whose proceeds finance climate-friendly projects. After an overview of the rapid development of the global green bond market, we study pricing differences between green and nongreen bonds in the secondary corporate bond market. READ MORE

  5. 4. Financing Low - Carbon Materials Through Green Bonds : Proposing Criteria and Benchmarks for Green Bonds in the Aluminium Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Stefanie Berendsen; [2019]
    Keywords : Climate finance - Green bonds – Low-Carbon Materials – Green Bond Criteria – Aluminium Production; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Reducing emissions in the basic materials sector, which account for 25% of the global greenhouse gas emissions is a pressing climate mitigation task. Investments into decarbonising this sector are critical and therefore raising capital though climate finance is gaining attention. READ MORE

  6. 5. Creating Change? – Understandings among the Smart Civil Society Organizations Initiative

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Maike Buhr; [2011]
    Keywords : Future Scenarios; Environmental Discourses; System Thinking; Great Transition; Ecological Modernization; Agents of Change; Civil Society Organizations; Sustainability; Future Visions; Sustainable Alternatives; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Facing interdependent, systemic problems such as resource depletion and climate change, recent civil society organizations’ (CSOs) strategies seem to address only parts of the current challenges the world faces. Different and partly new modes of learning, organization and innovation are emerging on the agenda of several CSOs operating in the field of sustainability. READ MORE