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Helping to create the UK’s first green gilt
Structuring a new type of UK sovereign bond to help finance the move to net zero
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COP26: Finance, Governance and Sustainability
Held in partnership with the University of Glasgow, this event featured two panel discussions focusing on issues which are central to the ongoing development of sustainable finance in the UK: green bonds, and fiduciary duty and sustainable investment.
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Green+ Bonds: Delivering Climate Action with Social Renewal
As part of the “All4Climate – Italy 2021” programme and co-hosted with Social Impact Agenda per l’Italia, this event explored how innovative green bonds that associate financing for climate action with social benefits can be mobilised to finance a just transition to net-zero.
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The Utility and Impact of Second-Party Opinion Documents in Issuing Thematic Bonds
Second-Party Opinions (SPOs) have an important role in debt capital markets transactions – that of providing reassurance of the issuance’s sustainability credential and mitigating the risk of greenwashing. In the world of green and sustainability linked bonds, SPOs are increasingly a requirement.
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Green gilt supported by Impact Investing Institute receives Climate Bonds Initiative award
The UK’s inaugural green gilt issuance, which was supported by the Impact Investing Institute, has been honoured by the Climate Bonds Initiative with their Largest Green Sovereign Bond and the Sovereign Green Market Pioneer awards.
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The Green+ Bond: How EU Sovereign and Corporate Issuers could deliver Green Sovereign Bonds with Social Co-Benefits
Our paper, “The Green+ Bond: How EU Sovereign and Corporate Issuers could deliver Green Sovereign Bonds with Social Co-Benefits”, co-authored with the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute, emphasises the strategic potential for a green sovereign bond with well-defined social and economic benefits to support the European Commission’s new Strategy for “financing the transition to a sustainable economy.”
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The UK’s Green Gilt: Demonstrating the Contribution to Jobs and Levelling Up
A working paper on the UK’s Green Gilt: Demonstrating the Contribution to Jobs and Levelling Up, co-authored with the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute.
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Press release: We welcome the publication of the UK government’s Green Financing Framework and its commitment to report on the social co-benefits such as job creation and support to SMEs.
The Impact Investing Institute welcomes today’s announcement that the UK’s new green bond framework will include the reporting of social co-benefits, in addition to the environmental impact of green bond expenditure.
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Impact Investing Institute to act as Secretariat for the UK government’s new Stakeholder Discussion Forum on green finance
The Impact Investing Institute is delighted to be a founding member and act as Secretariat for the UK Treasury and Debt Management Office’s new Stakeholder Discussion Forum on green finance.
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Press release: UK government announces Sovereign Green Bond
The Impact Investing Institute, the Green Finance Institute and the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment are delighted to welcome the UK government’s announcement to issue a Sovereign Green Bond.
