[Blog] Deep-dive into recent green ABS: Toyota funds EVs & hybrids / WHEEL ABS from Citi & RenewFinancial for home energy efficiency loans / solar ABS from Sunrun

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

  Deep-dive into recent green ABS: Toyota funds EVs & hybrids / WHEEL ABS from Citi & RenewFinancial for home energy efficiency loans / solar ABS from Sunrun Last month Toyota closed their second green bond for a whopping $1.25bn. Standard auto loans backed the issuance with proceeds to be …

[Blog] Report Launch: Climate-aligned bonds universe $597.7bn in 2015! Opportunities for climate-focused investors in transport, energy, building & industry, water, waste & pollution + agriculture & forestry

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

  Report Launch: Climate-aligned bonds universe $597.7bn in 2015! Opportunities for climate-focused investors in transport, energy, building & industry, water, waste & pollution + agriculture & forestry The Climate Bonds Initiative today launches its annual market sizing report ‘Bonds and Climate Change: the state of the market in 2015’. View …

This Fund Sees The Trees—And The Forest

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

How do you profitably invest in a sustainably harvested forest while directing efforts toward clean water protection, flood control, habitat for fish and wildlife, soil building and carbon storage? Industrial timberland is managed solely for the wood in the trees, but Ecotrust Forest Management, based in Portland, Ore., invests by …

Seizing the Global Opportunity: Partnerships for Better Growth and a Better Climate

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Trendspotting

Seizing the Global Opportunity: Partnerships for Better Growth and a Better Climate Content: The 2015 New Climate Economy Report, from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate 2015 is a year of unprecedented opportunity.  This year’s landmark intergovernmental conferences –  the International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis …

OECD Green Growth Newsletter: July 2015 – Issue Twenty-Nine

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Contents ·     Retrospective: o OECD on the Road to #COP 21 – Climate Lecture by the Secretary-General, 3 July 2015. o International Tax Dialogue on Tax and the Environment, 1-3 July 2015. ·     Recent and Forthcoming Publications ·     Save the date: GGKP Webinar – Towards Green Growth? Tracking Progress, 27 …

Emailing: $283 bln of Liquefied Natural Gas ‘uneconomic’ to 2025 Carbon Tracker Initiative

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

Emailing: $283 bln of Liquefied Natural Gas ‘uneconomic’ to 2025 Carbon Tracker Initiative [Subscribe] Sign up to our newsletter   $283 bln of Liquefied Natural Gas ‘uneconomic’ to 2025 Date: 6 July 2015 Related report: Read report Potential LNG projects get left on the shelf, limiting growth LONDON/NEW YORK, July …