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ING: So what is a greenium and how do we get to it?
The existence of a "greenium" is mostly justified by higher demand for green bonds. We estimate the greenium for each curve separately, ensuring it is not polluted by other factors such as sector or maturity.
Russian internet major Yandex outlines ESG goals
Among Yandex's ESG priorities are reducing its carbon footprint, mainly from data centres and fuel use.
Central bank says 50% of Romanian bank loans bear climate change risk
Central bank official warns over banks' climate risk, saying 25.4% of non-government credits finance polluting businesses.
bneGREEN: IEA calls for $1 trillion of annual investment into clean energy in developing economies
Private finance is crucial if emerging economies are not to be left behind in the race to net zero, the IEA warns.
More than half of North Macedonia’s banks start providing green loans
Most commercial banks in North Macedonia aim to increase the share of green loans in their portfolios, central bank survey finds.
ING: The corporate premium in green finance
There is a cost saving to issuing Green. It varies according to circumstances, but the baseline assumption now is for green yields to be below vanilla ones; not by much, but it's persistent enough.
BneGREEN: Energy Storage develops a low-cost, long-duration energy storage unit based on mineral salts, not lithium batteries
Australian energy storage specialist, Energy Storage, has unveiled its next generation low-cost, long-duration, energy storage unit that the company says offers the same sort of performance as hydro, but is completely mobile.
Russia to make Far North region of Murmansk a green-tech testing ground
Russia’s Far North region of Murmansk will become a testing ground for “green” technologies as the Kremlin starts to ramp up its efforts to tackle the climate crisis after a slow start.
bneGREEN: European Commission provides €1bn funding boost for 72 Green Deal research projects
The European Commission has selected 72 research and innovation projects that will receive €1bn in funding to support the aims of the Green Deal.
bneGREEN: Surging iron prices are driving up carbon costs for the producers
Iron prices have surged to nine-year highs in the post-COVID commodities boom that got underway at the end of last year, but that is now pushing up the cost of carbon for producers and eating into their profits.
