Bonds & Climate Change: The State of the Market 2016

2016 marks the 5th edition of the Climate Bonds Initiative’s State of the Market report.

Bonds & Climate Change: The State of the Market 2017

The 2017 Green Bonds report marks the sixth annual stocktake of green bonds and green finance in Canada, produced in partnership with the Climate Bonds Initiative.

Doubling down on a good idea: Ontario announces its second green bond

Ontario issues its third – and largest – green bond

Good ideas are worth repeating. And the Province of Ontario has found that green bonds are a good idea. On January 26, 2017, Ontario issued its third green bond – it’s largest yet – a reopening of its 2016 bond amounting to $800 million.

A good idea spreads: Quebec issues its first green bond

The Province of Quebec is following Ontario’s lead, issuing its first green bond this month.

Ontario 2017 Budget: Spending cap-and-trade revenues and other clean growth measures

On April 27, the Government of Ontario presented its first balanced budget in 9 years. The headlines had to do with its focus on health care and housing. But there are a number of clean economy efforts included in the budget as well.

2017 A banner year for green bonds – but there’s ample room for growth

Today, we release the sixth annual Green Bonds Canada Report, tracking the highlights from the current year, emerging trends, and the opportunities ahead for green bonds in Canada.

Bonds and Climate Change 2013

In our 2013 Canadian supplement to this year's Bonds and Climate Change report by the Climate Bonds Initiative, Sustainable Prosperity found that Canada's C$5.7 billion-dollar green bond universe is starting to mature.

Bonds and Climate Change 2012

Bonds and Climate Change 2014

This is the third annual update of the Bonds and Climate Change report and its Canadian supplement. Since the first report in 2012, the climate bonds landscape in both Canada and the world has changed dramatically.

Bonds & Climate Change: The State of the Market 2015

The potential role for green bonds to accelerate mitigation, adaptation, and innovation goals

Sustainable Prosperity and the Climate Bonds Initiative prepared a joint submission to the Government of Canada's "Let's Talk Climate" consultation process, and to the co-chairs of the federal-provincial-territorial working groups formed under the Vancouver Declaration on Clean Growth and Climate Change.