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This report analyzes how Southwestern Pennsylvania can leverage its industrial legacy in steel and glass, alongside its current strengths in robotics and AI, to develop cleantech clusters. It identifies battery manufacturing, solar component manufacturing, and green buildings as high-potential sectors that could diversify the regional economy and create jobs, provided the region improves coordination and addresses specific workforce gaps.

This report analyzes the financial and regulatory landscape for green buildings in Indonesia, identifying significant barriers to scaling investment. It highlights a gap between national regulations and city-level implementation, noting that residential buildings—the largest energy consumers—are not mandated to follow green standards. Through a deep dive into Semarang, the report demonstrates that combining building material retrofits with high-efficiency cooling systems can reduce energy use by 32% to 44%, though meeting these mandates requires substantial investment.

The 'Whitelist for Low-carbon Buildings technologies' is a fact sheet published by the Climate Bonds Initiative on December 7, 2023. It provides a curated list of approved energy-efficient, low-carbon, and sustainable technologies for building construction, renovation, and operation, aligned with the Climate Bonds buildings criteria to support the decarbonisation of building stock.

This guide from the Climate Bonds Initiative outlines the opportunities for property certification in Tokyo and Japan, detailing how the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme can be used to attract investors and drive the decarbonisation of the built environment.

The Green Affordable Housing Finance instrument, proposed by Reall and analyzed by the Climate Policy Initiative, is a two-pronged financial mechanism designed to catalyze the construction and ownership of green affordable homes. It combines an Enabling Environment Facility (EEF) for technical assistance and direct construction finance with a Guarantee Facility that de-risks construction and mortgage loans for local financial institutions. The instrument will be piloted in Kenya in 2023, targeting the gap in sustainable housing for low- and informal-income households, before scaling to Nigeria, Uganda, India, and Pakistan.

This briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) proposes a methodology to track incremental energy efficiency investments in certified green buildings. Using a global database of over 16,000 certifications from 2019-2020, the report argues that current green certifications are often inconsistent indicators of actual energy performance and that energy efficiency investments represent only a small fraction of total building construction costs.

The 2021 State of Cities Climate Finance report provides a comprehensive estimate of global urban climate finance, identifying a significant gap between current annual investments of USD 384 billion and estimated needs of USD 4.5 to 5.4 trillion. It analyzes the enabling conditions required to mobilize finance and offers recommendations for city, national, and international officials to accelerate low-carbon, climate-resilient urban development.

The 2021 Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities report by the Climate Bonds Initiative identifies significant low-carbon investment potential in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). It details sector-specific opportunities in transport, energy, water, waste, buildings, and new infrastructure, while providing six strategic recommendations to mobilize private capital through green finance instruments and harmonized standards.

This case study by GreenCape examines the Century City Urban Square (CCUS), a mixed-use development by Rabie Property Group in Cape Town. The project demonstrates how the integration of treated effluent (TE) for non-potable uses—such as irrigation, cooling towers, and toilet flushing—reduces potable water demand, lowers operating costs, and increases resilience against climate-related shocks like droughts.

A fact sheet detailing a CNY 1.9 billion green asset-backed security (ABS) issued by Qingdao International Shipping Building Management Co., Ltd., backed by green buildings in Shandong province, China.

K2A Knaust & Andersson issued a SEK400m (USD42.3m) senior unsecured green bond on August 28, 2020, to fund energy efficiency and green building projects. The bond, which was oversubscribed more than three times, is focused on properties in Sweden and utilizes a framework with a second party opinion from CICERO.

This fact sheet details a USD 300 million green bond issued by Piedmont Operating Partnership on August 12, 2020, with a maturity date of August 15, 2030. The proceeds are primarily intended for the February 2020 acquisition of the LEED Certified Galleria Office Towers, costing USD 396.2 million.

Globalworth Real Estate Investments issued a EUR400m inaugural green bond on 29 July 2020 to finance green buildings and energy efficiency projects. The bond, part of a EUR1.5bn programme, was oversubscribed by more than 2x. Globalworth is a REIT focused on assets in Poland and Romania with a portfolio valued at over EUR3bn in 2019.

This fact sheet details the inaugural green bond issuance by QuadReal Property Group on July 24, 2020, which raised CAD 350 million (USD 268 million) to fund eligible green projects including green buildings, renewable energy, and clean transportation.

A Green Bond Fact Sheet detailing a SEK600m (USD63m) green bond issued by Cibus Nordic Real Estate on June 12, 2020, to finance energy-efficient building projects in the Nordic region.

This fact sheet details a CAD 500 million green bond issued by Granite REIT Holdings on June 4, 2020, marking the first green bond issued by a Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT).

This fact sheet from the Climate Bonds Initiative details a USD 1.4 billion green covered bond issued by BPCE SFH SA (Groupe BPCE) on May 27, 2020, to finance eligible green mortgage loans for green buildings.

IndoSpace Core issued a green loan of INR1bn (USD14m) on May 13, 2020, to finance and refinance EDGE-certified green buildings in India. This is noted as the first green loan issued by an Indian entity.

A Green Bond Fact Sheet detailing a EUR77.25 million loan issued by Oxley Holdings PLC on May 14, 2019, to fund the construction of LEED Platinum certified commercial office blocks in Dublin, Ireland.

A fact sheet detailing a CNY 1.2 billion green bond issued by Nanjing City Construction Development Co., Ltd. on April 9, 2020, to fund the second phase of the Nanjing City West District Project.