Green bonds

The "greenium" spread is not economically feasible for bond issuers anymore, T. Rowe Price's Matt Lawton said.

The renewables firm also plans to raise as much as $500 million by February via banks or a private placement in the offshore market.

Sustainability-linked bonds (SLB) make up roughly $280 billion of issuance and can play an enormous part in transitioning the world economy.

The global shift to a low-carbon world will be "long, hard and complex," but Barclays's commitment is unwavering.

The company will use some of its fiber-optic network and associated customer contracts in the Dallas area to back a bond issue that will refinance some of the company's existing debt and finance a network expansion.

Almost $350 billion was raised from green bond sales and loan arrangements in the first half of this year, compared with less than $235 billion of oil, gas and coal-related financing.

GoodLeap 2023-2 has loans with fewer 25-year terms and higher FICO scores generally. Together, they'll have lower expected loss rates than those with longer terms and lower FICO scores.

Arrangers and analysts aren't predicting a return to the exponential growth of the past decade that turned a fringe concept into a $5.6 trillion asset class.

The single-family rental industry is slowly making its homes more energy-efficient. About 21% of total US energy consumption last year came from residential energy use.

A growing chorus of auditors, researchers and climate activists warn that the numbers provided by bankers offer an exaggerated picture of their role in fighting climate change.