Green bonds are a fast growing sector of the global bond market with total issuance growing from $3 billion in 2012 to $42 billion in 2015. The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) estimates that total issuance for 2016 is projected to reach $100 billion. U.S. municipalities have issued a total of $7.6 billion in green bonds since 2013.
On Sunday, October 16 at AMWA’s 2016 Executive Management Conference in Scottsdale, AMWA staff will facilitate a discussion on this growing source of capital. Justine Leigh-Bell, director of market development at CBI, Leigh-Bell will kick off the session by discussing the investor and issuer opportunities in green bonds as well as CBI’s role in developing the water climate bonds standard. She will also present a couple of case studies of green bond issuance by U.S. water utilities. Then attendees will be invited to bring their questions and ideas about the green bond market and CBI’s standard to the discussion.
Speaking of dollars and cents, AMWA’s 2016 Executive Management Conference will also feature two sessions on rate structures. New York City DEP Deputy Commissioner Angela Licata will speak about the city’s ongoing efforts to move toward a sustainable rate structure that addresses rate payer affordability concerns and, at the same time, enables the agency to have enough funding to effectively manage and operate the system. Then Prabha Kumar, a director with Black & Veatch Management Consulting, will discuss transformational financial management and rate setting. Using case studies, Kumar will present three key components of transformational financial management: an integrated financial planning framework, innovative rate re-structuring and collaborative stakeholder engagement.
Learn more about AMWA’s 2016 Executive Management Conference and register today.