Sean Kidney is the CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), an international NGO working to mobilize global capital for climate action. Working with Climate Bond Partners in the investment and banking community in 30 countries around the world, CBI aims to reduce market friction and improve risk differentiation for green investments. This involves advocacy around standards; issuer support for bond market development; and policy interventions that promote green finance solutions. Partners include major investors such as CalSTRS, Axa IM, BlackRock, SSGA, PIMCO, Union Investments, Allianz GI and PGGM; banks such as UBS, Credit Suisse, DBS, HSBC, Standard Chartered, ABN AMRO, Mizuho, MUFG, SMBC Nikko, UniCredit, Danske Bank, NAB, ANZ, Westpac, CBA, Society Generale, Citi, JP Morgan, Barclays, BNP Paribas and RBC; and market infrastructure actors such as LSEG (Refinitiv), Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Singapore Stock Exchange, MSCI, Moody’s, S&P Global, Tradeweb, Nasdaq, NYSE and others.
