Barclays: investors want proof of where the money is going and what projects are being supported

Barclays has recently closed a £400m green bond (on 27 October) to support climate-related products and initiatives, and has deployed its first in-house developed ESG underlying - the Solactive Climate Change Europe BTI PR Index - via a structured deposit sold by Causeway Securities in the UK market. Despite slow adoption in the public space the UK bank has had very positive feedback on the index, and has done a number of privately paced trades since the Solactive climate change index wen