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  • France moves closer to requiring 'say on climate' transition plans

    12 July 2023

    Companies listed in France would be required to give investors a 'say on climate' transition plans and their implementation, under plans set to be discussed in Parliament this month.

  • ACPR: Banks need to incorporate climate into risk management framework

    26 May 2020

    The French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) has published a guide to good practices in governance and climate risk management for the banking industry.

  • Bond round-up: Chile, Korea, Engie, CDC, Vattenfall, BayWa, RATP … and more

    19 June 2019

  • French regulator calls for ‘green and brown’ taxonomy

    12 April 2019

    France’s financial regulator has called for the rapid introduction of a formal definition of investments that are beneficial or detrimental to the environment – a so-called taxonomy of ‘green’ and ‘brown’ assets.

  • Manager of new green bond fund to be announced next month

    28 July 2017

    A French pension scheme is expected to announce a €350 million ($400 million) green bond fund in mid-August, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • France propels green bond market to achieve record first quarter

    03 April 2017

    A record breaking $25 billion of green bonds were issued in the first quarter of 2017, thanks in part to the mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) sovereign green bond from France.

  • CDC mandates banks to roadshow green bond

    03 February 2017

    France's Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) has mandated six banks to roadshow its inaugural green bond.

  • Green bond comment January: Vive la France

    01 February 2017

    The green bond market has made a strong start to 2017, with some $10.5 billion of issues having settled in January. This compares with $7.8 billion in January the previous year, according to figures from Environmental Finance's green bond database.

  • Caisse des Depots to cut carbon investment by 20%

    24 November 2015

    French public sector investment giant Caisse des Depots et Consignations (CDC) has pledged to reduce the carbon footprint of its equities portfolio by 20% by 2020.

  • GreenWish secures €15m for African solar fund

    27 July 2015

    African solar investor, GreenWish, has secured €15 million ($16.6 million) at the first close of its €50 million African solar fund.