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  • Most financial institutions don't push for ambitious EU sustainable finance strategy

    23 September 2020

    Many financial institutions are failing to support an ambitious EU sustainable finance strategy, according to a report on lobbying by NGO InfluenceMap, with just a handful supporting and actively engaging with the European Commission's policy.

  • Banks' fossil fuel commitments accelerate as pressure intensifies

    19 May 2020
  • 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.

  • Natixis/Groupe BPCE green bond is four-times oversubscribed

    04 December 2015

    France's second biggest bank, Groupe BPCE, has issued a green bond in a deal that was four-times oversubscribed.