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$500m pair of green bonds receive highest S&P evaluation
16 October 2017Two labelled green bonds with a combined value of $500 million have received the highest score in S&P's green evaluation system.
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Hong Kong considers possible green investment bank
16 October 2017Hong Kong is stepping up its challenge to Singapore as a centre of green finance in Asia with the launch of a 'concept paper' on the possibility of setting up a green investment bank.
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Green bond round-up, 11 October 2017
11 October 2017Fiji looking at green bonds, says economy minister Fiji is considering using green bonds to help boost the country's renewable energy resources, according to a senior minister quoted in the local press.
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Green bond round-up, 4 October 2017
04 October 2017German filter maker Mann+Hummel has issued its expected green Schuldschein, raising €400 million ($471 million) rather than the anticipated €250 million as a result of strong investor demand.
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Investors support plea for integrated corporate reporting
27 September 2017A group of leading investors, with nearly $2 trillion in assets under management, is calling for companies to integrate their reporting of financial and non-financial data.
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Investment consultants pledge to act on ESG guidance
25 September 2017Recent regulatory guidance that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors should be taken into account by pension funds where they are financially material "puts trustees and their advisers under an obligation to react," according to two leading industry bodies.
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Green bond round-up, 20 September 2017
20 September 2017Mexico City Airport Trust has returned to the green bond market with the biggest corporate issue to date – a two-tranche $4 billion bond – to finance what it claims will be the world's most sustainable airport.
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Green bond round-up, 13 September 2017
13 September 2017Canada's Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank has doubled the size of its latest green bond transaction to $1 billion, after demand swelled to more than $2 billion.
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Green bond round-up, 6 September 2017
06 September 2017Canada's export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC) has issued its fourth green bond – its first denominated in its home currency.
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MSCI ESG index outperforms benchmark over five years
05 September 2017An ESG index developed by MSCI that excludes a small number of "red-flag" stocks and tilts the remaining constituents towards companies with strong sustainability performance has outperformed its benchmark by 39 basis points annually since 2012.