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'Game-changing' zero-deforestation soy finance initiative launched

Three major UK supermarket chains have invested $11 million in a 'green bond'-backed soy farming finance initiative providing financial incentives for Brazilian farmers to commit to cultivating soy without engaging in deforestation or land conversion.

NOAA warns of busy 2020 hurricane season

An above-normal Atlantic hurricane season is forecast for 2020, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has warned.

Investing in the oceans

Investors targeting SDG14 – life below water – can find themselves fishing in murky waters, writes Joe Walsh

People moves: ING; Danske Bank; Columbia Threadneedle; GIZ; OPIC

Guo steps down as VP of sustainable finance at ING

Bonds round-up: ICBC, Banque Postale, ABN Amro, ERG, Yorkshire Water, Woolworths, Shinhan Bank, IADB, Chile, Otto, Arizona State University, NYC Housing, OPIC, Nomura, Trianon

La Banque Postale has issued its first green bond, raising €750 million ($849 million).

Green bond round-up: Société du Grand Paris, Duke Energy, ReNew Power, Kommuninvest, World Bank, Santa Fe

Green bonds round-up, 16 January

Italian energy company Enel has returned to the green bond market, with its third such deal, raising €1 billion ($1.1 billion).

Green Bonds round-up, 28 November

France's state-owned postal company La Poste saw its inaugural €500 million ($564 million) green bond attract orders amounting to more than €2.1 billion.

Green bonds round-up - 24 Oct - 17 new deals

Royal Schiphol Group, the owner of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, has priced a green bond worth €500 million ($576 million), making it the first European airport to issue green-labelled notes.

BlackRock in public-private venture to mainstream 'climate infrastructure'

BlackRock, with $6.3 trillion assets under management, has joined a group of public and private sector funders in an initiative which seeks to mainstream 'climate infrastructure' in emerging markets.