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Green bond round-up, 31 January 2018
31 January 2018Poland has tapped the green bond market for the second time, with a €1 billion ($1.2 billion) issue.
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Giant Australian wind projects get dual financing boost
22 December 2017A pair of onshore wind farms in Australia with a combined 959MW of planned capacity have agreed financing deals with a host of major banks and telecommunications companies.
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Natixis becomes latest firm to stop lending tar sands and Arctic oil
13 December 2017Natixis has been added to the growing list of financial institutions that are walking away from tar sands and Arctic oil.
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Societe Generale follows BNP in walking away from oil sands
11 December 2017Societe Generale has committed €100 billion towards financing the energy transition by 2020 and will stop lending to oil sands and Arctic oil projects.
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SocGen offers ESG analysis service to institutional investors
27 November 2017Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has launched a service to enable investors and asset managers to measure the impact of their investments on the environment and society.
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Climate tool for financial firms launched at COP23
10 November 2017A tool designed to help share knowledge about how financial firms are integrating climate considerations into their businesses has been launched at the Bonn Climate Summit.
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SocGen launches ESG Quality and ESG low-carbon indexes
20 October 2017Societe Generale has launched two environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes - one uses an innovative 'ESG consensus' approach, and the other combines ESG and low carbon.
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JP Morgan is top green bond underwriter in Q3, with a string of EM deals
13 October 2017JP Morgan seized the bragging rights to the green bond underwriting market in the third quarter of 2017, helped by a series of benchmark-sized issues in emerging markets.
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Societe Generale expects growth in sovereign green bond issuance - but maybe not this year
21 September 2017French bank Societe Generale's head of sustainable bonds is "entirely convinced" there will be significant growth in sovereign green bonds issued in Europe in the near future.
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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.