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Climate resolutions filed targeting Japanese banks

TPI warns of failure by heavy industry companies to prepare for transition

An investigation by the Transition Pathway Initiative into 111 heavy industry companies has found that 86% have failed to adequately prepare for the climate transition challenges of the next decade.

News Round Up: MSCI, Sumitomo Life, British Standards Institution, and more

QBE joins UN Global Compact

Australia's QBE Insurance Group (QBE) has become a signatory of the UN Global Compact.

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Ista and Acciona

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Czarnikow, Terna and CMPC

Czarnikow claims world's first sustainability-linked trade facility

Boralex completes C$805m refinancing of Canadian wind farm

Renewable energy producer Boralex has completed a C$805 million ($600 million) refinancing over 16 years for its 230MW Niagara Region Wind Farm (NRWF) in Ontario, Canada.

Major European banks provided large-scale financial support to coal industry

European banks including Barclays, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale loaned billions of euros to coal companies across the EU in 2019, according to a report.

Asset managers pressurise Brazil to ban Amazon fires

Work by asset managers sets 120-day ban following 34% increase in Amazonian deforestation this year

Langham Hospitality Investments signs first Asian hospitality sustainability loan

Langham Hospitality Investments has secured sustainability-linked loans worth HK$7.5 billion ($960 million), the first by an Asian-listed hospitality firm.