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Climate Action – how the bond market can finance the fight
05 September 2019The green bond market and the carbon markets could be combined to help decarbonise the economy, suggests Mark Leahy.
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Bonds round-up: Reykjavikus Energy; Bank of the Philippine Islands; The Conservation Fund... and more
04 September 2019Reykjavikus Energy raises ISK2.7bn from its second green bond
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Green bond comment September: Are stringent standards a good thing?
04 September 2019Heads were turned when it was recently revealed that just 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria – and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).
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CDL targets SDGs with S$250m sustainability loan
04 September 2019Singapore-based real estate developer City Developments Limited (CDL) has secured a S$250 million ($179.6 million) sustainability-linked loan from DBS Bank to target innovations that contribute positively to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Green bonds pass $150bn in 2019
04 September 2019Green bonds worth a combined $151.2 billion have been issued so far in 2019, Environmental Finance’s bond database reveals.
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Meat, fish and dairy producers not addressing sustainability risks, says FAIRR
04 September 2019The vast majority of meat, fish and dairy producers have not meaningfully addressed basic sustainability risks, according to a report by investor network FAIRR.
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Gifford joins Credit Suisse as head of impact advisory
03 September 2019Credit Suisse has hired James Gifford for its newly created role of head of impact advisory.
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A proposal for rating unremediated pollution costs of business
03 September 2019A new system could be used to price in externalities, argue Praveen Varma, Mark Gold and Henry Shilling
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WCI Carbon Market Update, 3 September 2019
03 September 2019The latest auction of California Carbon Allowances cleared slightly higher than expected and $17 looks like a strong support level, says Nicolas Girod*.
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NGFS chair calls for 'effective' carbon taxes
03 September 2019Frank Elderson, chair of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), has called on governments to improve their coordination of carbon taxes to help combat climate change.