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  • HSBC offers Walmart suppliers sustainability-linked finance

    18 April 2019

    HSBC is to offer Walmart's suppliers cheaper finance if they improve their sustainability performance.

  • Time to pile into ESG EM index, says UBS

    18 April 2019

    An environmental, social and governance (ESG)-screened emerging market index offers compelling opportunities for long-term investors to add value to their portfolios, according to UBS.

  • Chemicals company signs €400m sustainability-linked RCF

    18 April 2019

    Finland-based chemicals company Kemira has agreed a €400 million ($450 million) ‘sustainability-linked’ revolving credit facility (RCF).

  • Morgan Stanley to underwrite more bonds in battle against plastic waste

    18 April 2019

    Morgan Stanley Global Capital Markets plans to underwrite more bonds to reduce plastic waste, as part of a new initiative to tackle the global problem.

  • 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

    17 April 2019

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

  • Central banks send powerful climate risk message with landmark report

    17 April 2019

    A report by some of the world’s most influential central banks and supervisors has sent a shot across the bow of the investment community by signalling that climate-related risk is near the top of their agenda.

  • NGO aims to raise $1.6bn from blue bonds to protect oceans

    17 April 2019

    An environmental NGO has set out to raise $1.6 billion from blue bonds, in an attempt to protect the world's most biodiversity-critical ocean habitats.

  • Nomura launches 'positive impact' equity fund

    16 April 2019

    Nomura Asset Management (NAM) has launched its first sustainable equity fund, which aims to make a “positive impact” on the environment and society.

  • Moody’s considers scrapping Green Bond Assessment following Vigeo Eiris deal

    16 April 2019

    Credit rating agency Moody’s appears likely to drop its Green Bond Assessment (GBA) following its acquisition of Vigeo Eiris, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Finance ministers pledge more action on climate change

    16 April 2019

    A group of 23 finance ministers have committed to take stronger collective action on climate change and its impacts through fiscal policy and the use of public finances.