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  • UK's Green Finance Institute begins hunt for its first CEO

    10 January 2019

    The City of London has begun the search for a CEO of its Green Finance Institute, to take up the post in the summer of 2019.

  • AIIB sets up $500m infrastructure bond fund

    09 January 2019

    The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is creating a $500m corporate infrastructure bond fund.

  • Sustainalytics buys engagement firm GES

    09 January 2019

    Sustainalytics has snapped up award-winning engagement, screening and fiduciary voting services firm GES International.

  • Eurosif's Micilotta moves to LGX

    09 January 2019

    Flavia Micilotta has left her position as executive director of the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif) to take up a new post as director of Luxembourg Stock Exchange's green exchange, LGX.

  • Green bond round-up, 9 January 2019

    09 January 2019

    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued its first EUR-denominated green bond, worth €600 million ($684 million).

  • Credit Agricole closes first Chinese green loan

    09 January 2019

    Credit Agricole CIB’s China subsidiary has closed a green loan with EDF Lingbao worth RMB122 million ($18 million), marking the bank’s first such deal in the country.

  • Environmental Finance's bond awards expanded and open for entries!

    08 January 2019

    Environmental Finance is calling for entries for its annual awards to honour leaders in the green, social and sustainability bond markets.

  • Third ranking of green finance centres is now underway

    08 January 2019

    The views of finance professionals across the world are again being sought to help compile the third edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI).

  • Hong Kong urged to copy work of other green banks

    08 January 2019

    A green investment bank (GIB) in Hong Kong could replicate many of the successful initiatives already launched by other GIBs elsewhere in the world, according to a new study.

  • Set sustainable lending policy to reap reward, emerging market banks told

    08 January 2019

    Banks operating in Southeast Asia and parts of Latin America have an ‘historic opportunity’ to reap multi-trillion-dollar benefits by adopting or improving their sustainable lending policies, according to Global Canopy.