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  • People moves: Palladium, Renewables Consulting Group and Impax

    15 June 2018

  • ABP, ERAFP, and First State Super among scenario analysis leaders

    15 June 2018

    Many leading global asset owners have already begun to perform scenario analysis and apply key findings to their climate strategies, a report by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has found.

  • BlackRock's green bond fund 'has more impact than its renewables fund'

    15 June 2018

    BlackRock's green bond fund has a larger impact than its renewable infrastructure fund, research conducted by the asset manager has found.

  • ICMA calls for 'Chinese walls' in second opinion providers

    14 June 2018

    Green bond external assessment providers should have separate business units to advise on the creation of green bond frameworks and to assess the frameworks, according to the secretariat of the Green Bond Principles (GBPs).

  • Canada Pension Plan issues country's largest green bond

    14 June 2018

    The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), which manages the $356.1 billion Canada Pension Plan, has issued a green bond worth CAD1.5 billion ($1.2 billion).

  • Development bank finance for climate projects jumps 28%

    14 June 2018

    Financing of climate-related projects by multilateral development banks (MDBs) soared 28% last year to a record high of $35.2 billion.

  • Members of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance announced

    13 June 2018

    The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

  • Green bond round-up, 13 June 2018

    13 June 2018

    DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its first green covered bond.

  • Macquarie completes £500m Green Loan Principle-aligned issue

    13 June 2018

    Macquarie has become the first financial institution to issue in line with regional Green Loan Principles (GLPs), it claimed, following its issue of £500 million ($666 million) in green notes.

  • Venture firm raises $350m to digitise traditional industries

    13 June 2018

    G2VP, a new venture capital firm, which aims to "unlock previously unidentified paths to sustainability and resource efficiency" has raised $350 million for its first fund.