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Shareholder action forces oil giant Exxon to increase climate disclosures
12 December 2017ExxonMobil is to start publishing reports on how policies to reduce global warming affect its profits, a move which marks a major victory for shareholder action on climate change, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
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Corporates confirm their commitment to green bonds
12 December 2017A group of Europe's largest industrial issuers of green bonds have made a formal pledge to promote the future growth of the market.
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Banking on Water - the role of commercial banks in water solutions
11 December 2017There are five key ways in which banks can seize the opportunities presented by the water sector, argues Ambika Jindal.
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BNP to launch voluntary carbon market tool
11 December 2017A service to encourage investment in voluntary carbon offsetting projects is to be launched in mid-2018 by French bank BNP Paribas.
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Societe Generale follows BNP in walking away from oil sands
11 December 2017Societe Generale has committed €100 billion towards financing the energy transition by 2020 and will stop lending to oil sands and Arctic oil projects.
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Investors demand ESG rating is published alongside credit rating
11 December 2017A group of institutional investors have signed a declaration urging bond issuers to communicate their environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating in addition to their credit rating.
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Mapping the SDGs
11 December 2017Two years on from the launch of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, how are investors responding, asks Peter Cripps
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World Bank repays $9.6m under its PAF scheme
08 December 2017The World Bank has repaid $9.6 million to bondholders that acquired notes issued under its innovative Pilot Auction Facility (PAF) scheme.
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Second tap takes France's sovereign green bond to almost €10bn
08 December 2017Agence France Tresor has tapped its record-breaking sovereign green bond for the second time, raising a further €1.065 billion. The bond now amounts to €9.697 billion ($10.61 billion).
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Green and sustainability taxonomy to be announced at Macron summit
08 December 2017A taxonomy that defines green and sustainable investments will be announced next week by the European Commission at a summit hosted by French President Macron.