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  • 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.

  • CPPIB plans first pension fund green bond

    12 June 2018

    The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) plans to issue a green bond, making it the first pension fund to do so, it claimed.

  • Proposed EU taxonomy 'potentially a massive waste of time', says UK investor

    12 June 2018

    The EU's proposed taxonomy of sustainable finance "will potentially be a massive waste of time" because of the long time needed to create it, said Ashley Hamilton Claxton, head of responsible investments at Royal London Asset Management (RLAM).

  • EU carbon update, 11 June

    12 June 2018

    The outlook for EU Allowance prices remains bearish, says Louis Redshaw, because of large auction volumes this week and anticipated activity in the options market.

  • EU sustainability taxonomy could hinder market, says thinktank

    11 June 2018

    The European Commission’s proposed taxonomy for sustainability could hinder growth of investments in the area, according to the founder of a Europe-based thinktank.

  • LGIM announces exclusions from its £5bn Future World Funds

    11 June 2018

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has named the companies it regards as leaders and laggards on climate change issues, as part of its attempt to remove climate-related risk from its £5 billion ($6.7 billion) Future World funds.

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