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GFI's six proposals to make UK an international green financial hub
14 November 2016The City of London's Green Finance Initiative (GFI) has launched a report outlining six key priority areas, to help maintain the UK's role as "the go-to place to connect capital with green" amid growing competition from other financial centres.
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COP Blog: The Green Climate Fund's key role is to mobilise the private sector
14 November 2016CMIA
After the commitments and headlines of Paris a year ago, COP22 in Marrakesh has to be all about implementation. Faster than anyone expected, the Paris Agreement has already been ratified, but progress on the ground needs to ramp up. -
BAML becomes first bank to launch third green bond
11 November 2016Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has launched its third and biggest green bond to date, raising $1 billion.
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China issues first ever "double green bond", listed in London
11 November 2016China's first ever covered green bond was listed on the London Stock Exchange today.
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COP Blog: Sovereign green bonds: the missing link between NDCs and the $100trn debt capital markets
11 November 2016BNP Paribas IP
After the ratification of the Paris Agreement, we expect COP22 in Marrakesh to focus on the transparency of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), compliance and means of implementation. -
Trump is just a blip for responsible investment, says AXA IM
11 November 2016A Trump Presidency has been declared merely a 'blip' on the longer term development of responsible investment worldwide, by AXA Investment Managers.
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Climate Bonds Initiative forecasts over $80bn green bonds in 2016
11 November 2016Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has revised its forecast for green bond issuances in 2016 to $80 billion and "maybe higher".
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Hannon Armstrong raises $77m from latest share sale
10 November 2016Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) has raised approximately $76.9 million, after expenses, from its latest public equity offering.
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IETA and CMIA press for airlines to use project-level REDD+ credits
10 November 2016Two leading trade associations have come together to lobby for carbon credits from small-scale forest protection projects to be used in the forthcoming international carbon market for airlines – the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (Corsia).
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NRW Bank to issue fourth green bond
10 November 2016NRW Bank, the development agency of the German North Rhine-Westphalia federal state, has mandated Bank of America Merrill Lynch and DZ Bank as joint-lead managers for a 10-year green bond.