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  • People Moves, 5 April: Brunel Pensions, Railpen, Actis, EFRAG, TNFD and more

    05 April 2024

  • People Moves, 31 December: Hiro Mizuno, PRI, Temasek, SASB

    31 December 2020

  • ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference round up

    16 November 2020

    Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 virtual conference ended after two days of panels, speed networking sessions, and discussion groups.

  • Hiro Mizuno: PG&E collapse helped focus fixed income investors on ESG

    13 November 2020

    ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference: The collapse of Californian utility PG&E helped focus fixed income investors on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, delegates heard.

  • Sweden's Kommuninvest in latest green bond agreement with GPIF

    30 March 2020

    Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) - the world's largest pension fund - has announced another significant partnership in its efforts "to promote and develop sustainable capital markets".

  • GPIF agrees to support KfW green bond programme

    25 March 2020

    Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has partnered with German development bank KfW to promote and develop the green bond market and to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) assessments into other fixed income investments.

  • GPIF signs partnership to invest in development bank's social bonds

    20 December 2019

    Japan's $1.6 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has signalled its intention to buy social bonds issued by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB).

  • GPIF partners with EBRD on green and social bonds

    08 November 2019

    Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have formed a partnership to promote and develop sustainable capital markets.

  • World Bank launches sovereign ESG data portal

    30 October 2019

    The World Bank has launched a free online platform that provides users with sovereign-level environmental, social and governance (ESG) data.

  • GPIF’s green bond investments surpass $1bn

    14 August 2019

    Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has grown its portfolio of green bond investments to more than $1 billion – less than half a year after it first bought green notes.