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Simplify SDG finance to unleash scale, says UBS
23 January 2019UBS has called on the financial sector and policymakers to simplify and standardise investing in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to help close the current financing gap to reach the goals.
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People moves: World Bank, BlackRock, IIGCC, Partners Group, Greencoat, PRI, SASB, US SIF, Osmosis and Grantham Institute
14 January 2019The World Bank has launched a search for a new president after Jim Yong Kim announced he would leave his role three years earlier than expected, to become a partner at Global Infrastructure Partners.
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Fixed income investors need more ESG products, says Japan's GPIF
20 April 2018Institutional investors are being constrained because of a lack of environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused products for fixed income investors, a report co-published by the GPIF has claimed.
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World Bank turns to bond market to combat infectious diseases
04 July 2017The World Bank has raised $425 million from the capital markets to provide prompt assistance to low-income countries that face the risk of pandemics.
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IFC to increase climate related investments to $3.5bn a year
08 April 2016The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will next year increase its climate investments from $2.2 billion to $3.5 billion, following the approval of the World Bank Group's latest Climate Change Action Plan.
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Politicians add to calls for a price on carbon emissions
20 October 2015Leading politicians have come together to support calls for a price on carbon emissions, ahead of the UN's climate change talks in Paris in December.