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ESG in Fixed Income 2022 conference series kicks off
24 February 2022The four-part Environmental Finance ESG in Fixed Income conference series will kick-off today with its 'Global' one-day event...
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Loan round-up: Actis, Lendlease, Seaspan, Metlifecare ... and more
24 February 2022 -
Bond round-up: Verizon, Deutsche Bank, Amgen, Hungary, iA Financial ... and more
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Green label helps Hungary issue longer-dated debt
23 February 2022Hungary has raised JPY59 billion ($514 million) from its second 'samurai' sovereign green bond, with the green label helping it to attract investors to longer duration paper.
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Chile prepares ground-breaking sovereign sustainability-linked bond
23 February 2022Chile is preparing to issue a ground-breaking debut sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB) in "coming weeks" after publishing its framework.
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Allianz to reject European executive pay policies without ESG metrics
23 February 2022Allianz Global Investors will vote against executive pay policies at large European firms in 2023 if they are not tied to environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics.
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Brunel appoints Jupiter, Mirova to £2.5bn sustainable equity fund
22 February 2022Brunel Pension Partnership has appointed Jupiter Asset Management and Mirova US as additional managers of its rapidly growing £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) sustainable listed global equities fund.
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Philippines urges European investors to back green bond after COP disappointment
21 February 2022The Philippines has urged European investors to support its forthcoming $500 million green bond debut after the "disappointing" response of developed nations to support climate finance for emerging economies at the COP26 climate conference.
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Singapore plans maiden green bond and carbon tax hike
18 February 2022Singapore has announced its intention to issue its maiden sovereign green bond later in 2022
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Sustainability-linked finance guidelines for shipping firms published
17 February 2022Guidelines for shipping firms and lenders on issuing sustainability-linked loans and bonds have been published by a working group of Nordic firms in order to introduce a higher level of industry standardisation and avoid 'greenwashing'.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- BTG Pactual TIG announces long-term tie-up with Facebook parent Meta
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- RIAA launches nature toolkit for investors
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
- Three-quarters of Article 8 funds potentially violate ESMA fund names rules, Bloomberg finds
- Forest restoration should not be overlooked
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Aviva and Amundi score below average in analysis of climate transition plans
20 September 2024 -
Australia approves sustainability reporting standards
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NAIC defends climate work against political questioning
20 September 2024The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has defended its work on climate-risk and resilience-related efforts against questioning from US politicians focused on the crisis in the country's property insurance market.
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Zurich to drop oil and gas producers lacking credible transition plans by 2030
20 September 2024Zurich has unveiled its 2024 climate transition plan that sets interim targets and the strategy to achieve net-zero by 2050 across its insurance business, investments and operations.
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Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference round-up
20 September 2024Another hugely successful Environmental Finance event in New York highlights the progress that continuous innovation and improvement is providing sustainable debt markets - with plenty more to come. Ahren Lester reports
