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PRI hires AMP Capital deputy chief David Atkin as new head
01 November 2021The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has announced AMP Capital deputy chief executive David Atkin will replace Fiona Reynolds...
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Ground-breaking UK climate disclosure plans strengthened with TCFD, scenario analysis rules
29 October 2021The long-awaited UK government response to a consultation on its mandatory climate disclosure plans for major companies...
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EDF signs first corporate 'green' repo with BNP Paribas
28 October 2021French utility giant EDF has signed the first corporate 'green' repo agreement with BNP Paribas, whilst the French lender forecasts "exponential" growth for this instrument in the future.
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Loan round-up: Wood, Primary Health Properties, Tong Eng, Equites ... and more
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Moody's forecasts $1trn sustainable bond issuance in 2021
27 October 2021Moody's ESG Solutions forecasts that green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond issuance in 2021 will reach the $1 trillion milestone...
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Bond round-up: Italy, Cades, UK, NTT, MuniFin, Seche, Auckland ... and more
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French financial firms must draw on coal lessons for fossil fuel policies, say regulators
26 October 2021French regulators have encouraged financial firms to draw lessons from their thermal coal policies for other fossil fuel sectors in order to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement...
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US financial regulators acknowledge climate action needed amid 'increasing threat'
25 October 2021US regulators have identified climate change as an "emerging and increasing threat" to US financial stability for the first time
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Second UK green bond secures largest sovereign oversubscription
22 October 2021The UK has issued the sovereign green bond with the longest tenor after it raised £6 billion ($8.3 billion) from its second issue, with the transaction more than 12-times oversubscribed by investors.
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BIS to launch Asian green bond fund for central banks in 2022
21 October 2021The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) will launch an Asian green bond fund for central banks in early 2022, just a year after it launched its second green bond fund.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
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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
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Investors must move beyond 'lip service' on biodiversity, says Nuveen
20 September 2024Investors must move beyond "lip service" and actually be willing to look at nature and biodiversity investment opportunities, Nuveen has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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Dow Chemical could issue second green bond in the future
20 September 2024Dow Chemical has not ruled out issuing a second green bond in the future, although any decision will not be made until after the US election in November.
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Brazilian development bank to fund next wave of renewable technology
19 September 2024The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) wants to fund the next wave of renewable technology in the country, but there is a need for more blended finance, according to Luciana Costa, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change managing director at BNDES.
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Sovereign SLBs challenging due to the nature of the issuer
19 September 2024Sovereigns across the world have embraced the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) instruments, with issuance increasingly being considered, but the nature of sovereigns creates some challenges for investors, the audience at Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 heard.