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ShareAction publishes recommendations for banking engagement
27 September 2018NGO ShareAction has published a list of climate-related themes on which investors can engage banks.
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Green bond round-up, 26 September 2018
26 September 2018The Asian Development Bank has issued a $750 million green bond – its first benchmark transaction denominated in USD since August last year.
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TCFD exceeds target of 500 supporters
26 September 2018A total of 513 organisations have now expressed support for the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), beating the secretariat's target of 500 by the end of this year.
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GPIF adopts S&P carbon efficient indexes for ESG strategy
25 September 2018Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has selected two new indexes from S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) as benchmarks for JPY1.2 trillion ($10 billion) of equity investments managed according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.
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Aviva backs initiative to monitor corporate progress on SDGs
25 September 2018A coalition of public and private sector stakeholders, including UK insurer Aviva, have launched the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), with the aim of helping businesses do more to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Q&A with Aviva's Maurice Tulloch on Insurance and Climate Risk
24 September 2018To coincide with our Insurance & Climate Risk Americas conference, Environmental Finance conducted a Q&A interview with keynote speaker Maurice Tulloch, CEO, international insurance, at Aviva.
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EIB and World Bank join forces to boost green bond market
14 September 2018The European Investment Bank (EIB) and World Bank, issuers of the first green bonds in 2007 and 2008 respectively, plan to work together to help more companies, municipalities and other sub-national issuers bring such bonds to market.
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Only one in ten investors aware of TCFD, says HSBC
13 September 2018Only 10% of institutional investors and even fewer corporates (8%) are aware of the pioneering recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), according to research commissioned by HSBC.
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Green bonds round-up, 12 September 2018
12 September 2018Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) has returned to the green bond market with a €500 million ($578 million) issue to finance a mix of projects that help mitigate or adapt to climate change.
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MSCI integrates ESG information into all its analytics services
12 September 2018MSCI is making available its environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis tools across its range of portfolio and risk management services for both equity and fixed income investors.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- 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
- 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.