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Barclays plans to double green bond investments to £4bn
20 December 2018Barclays plans to grow its investments in green bonds to £4 billion ($5 billion), having already broken through its original target to commit £2 billion.
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Green Bonds round-up, 19 December
19 December 2018The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated THB5 billion ($152 million) to buy the whole of a two-tranche green bond offering from Thailand's B. Grimm Power.
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Nine banks add their backing to Principles for Responsible Banking
18 December 2018A further nine banks and eight other stakeholders have backed the fledgling Principles for Responsible Banking, the UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has revealed.
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Investors plan to grow ESG allocations despite greenwashing concern
18 December 2018Most institutional investors plan to grow their allocation to environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed strategies in 2019, despite many being concerned by the risk of greenwashing, according to a survey by Natixis Investment Managers.
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Henkel signs €1.5bn sustainability-linked loan
17 December 2018Chemical and consumer goods company Henkel has signed a €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) loan, which will pay interest at a rate tied to the company’s performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
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COP24 sees historic agreement on Paris rulebook, but work remains
17 December 2018A historic agreement on the rules that will govern the Paris Agreement has been sealed at the Katowice climate change conference (COP 24), but countries failed to agree changes to strengthen emissions trading schemes.
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Carbon markets reap rewards of regulation
17 December 2018Carbon markets in North America and Europe have been buoyed by legislative changes introduced last year, and the momentum looks set to continue into 2019, the winners of Environmental Finance's Market Rankings tell Michael Hurley
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People Moves: BNP Paribas, Boralex, ICG
14 December 2018BNP Paribas Asset Management has hired Carbon Tracker Initiative head of research and managing director Mark Lewis.
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UniCredit launches European green bond ETF
14 December 2018A subsidiary of Italian bank UniCredit has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will invest in green bonds from European issuers.
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Financial institutions to be held to account on climate by ISO standard
14 December 2018A framework that is designed to assess the impact on climate change of financial institutions’ investments is to be launched next year.