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First sovereign blue bond launched
29 October 2018The Republic of Seychelles has issued a first-of-its-kind sovereign 'blue bond' to help conserve its marine environment, sparking hopes that the deal will kickstart a new market for ocean-themed bonds.
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Miner slams MSCI's ESG rating report
26 October 2018A mining company has launched an extraordinary attack on its most recent environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating report from MSCI, branding it superficial, distorted and misleading.
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Hurricanes spark 'witches brew of litigation' in US
26 October 2018"A witches' brew of litigation" is being brought in Texas in the wake of the hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, a lawyer has warned, highlighting the growing liability risks that climate change and extreme weather events pose to businesses and insurers.
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Green bonds round-up - 24 Oct - 17 new deals
24 October 2018Royal Schiphol Group, the owner of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, has priced a green bond worth €500 million ($576 million), making it the first European airport to issue green-labelled notes.
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$2.3trn of Asian investors join Climate Action 100+
23 October 2018Asian investors with a combined $2.3 trillion in assets have signed up to engagement initiative Climate Action 100+.
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BlackRock launches ETFs 'to take ESG mainstream'
23 October 2018BlackRock has launched six 'sustainable exchange-traded funds' (ETFs), which it hopes will propel environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing further into the mainstream.
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People moves: IOSCO, London Stock Exchange Group, Simmons & Simmons, UBS
19 October 2018Peter Damgaard Jensen has been appointed as co-organizer of the newly founded Global Commission on Adaptation. Damgaard Jensen also acts as CEO of Danish pension scheme PKA and chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), an investor association taking action to support a low-carbon future.
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Leave taxonomies to the private sector, says Impax
18 October 2018The task of writing taxonomies for sustainable finance is best left to the private sector, according to Impax Asset Management.
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Should the TCFD be mandatory? Not yet, say investors
17 October 2018A panel at Environmental Finance's Green Equities conference was asked whether reporting in line with the recommendations of the Task Force of Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) should be made mandatory.
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Comment: Regulators are pushing investors on climate
17 October 2018The increasing attention of regulators bodes well for green finance, says Peter Cripps
