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  • Dutch financial firms take action on carbon footprint

    13 December 2017

    Twelve Dutch financial institutions have developed a methodology for measuring the carbon footprint of their investments and loans.

  • Equator Principles to get first overhaul since 2013

    07 November 2017

    The Equator Principles will be updated to align with the aims of the Paris Agreement and recommendations of the FSB's Task-Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), it has been revealed.

  • ABN Amro to offer cheap mortgages for energy efficiency upgrades

    11 August 2017

    Dutch lender ABN Amro said it will offer reduced interest rates to help homeowners increase the energy efficiency of their homes.

  • Standard Life plans impact investment funds

    10 May 2017

    UK asset manager Standard Life Investments hopes to launch global and UK-focussed impact investment funds this year.

  • BBVA makes second green loan to Acciona

    25 April 2017

    BBVA has signed a $100 million green-labelled loan agreement with Acciona to partially fund solar and wind projects in Chile

  • EF BRIEFS: ABN Amro, NESF, JLEN

    21 April 2017

    ABN Amro has received €150 million ($160 million) of financing as part of the EU president Jean-Claude Juncker's "Investment Plan for Europe", that it will use to finance green loans to the European shipping industry.

  • Iberdrola secures €500m 'green' loan from BBVA

    16 February 2017

    Iberdrola has secured a €500 million ($533 million) green-labelled loan from banking group BBVA.

  • SEB issues first green bond

    13 February 2017

    Swedish giant Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) has issued its first green bond, raising €500 million ($534 million).

  • SEB gears up to launch inaugural green bond

    02 February 2017

    Swedish investment bank SEB is gearing up to issue a euro-denominated green bond.

  • Green bond market expected to exceed $120bn in 2017

    30 January 2017

    The fast-growing green bond market is predicted to exceed $120 billion in new issuances this year, but the rate of growth is unlikely to exceed that seen in 2016, according to an Environmental Finance survey.