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SDGs and repeat issuers will boost green bond market, says Moody's
12 November 2018Growing use of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by investors and bond issuers, coupled with a growing number of repeat issuers, will help drive future growth of the green bond market, said Moody's Investors Service.
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Investors and corporates join forces in new plastics initiative
31 October 2018More than 15 major institutional investors and organisations representing several hundred companies have joined forces in support of a new initiative "to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at source".
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People Moves: CalSTRS, BNP Paribas, ERAFP, GWEC, FC4S and Cornerstone
26 October 2018Kirsty Jenkinson has been appointed as director of corporate governance at the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) and replaces Anne Sheehan, who retired in March.
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BMO starts examining companies' 'plastic footprints'
28 September 2018BMO Global Asset Management is working to introduce the concept of 'plastic footprints', similar to carbon footprints, to encourage companies to measure and disclose their plastic usage to investors.
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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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SDGs provide 'ideal framework' to analyse impact, says asset manager
21 August 2018The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide "an ideal framework" to analyse the social and environmental impacts resulting from engagement with investee companies, investors have been told.
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Green bonds round-up, 1 August 2018
01 August 2018Moody's Investors Service has lowered its expectations for green bond issuance this year, in light of slower growth in the first six months.
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Green bonds round-up, 25 July
25 July 2018The City of Toronto has completed a green bond issue worth C$300 million ($228 million), becoming the second city in Canada to issue green-labelled notes, following Ottawa's C$102 million issue in November.
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Boralex secures C$259m to fund wind farm acquisitions
12 July 2018Boralex, Canada's largest independent producer of wind power, has raised C$258.8 million ($196 million) in equity finance to fund its acquisition of Invenergy's stake in a 201MW portfolio of wind farms in Quebec.
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Green bonds round-up, 4 July
04 July 2018Spanish utility Iberdrola has returned to the market with its tenth green bond. The €750 million deal pays a coupon of 1.25% and matures in October 2026.