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  • BNP Paribas issues €500m green bond

    25 November 2016

    French investment bank BNP Paribas has joined the growing number of financial institutions that have issued green bonds, raising €500 million in its inaugural offering.

  • BNP Paribas IP provides carbon footprint of nearly 100 of its funds

    14 November 2016

    BNP Paribas Investment Partners (IP) has increased the number of funds it measures the carbon footprint of to nearly 100.

  • COP Blog: Sovereign green bonds: the missing link between NDCs and the $100trn debt capital markets

    11 November 2016

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    After the ratification of the Paris Agreement, we expect COP22 in Marrakesh to focus on the transparency of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), compliance and means of implementation.

  • Investors with €5trn of assets call for halt to arctic oil drilling

    07 November 2016

    A group of institutional investors, representing €5 trillion ($5.52 trillion) of assets under management, have called for a "permanent moratorium" on arctic oil drilling.

  • BNP Paribas and Solactive partner on SDG tracking index

    06 October 2016

    German index provider Solactive has partnered with BNP Paribas to launch a series of indexes that rank companies based on their contributions to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • EIB extends green bond yield curve and boosts reporting

    29 September 2016

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has continued its pioneering role in the green bond market by extending its euro yield curve to 21 years and publishing an 'independent reasonable assurance report' on its Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) programme.

  • The road to Marrakesh is paved with green intentions

    26 September 2016

    The Paris climate change summit will be a tough act to follow, but its successor is shaping up to be an important meeting in its own right. Hamza Ali and Peter Cripps report

  • Award-winning ESG analyst moves to new firm

    02 September 2016

    An award-winning environmental, social and governance (ESG) analyst is to move to a new employer, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • People Moves

    26 August 2016

    Peter Munro, the European Investment Bank's head of investment relations, is to move to the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), where he will help administer the Green Bond Principles.

  • French institutions invest in €425m green energy infrastructure fund

    25 August 2016

    French insurer CNP Assurances and asset manager Meridiam have raised €425 million ($480 million) for a fund that will invest in sustainable energy projects.