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  • $850m timberland portfolio to aim for positive climate, biodiversity impact

    14 September 2021

    A portion of BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group's forestry portfolio valued at $850 million is to be managed with the aim of having a net positive impact on nature and the environment, as part of a tie-up with The Nature Conservancy (TNC).

  • UK urged to issue inaugural green bond with 2033 maturity

    24 August 2021

    A majority of investors and banks have urged the UK to issue its maiden sovereign green bond with a 2033 maturity...

  • Australian debt head unconvinced by green bond cost benefit

    16 June 2021

    The Australian debt management office head said he remains "unconvinced" by the cost appeal...

  • Aviva: OECD climate platform could reduce greenwashing

    04 June 2021

    Aviva Investors has renewed calls for an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) climate finance platform it said could reduce greenwashing by encouraging investment in emerging markets.

  • UK maiden green bond planned for September

    01 June 2021

    The UK is planning to issue its maiden green bond in September after publishing its green bond framework at the end of June, as the country comes closer to kicking off its inaugural £15 billion ($21 billion) sovereign green bond programme.

  • Investors urged to join sovereign climate performance assessment project

    17 May 2021

    Investors have been urged to get involved in a project to develop an assessment framework for the carbon performance of sovereigns, currently backed by groups including the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).

  • Bond Round Up: Pakistan, H&M, Volvo, Munich Hyp, CTP, and more

    24 February 2021

  • Sovereign green bonds now 'attractive' for debt offices, says UK debt chief

    08 December 2020

  • Green bond comment, November: Time is ripe for sovereigns to finally step up

    04 November 2020

    Sovereign green bonds experienced a bumper September, with several new issuers, but Ahren Lester argues other hesitant sovereigns should step-up ahead of COP26 next year to light up this potentially significant market

  • Macquarie and BT Pension push TPI support past $20trn

    16 October 2020

    Membership of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) has surged past the $20 trillion milestone, just over three years after it was launched.