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  • CDP announces 179 'A list' leading climate action companies

    20 January 2020

    CDP has named over 170 firms as being global leaders for transparency and action on climate change for 2019.

  • MSCI launches two ESG corporate bond indexes

    10 January 2020

    New York-listed financial data firm MSCI has launched two corporate bond indexes weighted according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations.

  • UN's GISD aim 'to free up trillions of dollars' for SDGs

    17 October 2019

    The UN's Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance held its first meeting as it looks to 'free up trillions of dollars' from the private sector to finance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Bond round-up: Societe Generale, Ferrovie, Posco, BKW Group and more...

    10 July 2019

    New York State Housing Finance Agency has issued a preliminary statement announcing its intention to issue two sustainability bonds amounting to $72.77 million and $9.6 million.

  • Bond round-up: Westpac, CGNPC, Prologis, Hera, Hannon Armstrong ... and more

    03 July 2019

  • Agriculture giant pens $750m sustainability-linked loan

    30 May 2019

    Agricultural goods firm Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has tied the interest rate on a $750 million loan in North America to its performance on sustainability criteria, and plans to replicate this with existing loans in other markets.

  • KfW's largest green bond meets strong demand

    16 May 2019

    German development bank KfW has priced the €3 billion ($3.4 billion) green bond it announced earlier this week (LINK), setting the coupon for the eight-year deal at 0.01%.

  • Pimco claims success in push for more SDG bonds

    23 April 2019

    Investment giant Pimco is claiming success in its campaign to encourage more issuance of bonds linked to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Bank of America makes additional $300bn pledge to finance low-carbon business

    05 April 2019

    Bank of America has committed to mobilise an additional $300 billion in capital by 2030 through its Environmental Business Initiative.

  • Green bond comment, April: A return to form

    03 April 2019

    After pausing for breath in 2018, the market for green, social and sustainability bonds surged again in the first quarter of this year.