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  • People Moves: Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre, CalPERS and E3G

    28 September 2018

    Magnus Billing, CEO of Sweden's pension fund Alecta, has been appointed as chair of Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre's advisory board.

  • People Moves: Barclays, Mirabaud Asset Management and Quaero Capital

    07 September 2018

    Barclays has expanded its green banking team with a new employee and an appointment. Victoria Land (maiden name Clarke) will lead debt capital markets origination in socially responsible investing (SRI) and green bonds as director from November. Rhian-Mari Thomas has been appointed as global head of green banking.

  • Green bond round-up, 22 August 2018

    22 August 2018

    Bank Australia has raised AUD125 million ($92 million) from its inaugural sustainability notes.

  • Private sector lagging on climate disclosure, report claims

    17 August 2018

    Private sector asset owners tend to be less prepared than their public sector counterparts to make voluntary public statements and disclosures related to climate change, a report has claimed.

  • France plans further €5bn of green bonds for transport projects

    30 July 2018

    The French government has further underlined its commitment to green bonds with the launch of a €5 billion ($5.9 billion) 'green Euro medium term note programme' to finance transport projects in the greater Paris region

  • Octopus in £174m refinancing of biomass and landfill gas portfolio

    30 July 2018

    Octopus Investments has completed a £174 million ($230 million) refinancing of the largest independent portfolio of biomass and landfill gas projects in the UK.

  • Green bonds round-up, 18 July 2018

    18 July 2018

    Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first time, with a €750 million ($872 million) offering maturing in July 2023.

  • Banks report on TCFD-linked pilot study into physical risks

    17 July 2018

    A scenario-based approach to help banks estimate the climate-related physical risks in their loan portfolios has been published in response to the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • Steering group for Green Finance Institute announced

    16 July 2018

    A steering group has been assembled to guide the launch of the UK's Green Finance Institute.

  • AccorHotels signs €1.2bn sustainability-linked loan

    06 July 2018

    A consortium of 15 banks has signed a deal with AccorHotels to link the interest rate on a €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) loan to the hospitality company’s sustainability performance.