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Is it right to spin-off brown companies?
25 February 2022Rather than spinning off brown companies, a socially responsible shareholder should instead support an in-house transition, argue Martin Fleischer and Maurizio Parenti
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Indonesian paper firm expansion 'litmus test' for 'net-zero' banks
14 December 2021The substantial financing being sought by two Indonesian paper and pulp firms to support their expansion plans has been described by environmental groups as a "litmus test"...
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Climate Investment Funds and Green Climate Fund - where do they go from here?
18 June 2021While the GCF was intended to make the CIFs obsolete, the CIFs still have a key role to play, at least for the time being, argues Alexandra Tracy
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External verification mandatory in updated Sustainability Linked Loan Principles
01 June 2021External verification is now required under the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles (SLLP) following an update, with the voluntary standards published by three industry associations also tightening guidance on sustainability performance targets.
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Social Loan Principles launched by industry associations
13 April 2021Social Loan Principles (SLP) have been published by the trio of industry associations that administer the widely used voluntary principles for green and sustainability-linked loans.
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Danish pension fund invests in 'women's empowerment' fund
18 January 2021Danish pension fund Pædagogernes Pension (PBU) provided DKK 100 million ($16 million) as lead investor in the first close of SEAF's Women's Economic Empowerment Fund.
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MACIF launches €20m impact asset manager
07 October 2020French mutual insurer MACIF has launched MACIF Impact ESS, an asset manager focused on impact investment.
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Green bond comment: September 2020: Sustainable loans market should learn a transparency lesson from bonds
02 September 2020The sustainable loan market is emulating the labelled bond market in terms of its rapid growth. But the same cannot be said of the level of information it offers, laments Ahren Lester
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Australian pension fund to exit coal amid climate announcements
10 July 2020Australian pension fund First State Super has outlined a number of climate change actions and targets, including exiting thermal coal, as it urged other Australian pension funds to do the same.
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Soilbuild REIT signs maiden SGD80m green loan
22 June 2020A Singaporean real estate investment trust (REIT) signed its inaugural green loan, worth SGD80 million ($57 million) with RHB Bank Berhad and OCBC Bank.