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  • Social Loan Principles launched by industry associations

    13 April 2021

    Social 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.

  • Danish pension fund invests in 'women's empowerment' fund

    18 January 2021

    Danish 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.

  • MACIF launches €20m impact asset manager

    07 October 2020

    French mutual insurer MACIF has launched MACIF Impact ESS, an asset manager focused on impact investment.

  • Green bond comment: September 2020: Sustainable loans market should learn a transparency lesson from bonds

    02 September 2020

    The 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

  • Australian pension fund to exit coal amid climate announcements

    10 July 2020

    Australian 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.

  • Soilbuild REIT signs maiden SGD80m green loan

    22 June 2020

    A Singaporean real estate investment trust (REIT) signed its inaugural green loan, worth SGD80 million ($57 million) with RHB Bank Berhad and OCBC Bank.

  • Impact debt fund poised to raise €400m

    11 June 2020

    The manager of a debt fund that links the cost of its lending to pre-agreed environmental and social 'key performance indicators' (KPIs) has said the fund is poised to attract €400 million ($455 million) in commitments.

  • Macif group pledges to exclude thermal coal by 2030

    03 June 2020

    French mutual insurer Macif group has pledged to completely exclude thermal coal assets from its investments globally by 2030.

  • Shipping - the trillion-dollar challenge

    24 January 2020

    The growing support for the Poseidon Principles underlines the crucial role for finance in helping the shipping industry chart a course towards a greener future, says Ahren Lester

  • ESG financing: cheaper than conventional financing or too expensive to ignore?

    31 December 2019

    Greater demand for sustainable investment products could lead to pricing advantage, argues Neil Caddy