Archive

  • Credit-focused harmonised ESG reporting tool launched

    08 November 2022

    A harmonised environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting tool for the private credit market has been launched which is intended to give private creditors a "bigger voice" during the investment process by improving data availability.

  • GFANZ to launch APAC coal 'phase out' guidance

    04 October 2022

    GFANZ is preparing to launch guidance for financial institutions in the Asia-Pacific region on how they can 'phase out' coal.

  • Impact initiative targeting $1.1bn investment calls for proposals

    23 March 2022

    A grant-giving programme aiming to drive CHF1 billion ($1.07 billion) in private capital to fund impact projects in developing countries has been launched by a Swiss blended finance collaboration.

  • UN fund makes $41m SDG blended finance investments

    02 March 2021

    The UN's Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Fund has committed to invest in a series of projects aimed at contributing to the Global Goals.

  • 'Sustainable seafood' fund aims for 2021 launch

    07 September 2020

  • BlackRock-backed blended finance climate fund awarded grant

    10 April 2019

    A grant has been awarded to help develop an ‘unprecedented’ blended finance initiative aiming to scale up investment in emerging market climate infrastructure.

  • African green bank launch stunted by GCF’s ‘longstanding governance issues’

    10 July 2018

    The bid to fund a world-first developing market green bank has been beset by ‘fundamental and longstanding issues around the governance’ of the Green Climate Fund (GCF).