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Blended finance must unlock more private capital for SDGs, OECD suggests
12 February 2018Blended finance is "trending" among development banks, but it must unlock more private capital to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Mapping the SDGs
11 December 2017Two years on from the launch of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, how are investors responding, asks Peter Cripps
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Insurers' strategic responses to climate change
11 April 2017The third and final part of this series of features about the insurance sector looks at group level responses to climate change. Peter Cripps reports
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Investing in a changing climate
06 December 2016Insurers are increasingly factoring climate change into their investment decisions. But they are only at the start of a long learning process, finds Peter Cripps. This is the second part of a three-part series on how insurers are dealing with climate change
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G20 businesses to focus on green finance in 2016
04 February 2016The B20 – a coalition of business associations from G20 economies that make policy recommendations – task force on growth has named green finance as its primary goal for 2016.
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HSBC predicts further growth in carbon pricing and green bonds
05 January 2016More carbon pricing initiatives will be launched this year and further growth in the green bond market is expected, as countries start to implement their pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, say HSBC analysts.
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Climate finance for emerging markets jumps 19% to $62bn in 2014
08 October 2015Finance from industrialised nations to support climate change projects in developing countries rose 19% to $62 billion in 2014 from $52 billion the previous year, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Apex secures $216m loan to build US wind farm
10 September 2015Renewable energy developer Apex Clean Energy has secured a $216 million loan for the construction of a 151MW wind farm in Oklahoma.
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Climate Bonds Initiative to revamp its standards
17 July 2015The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) is set to relaunch its green bond standards in a move it claims will boost investor confidence in the market.
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Standard Bank's $250m lending platform for African renewables
02 April 2015Standard Bank is to borrow $250 million, which it will lend on to fund renewables projects in sub-Saharan Africa.