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EDF signs first green loan for nuclear energy

French power giant Électricité de France (EDF) has signed a €1 billion ($1 billion) green loan to finance investments in nuclear energy - the first green loan deal dedicated to the controversial source of green energy.

People Moves 14 October including MAS, UKSIF, HKMA and more...

France's 'perfectly timed' inflation-linked green bond debut

With a longstanding reputation as a prolific green bond issuer and innovator, France welcomed the strong demand for its 'perfectly timed' green 'linker' debut. Ahren Lester reports

Steel firm Marcegaglia signs sustainability-linked securitisation

Marcegaglia has signed a €130 million ($139 million) sustainability-linked securitisation transaction with Crédit Agricole CIB (CA-CIB), which is believed to be the first such deal in the Italian steel industry.

Crédit Agricole Assurances is "significant investor" in clean hydrogen fund

CEB issues 'first' social bond targeting Ukraine refugee crisis

The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has issued a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) 'social inclusion bond' to fund the response to the Ukraine refugee crisis caused by the country's invasion by Russia, believed to be the first social bond to target the crisis.

Major banks to disclose airline loan book emissions

AXA IM Alts and CAA acquire UK offshore windfarm for £3bn

Amundi: ESG assets face 'crowding risk,' not a 'bubble'

Amundi Asset Management said it is "false" to assert that there is an environmental, social and governance (ESG) asset 'bubble,' despite sustainable assets facing a 'crowding risk'...

Chile prepares ground-breaking sovereign sustainability-linked bond

Chile is preparing to issue a ground-breaking debut sovereign sustainability-linked bond (SLB) in "coming weeks" after publishing its framework.