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EBA advocates for 'green asset ratio' for banks
01 March 2021The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published advice underlining the importance of the 'green asset ratio', supported by other KPIs, as a key means to understand how institutions are financing sustainable activities and meeting the Paris Agreement targets.
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Use SFDR draft standards as reference point, ESAs say
01 March 2021Financial institutions in the EU should "use as a reference" draft technical standards for sustainability-related disclosures until the standards formally enter into force, the three European Supervisory Authorities have said.
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The Future of ESG Data: Environmental concerns rising up the agenda for sovereign bonds
16 September 2020Environmental factors are becoming increasingly material considerations for investors in sovereign bonds, according to a panel of experts at Environmental Finance's The Future of ESG Data conference.
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Shipping - the trillion-dollar challenge
24 January 2020The 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
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Bioenergy, agriculture and forestry groups lament EU Taxonomy criteria
24 October 2019The “regrettable divergence” of the EU sustainability taxonomy’s criteria from existing European renewable energy regulation has been criticised by a group of industry associations.
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Bonds round-up: Sparebank, Brookfield, Kommuninvest, Kerala ... and more
18 September 2019Sparebank issues €500m green bond
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Citigroup, Shell and 3M removed from DJSI World
16 September 2019S&P Dow Jones Indices (DJI) and RobecoSAM have reviewed the companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World and removed Citigroup, Shell and 3M from it. Citigroup remains in the DJSI North America, however.
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Bonds round-up: New York MTA, SNCF, Tideway, CalSTRS, Kenya, Colombia ... and more
21 August 2019New York MTA returns with 11th green bond, SNCF Reseau goes long with 100-year green bond and more
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ESG in Fixed Income Europe, featuring Green Bonds
03 July 2019Nearly 400 delegates attended the conference, now in its ninth year`
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'Prepare for abrupt repricing’ of climate risks in sovereign bonds
24 May 2019Climate risk is underestimated as a risk factor by investors in sovereign bonds, who should prepare for the possibility of “an eventual abrupt repricing of environmental risks, including climate risks”, according to the findings of a major study.