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Green bond comment, October 2020: Automotive green bonds drive up corporate issuance
07 October 2020Issuance from car makers has shifted to a higher gear in recent months, and it is a sign that corporates more broadly are tapping the market, says Ahren Lester
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2X Challenge publishes gender equality criteria for investors
06 July 2020The 2X Challenge to invest to improve gender equality has published investment criteria for private financiers, as the initiative announced it has surpassed its initial objective by 50%, to drive $4.5 billion in investments.
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Corporate sustainable deposits top $2bn at Standard Chartered
13 May 2020Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered announced its corporate sustainable deposit product crossed the $2 billion mark only a year after being launched, helped by a "significant" deposit from EDF.
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CDP announces 179 'A list' leading climate action companies
20 January 2020CDP has named over 170 firms as being global leaders for transparency and action on climate change for 2019.
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France's largest insurers looking for climate-conscious asset managers
19 November 2019Three mandates totalling €500m open for tender
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No oil & gas company aligned with 2°C pathway, says TPI
18 September 2019None of the 50 largest oil and gas companies have aligned their emission intensity with a pathway that would keep global warming to 2°C, as called for in the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).
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EDF signs ‘sustainable’ RCFs worth a combined €600m
22 July 2019EDF has agreed two ‘sustainability-indexed’ revolving credit facilities (RCFs) worth a combined €600 million ($673 million).
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Green and sustainability loans: the growth accelerates
01 July 2019The green and sustainability-linked loan market grew exponentially last year. The next growth spurt could be driven by emerging markets, Michael Hurley writes
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MSCI launches carbon transition indexes
21 June 2019Data provider MSCI has launched a new series of ‘low-carbon transition’ indexes, as it extends its range of climate change-focused indexes.
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Sustainable loan principles ‘key to unlocking gargantuan financing needs’
02 May 2019Recently-launched Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (SLLPs) are ‘key to supplying the gargantuan amount of financing’ required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, White & Case has argued.