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Bonds round-up: France, IFC, Enel, RCBC… and more
11 September 2019France taps green OAT to raise €1.7bn
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Enel inks ‘world-first SDG-linked’ bond
06 September 2019Enel has issued what it claims is the first bond to link its coupon to the company’s achievement of a renewable energy generation target in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Sustainable finance: it's all about transition! Part one
06 September 2019In the first of this two-part series, Hervé P. Duteil explores the question of what transition finance is and identifies three revolutions within it
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Coal utilities boosted by €16bn since Paris Agreement, say NGOs
21 May 2019Eight financial institutions have given Europe's 'most polluting utilities' almost €16 billion ($17 billion) in support since the Paris Agreement was signed in December 2015, a new briefing by NGO Europe Beyond Coal has found.
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Green bond comment, April: A return to form
03 April 2019After pausing for breath in 2018, the market for green, social and sustainability bonds surged again in the first quarter of this year.
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Green bond comment, February: Europe shows the way
06 February 2019European issuers, investors and regulators are in the driving seat as the green bond market prepares for further growth, says Graham Cooper.
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Bloomberg forms CEO supergroup to tackle climate change
17 January 2019Michael Bloomberg has assembled a group of six financial sector leaders to deliver a special report to the G7 on ramping up private capital flows into climate-friendly investments.
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Green bonds round-up, 16 January
16 January 2019Italian energy company Enel has returned to the green bond market, with its third such deal, raising €1 billion ($1.1 billion).
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Corporates converge to increase sustainable finance influence
15 January 2019A group of Europe’s largest corporate issuers of green and sustainable bonds has created a forum to help ‘put business at the forefront’ of the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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Set climate targets, power sector told by investors with $11trn in assets
20 December 2018Twelve of Europe’s highest-emitting power companies have been instructed to set out Paris-aligned transition plans by a group of investors with $11.5 trillion in assets under management (AUM), as they warn of the ‘potentially catastrophic’ effects of climate change.