Archive

  • Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Iberdrola, Concert Properties, ERG

    15 July 2020

  • 2X Challenge publishes gender equality criteria for investors

    06 July 2020

    The 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.

  • EU launches Sustainable Finance Platform after Taxonomy approval

    19 June 2020

    The European Commission has officially launched a new expert group that will advise the bloc on its final EU Taxonomy criteria for 'green' activities and a potential expansion to cover social objectives and 'brown' activities.

  • Folksam snaps up more Covid-19 bonds

    06 April 2020

    Swedish insurance company Folksam has invested a further SEK1billion ($99 million), on top of the SEK700 million announced last month, in bonds aimed at alleviating the social and economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Covid-19 slams the brakes on green bond issuance

    01 April 2020

    Issuance of green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds slowed dramatically in the first three months of 2020, as the severe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy became clear.

  • Foresight raises €342m for energy infrastructure fund

    28 January 2020

    Investment manager Foresight has raised €342 million ($377 million) in the first close for its European-focused fund Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP).

  • EIB's latest climate action bond is 'first to align with EU Taxonomy'

    13 January 2020

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) claims it has become the first green bond issuer to align its issuance framework with the proposed EU Sustainability Taxonomy.

  • EIB fossil fuel lending phase-out hailed as ‘crucial milestone'

    15 November 2019

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed to phase out lending to most fossil fuel projects by 2022, in a move that has been hailed as a crucial milestone in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.

  • Sowing the seeds of tomorrow's agriculture

    21 October 2019

    Funds that invest in making farming more sustainable are highly impactful, but hard work!

  • EU spawns global sustainable finance platform

    18 October 2019

    The EU has launched an initiative to collaborate with other countries around the world on sustainable finance.