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  • IFC says 'impact' portfolio outperformed by 15% since 1961

    03 September 2020

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) says a first-of-its-kind study on the performance of every equity impact investment it has ever made shows the entire portfolio delivered 15% higher returns than comparable, non-impact investments.

  • 'Blue bonds' could finance fish stock recovery

    24 August 2020

    Planet Tracker has proposed a 'blue bond' could be used to finance the replenishment of fish stocks by subsidising fishing firms to reduce capacity to allow population recovery.

  • BlueOrchard sees strong H1 despite Covid-19

    30 July 2020

    Impact investment manager BlueOrchard has reported a strong first-half performance, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures working group announced

    21 July 2020

    Ten financial firms have joined a working group to develop a reporting framework for the impact of the financial sector on biodiversity and ecosystems to complement the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • Environmental Finance's webinar - Renewable energy: mapping out the next investment push

    21 July 2020

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  • IFC elected chair of GBP/SBP excom

    06 July 2020

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has been elected chair of the executive committee (excom) of the green, social and sustainability-linked bond principles

  • Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Keppel, Cobra, Oatly, NMB

    01 July 2020

  • IFC celebrates 100 signatories to impact principles

    26 June 2020

    100 investors have signed up to a set of principles that require annual public disclosure of information on how they seek to achieve positive impact through their investments, as well as independent verification of their alignment with the principles.

  • HSBC and IFC real economy green bond fund raises $470m

    20 May 2020

    HSBC Global Asset Management (HSBC GAM) and the International Finance Corporation announced their green bond fund targeting "real economy" assets has raised more than $470 million following its third close.

  • Emerging market green bond issuance jumps a fifth in 2019

    07 May 2020

    Green bond issuance across emerging markets jumped a fifth in 2019, a report by Amundi Asset Management and the International Finance Corporation revealed.