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Major European banks provided large-scale financial support to coal industry
15 July 2020European banks including Barclays, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale loaned billions of euros to coal companies across the EU in 2019, according to a report.
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Third of investor votes back Mizuho Financial climate resolution
25 June 2020More than a third of Mizuho Financial investors backed a ground-breaking shareholder resolution urging the Japanese bank to disclose its climate risks and publish a plan to align investments with the Paris Agreement.
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Deutsche Bank sets 'ambitious' sustainability targets
15 May 2020Deutsche Bank outlined targets which will see the German lender boost sustainability assets to over €200 billion ($217 billion) by 2025 and issue its first green bond.
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Mizuho Financial faces first Japanese climate resolution
16 March 2020Mizuho Financial faces the first shareholder resolution in Japan, calling on the bank to disclose its climate risks and publish a plan to align investments to the Paris Agreement.
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Bonds round-up: Raiffeisen Bank, NWB, Mitsubishi UFJ, European Energy ... and more
02 October 2019Raiffeisen Bank raises €750m from second green bond issue
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Green bonds round-up, 6 February
06 February 2019Bank of America has raised $500 million from what it said is the first social bond by a US bank.
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Chemicals giant agrees 'positive incentive' credit facility
22 January 2019Solvay, one of Europe's largest chemicals companies, has agreed to link the terms of a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) revolving credit facility to achievements in reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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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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Green Bonds round-up, 12 December
12 December 2018Swedish bank SEB has predicted that total green bond issuance could reach $240 billion in 2019, despite the market moving "sideways" this year.
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Green bonds round-up - 24 Oct - 17 new deals
24 October 2018Royal Schiphol Group, the owner of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, has priced a green bond worth €500 million ($576 million), making it the first European airport to issue green-labelled notes.