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Environmental Finance celebrates World Oceans Day
07 June 2021To coincide with the UN World Oceans Day, Environmental Finance will host a thematic briefing afternoon focusing on oceans and the blue economy, to examine one of the most exciting areas of natural capital investment.
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Sustainability-linked bonds are 'more powerful than green bonds'
12 November 2020ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference: The 'use of proceeds' model adopted by most green bonds came under attack, amid allegations that it is susceptible to 'greenwashing'.
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The Future of ESG Data: Environmental concerns rising up the agenda for sovereign bonds
16 September 2020Environmental factors are becoming increasingly material considerations for investors in sovereign bonds, according to a panel of experts at Environmental Finance's The Future of ESG Data conference.
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IFC elected chair of GBP/SBP excom
06 July 2020The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has been elected chair of the executive committee (excom) of the green, social and sustainability-linked bond principles
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Sustainability-linked Bond Principles mark new era for bond market
09 June 2020A set of Sustainability-linked Bond Principles (SLBP) was launched today, in a landmark move that is expected to kickstart a new market of labelled bond issuance that will "complement rather than act as an alternative" to the green bond market.
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Folksam snaps up more Covid-19 bonds
06 April 2020Swedish 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.
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Covid-19 slams the brakes on green bond issuance
01 April 2020Issuance 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.
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Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2020
30 March 2020Environmental Finance's Bond Awards were expanded again this year to reflect the growth and evolution of the green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond markets and to include the nascent GSS loan market.
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Bonds round-up: Generali, EBRD, NIB, PostNL, and more ...
25 September 2019Generali issues first green bond from a European insurance company
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Video: impact metrics should be more comparable
28 June 2019Impact reporting is crucial for investors as they gain access to transparent information about where their money go, how they are using them and what is the impact or their investments, according to Angela Brusas, Senior Funding Manager at Nordic Investment Bank.