Archive

  • LeapFrog – targeting the emerging consumer

    21 October 2019

    How does the world's biggest private equity impact specialist invest? Joe Walsh reports

  • 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.

  • AfDB commissions study on creation of African green banks

    15 October 2019

    The African Development Bank (AfDB) has commissioned a feasibility study on the creation of green banks in Africa.

  • Bonds round-up: Raiffeisen Bank, NWB, Mitsubishi UFJ, European Energy ... and more

    02 October 2019

    Raiffeisen Bank raises €750m from second green bond issue

  • Meat, fish and dairy producers not addressing sustainability risks, says FAIRR

    04 September 2019

    The vast majority of meat, fish and dairy producers have not meaningfully addressed basic sustainability risks, according to a report by investor network FAIRR.

  • GCF belatedly signs off on Southern Africa green bank

    22 August 2019

    The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an agreement with the Development Bank of Southern Africa to launch the long-awaited Climate Finance Facility (CFF) – a first-of-its-kind green bank in Africa.

  • GPIF’s green bond investments surpass $1bn

    14 August 2019

    Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has grown its portfolio of green bond investments to more than $1 billion – less than half a year after it first bought green notes.

  • GPIF to buy ADB green bonds

    07 August 2019

    The world’s largest pension fund has committed to purchase green bonds issued by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

  • 20% of Hong Kong companies sustainability compliant

    11 July 2019

    Only 20% of Hong Kong's largest companies have good compliance with international sustainability guidelines, according to Standard Ethics.