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EU targets €225bn green bond issuance amid strengthened climate push

The EU said it intends to raise 30% of its €750 billion ($890 billion) Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery fund through the issuance of green bonds, as it boosted its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions target for 2030.

Water webinar: With risk recognition rising, it's time to rethink resilience and adaptation

Water risk is beginning to receive greater attention, but it is time to press companies to disclose as well as consider the future opportunities. Ahren Lester reports.

EU recovery fund deal could boost green bond market: S&P

A massive potential 'green' debt issuance to fund the EU coronavirus (Covid-19) recovery plan could help crowd-in further green private capital to the market, S&P Global Ratings tells Ahren Lester.

Sustainable debt market transformed by Covid-19 impact in H1

ESG data market 'to more than double, to $5bn'

The environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and services market could more than double to over $5 billion by 2025, it has been forecast, as institutional investor interest grows in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Social bond growth outstrips green bonds - S&P

Social bonds will grow faster than green bonds this year, as issuers deploy the model to help finance coronavirus pandemic response measures, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Siemens Gamesa inks medical research supporting bank guarantee

Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa signed an innovative €600 million bank guarantee line to cover the component construction for the world's largest offshore wind farm, with the premium on the deal used to finance a cancer research project.

S&P Global ESG Scores launched

S&P Global has increased its presence in the increasingly competitive ESG data market, with the launch of its proprietary 'S&P Global ESG Scores'.

Nasdaq launches ESG impact tracking tool

Nasdaq has launched a tool to help clients track the environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact of their portfolios and individual investments.

Use our Taxonomy as a framework for economic recovery, urges EU's TEG

Policy makers and the private sector have been urged to use the tools developed as part of the EU's sustainable finance action plan to guide the rebuilding of economy following the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.