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  • Renewables webinar: 'Risk is easy to get wrong'

    22 July 2020

    The renewables sector requires better risk assessment and corporate willingness to enter into lasting partnerships, according to industry professionals.

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

    21 July 2020

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  • Major European banks provided large-scale financial support to coal industry

    15 July 2020

    European banks including Barclays, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale loaned billions of euros to coal companies across the EU in 2019, according to a report.

  • AgriFunds urged to improve natural capital risk disclosure

    07 July 2020

    Food and agriculture funds have been urged to improve reporting on nature-related risks, after a report showed major investors in the sector were materially exposed to the financial risks associated with natural capital threats.

  • SocGen, CDC sign $100m West Africa risk sharing facility

    03 July 2020

    Societe Generale and the UK's CDC Group have agreed a $100 million trade finance risk sharing facility to increase access to finance for businesses and importers in Africa.

  • Snam issues maiden €500m 'transition' bond after 'climate action' criticism

    12 June 2020

    Italian energy infrastructure firm Snam has raised €500 million ($567 million) through its inaugural 'transition bond' to finance or refinance energy transition projects, just over a year after its 'climate action bond' attracted controversy.

  • Cubico refinances solar project with €250m green loan

    11 June 2020

    Cubico Sustainable Investments has achieved financial close on the refinancing of the 50MW Arenales concentrated solar power (CSP) project in Seville, Spain.

  • ACPR: Banks need to incorporate climate into risk management framework

    26 May 2020

    The French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) has published a guide to good practices in governance and climate risk management for the banking industry.

  • Banks' fossil fuel commitments accelerate as pressure intensifies

    19 May 2020

  • Deutsche Bank sets 'ambitious' sustainability targets

    15 May 2020

    Deutsche 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.