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Moody's expects green and social covered bonds growth to continue in 2020
06 December 2019New issues of European green and social covered bonds are expected to see further growth in 2020, amid rising demand for the asset class, Moody's said in a report this week.
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France's largest insurers looking for climate-conscious asset managers
19 November 2019Three mandates totalling €500m open for tender
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Setting the benchmark for sustainable banking
18 September 2019The Principles for Responsible Banking are due to be launched this month. Could they be a game-changer for the sector, Michael Hurley asks
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Cubico raises €75m for renewables projects refinance in Italy
22 July 2019Cubico Sustainable Investments has raised €75 million ($84 million) in debt for the refinancing of 27.4MW of 14 renewables projects in Italy.
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EDF signs ‘sustainable’ RCFs worth a combined €600m
22 July 2019EDF has agreed two ‘sustainability-indexed’ revolving credit facilities (RCFs) worth a combined €600 million ($673 million).
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Bond round-up: Societe Generale, Ferrovie, Posco, BKW Group and more...
10 July 2019New York State Housing Finance Agency has issued a preliminary statement announcing its intention to issue two sustainability bonds amounting to $72.77 million and $9.6 million.
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Bond round-up: Chile, Korea, Engie, CDC, Vattenfall, BayWa, RATP … and more
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Agriculture giant pens $750m sustainability-linked loan
30 May 2019Agricultural goods firm Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has tied the interest rate on a $750 million loan in North America to its performance on sustainability criteria, and plans to replicate this with existing loans in other markets.
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Polish banks join European energy-efficient mortgage pilot scheme
15 April 2019A European initiative to explore the benefits of offering favourable mortgage conditions for energy efficient homes has expanded into Poland.
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French regulator calls for ‘green and brown’ taxonomy
12 April 2019France’s financial regulator has called for the rapid introduction of a formal definition of investments that are beneficial or detrimental to the environment – a so-called taxonomy of ‘green’ and ‘brown’ assets.