Archive

  • Green bond comment, May: It's all about impact!

    02 May 2018

    Is the green bond market evolving into the impact bond market?

  • TCFD guidance for banks launched

    26 April 2018

    Guidance was today launched to help banks assess and report the 'transition risks' in their loan books, as recommended by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • Green bond round-up, 25 April

    25 April 2018

    More than $3.3 billion of green bonds have settled in the first three days of this week*, with announcements suggesting that a strong pipeline of issuance of green and social bonds can be expected in coming weeks.

  • Banking on a changing climate?

    05 April 2018

    Climate change poses a significant threat to banks. How big is their exposure to climate risks, and what are they doing to mitigate them, asks Peter Cripps

  • Danone 'paves the way' for linking ESG with traditional financing

    21 February 2018

    An agreement to link Danone's €2 billion ($2.5 billion) syndicated credit facility with environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria has been hailed as "the future of banking".

  • BNP plans to double renewables financing by 2020

    07 February 2018

    BNP Paribas aims to double its annual financing of renewable energy projects to €15 billion ($18.5 billion) in 2020 from €7.2 billion in 2015 and to remain among the top three underwriters of euro-denominated green bonds this year.

  • Green bond round-up, 31 January 2018

    31 January 2018

    Poland has tapped the green bond market for the second time, with a €1 billion ($1.2 billion) issue.

  • Giant Australian wind projects get dual financing boost

    22 December 2017

    A pair of onshore wind farms in Australia with a combined 959MW of planned capacity have agreed financing deals with a host of major banks and telecommunications companies.

  • Natixis becomes latest firm to stop lending tar sands and Arctic oil

    13 December 2017

    Natixis has been added to the growing list of financial institutions that are walking away from tar sands and Arctic oil.

  • Societe Generale follows BNP in walking away from oil sands

    11 December 2017

    Societe Generale has committed €100 billion towards financing the energy transition by 2020 and will stop lending to oil sands and Arctic oil projects.