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ESG data files - part 3: Ratings reports under the microscope
01 August 2019A look at how three of the biggest ESG raters rate three companies - Johnson & Johnson, Standard Chartered and BYD - reveals significant differences in the conclusions they reach. Graham Cooper reports
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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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Green Bonds round-up, 26 June
26 June 2019BBVA issued its first green bond, also for €1 billion, in May 2018. Since then it has issued two much smaller bonds, in September 2018 and February 2019.
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27 firms sign up to green finance principles for Belt and Road
29 April 2019A set of green financing guidelines for China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has received backing from 27 firms around the world.
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Bonds round-up: ICBC, Banque Postale, ABN Amro, ERG, Yorkshire Water, Woolworths, Shinhan Bank, IADB, Chile, Otto, Arizona State University, NYC Housing, OPIC, Nomura, Trianon
17 April 2019La Banque Postale has issued its first green bond, raising €750 million ($849 million).
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Barclays' energy policy backs tar sand projects with 'big money', say campaigners
16 January 2019Barclays' revised energy policy has been criticised by environmental pressure groups as underwhelming in ambition, as it provides "big money" for tar sand projects.
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Set sustainable lending policy to reap reward, emerging market banks told
08 January 2019Banks operating in Southeast Asia and parts of Latin America have an ‘historic opportunity’ to reap multi-trillion-dollar benefits by adopting or improving their sustainable lending policies, according to Global Canopy.
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People Moves: Columbia Threadneedle, Natixis, NBIM, BMO Capital Markets, Hong Kong Green Finance Association, FRC, Pattern Energy and NextEra Energy Partners
04 January 2019Columbia Threadneedle boosts responsible investment team
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Green Bonds round-up, 19 December
19 December 2018The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated THB5 billion ($152 million) to buy the whole of a two-tranche green bond offering from Thailand's B. Grimm Power.
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Nine banks add their backing to Principles for Responsible Banking
18 December 2018A further nine banks and eight other stakeholders have backed the fledgling Principles for Responsible Banking, the UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has revealed.