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Stephanie Sfakianos to leave BNP Paribas
15 May 2019Stephanie Sfakianos, head of sustainable capital markets, will depart from BNP Paribas.
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Goldman Sachs to offer derivatives based on Stoxx ESG indexes
14 May 2019Stoxx Ltd, a subsidiary of Deutsche Boerse, has licensed three of its European indexes with an environmental, social and governance (ESG) focus to Goldman Sachs, which will use them to create a series of leveraged financial products.
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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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People Moves: BNP Paribas Asset Management, Allianz GI, BlackRock, Pivot Power, Green Investment Group and Renewables Consulting Group
29 March 2019Gabriel Wilson-Otto has joined BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) as head of stewardship for Asia-Pacific at its Sustainability Centre.
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Investors face rising biomass risks, says ShareAction
07 February 2019Investors are exposed to increasing financial and reputational risks from investments in biomass energy, as the greenness of the fuel is becoming more and more doubtful, an NGO has argued.
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Green bonds round-up, 16 January
16 January 2019Italian energy company Enel has returned to the green bond market, with its third such deal, raising €1 billion ($1.1 billion).
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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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Henkel signs €1.5bn sustainability-linked loan
17 December 2018Chemical and consumer goods company Henkel has signed a €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) loan, which will pay interest at a rate tied to the company’s performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
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Green Bonds round-up, 12 December
12 December 2018Swedish bank SEB has predicted that total green bond issuance could reach $240 billion in 2019, despite the market moving "sideways" this year.
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Green bond round-up, 21 Nov
21 November 2018US real estate company Boston Properties has raised $1 billion from its inaugural green bond.