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IBRD issues innovative 'pay-for-success' rhino bond
25 March 2022The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has raised $150 million from a ground-breaking 'pay-for-success' sustainable development bond to support rhino conservation in South Africa.
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Malaysian central bank warns of nature-related risks
17 March 2022Malaysian banks are exposed to sectors which face high nature-related financial risks, the country's central bank has warned.
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Environmental risk regulations tightened in Nepal
16 February 2022Environmental and social risks will have to be considered by banks and financial institutions under new requirements from the Nepalese central bank.
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People moves 28 January: ISSB, J.P. Morgan, DBS, KPMG, and more...
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Women's World Banking recruits head for South Asia
28 January 2022 -
World Bank proposes sovereign sustainability-linked bond verification body
07 January 2022The World Bank has proposed creating a global body to support the development and assessment of sovereign sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs)...
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Climate finance skewed against women, says World Bank advisor
04 November 2021Gender-related criteria must not be seen as tokenistic for developing countries accessing climate finance, a World Bank executive has said.
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COP26 round-up, 2 November: India, deforestation and methane
02 November 2021A brief summary of the biggest news related to COP26 in Glasgow on 2 November.
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World Bank initiative calls on COP26 to urgently set 'true price' on carbon
01 November 2021 -
Just transition, inequality, and diversity are 'next hot topics for ESG data'
07 October 2021Improved data on diversity and inclusion has come to the "forefront of investors' demands"...