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Apollo names impact management team
18 September 2020Private equity firm Apollo has named the team that will lead its impact investment arm.
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Environmental Finance Autumn 2020 magazine has landed
18 September 2020The Autumn 2020 edition of Environmental Finance is now available to download as a PDF.
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US wildfires to cost insurers up to $8bn, Moody's estimates
18 September 2020Western state blazes have claimed 34 lives and destroyed almost 10,000 homes
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Insurers "distressingly absent" in push for US climate legislation
18 September 2020There is a "sincere expression of disinterest" from the insurance industry to help bring climate legislation to the US, according to Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic senator for Rhode Island.
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Novartis issues first Sustainability-linked Bond with social targets
17 September 2020Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has issued a €1.85 billion ($2.2 billion) sustainability-linked bond (SLB) - the first SLB to incorporate social targets.
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EUA prices 'could soar to €51 by 2030' after EU raises climate ambition
17 September 2020A raised EU target to cut emissions by 2030 could send average carbon prices 55% higher than previously forecast over the next decade, hitting a new record of €50 by 2030, according to a report by Refinitiv.
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Bridges and AEA plan $400m SDG-aligned IPO
17 September 2020UK-based investment firm Bridges Fund Management and US-based AEA Investors plan to raise $400 million by floating a new 'blank-check acquisition company' with a focus on impact investing.
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Rabobank adopts novel approach to sustainable finance frameworks
17 September 2020Rabobank has introduced a new structure for sustainable financing frameworks that facilitate the issuance of green and social bonds and other forms of sustainable debt.
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QBE impact investments pass $900m
17 September 2020QBE has almost reached its goal of $1 billion in impact investments by next year, using its Premiums4Good programme.
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The finance sector can turn around failed biodiversity targets
16 September 2020Progress to date has been poor but hope can be found in commitments from the financial sector, argues Nicky Chambers