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Corporates confirm their commitment to green bonds
12 December 2017A group of Europe's largest industrial issuers of green bonds have made a formal pledge to promote the future growth of the market.
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Banking on Water - the role of commercial banks in water solutions
11 December 2017There are five key ways in which banks can seize the opportunities presented by the water sector, argues Ambika Jindal.
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BNP to launch voluntary carbon market tool
11 December 2017A service to encourage investment in voluntary carbon offsetting projects is to be launched in mid-2018 by French bank BNP Paribas.
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Societe Generale follows BNP in walking away from oil sands
11 December 2017Societe Generale has committed €100 billion towards financing the energy transition by 2020 and will stop lending to oil sands and Arctic oil projects.
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Investors demand ESG rating is published alongside credit rating
11 December 2017A group of institutional investors have signed a declaration urging bond issuers to communicate their environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating in addition to their credit rating.
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Mapping the SDGs
11 December 2017Two years on from the launch of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, how are investors responding, asks Peter Cripps
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World Bank repays $9.6m under its PAF scheme
08 December 2017The World Bank has repaid $9.6 million to bondholders that acquired notes issued under its innovative Pilot Auction Facility (PAF) scheme.
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Second tap takes France's sovereign green bond to almost €10bn
08 December 2017Agence France Tresor has tapped its record-breaking sovereign green bond for the second time, raising a further €1.065 billion. The bond now amounts to €9.697 billion ($10.61 billion).
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Green and sustainability taxonomy to be announced at Macron summit
08 December 2017A taxonomy that defines green and sustainable investments will be announced next week by the European Commission at a summit hosted by French President Macron.
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People moves: UBS, LGIM, CalPERS, Crowell & Moring
08 December 2017UBS has continued to expand its sustainable investment team as it looks to take significant steps forward in the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its active investment process.