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WWF: How to improve the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan

Ahead of Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 virtual conference next week, Jochen Krimphoff, deputy director of environmental finance at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), reflects on what the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan means for the sustainable fixed income market

Bond round-up: Kookmin, China Industrial Bank, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry ... and more

EU backs German social impact fund

The European Social Innovation and Impact Fund (ESIIF) has been launched to "immediately strengthen impact investing in the EU", by closing the financing gap for early-stage European social enterprises.

News round-up: US exits Paris Agreement, Willis Towers Watson, PACTA and Generali

Green bond comment, November: Time is ripe for sovereigns to finally step up

Sovereign green bonds experienced a bumper September, with several new issuers, but Ahren Lester argues other hesitant sovereigns should step-up ahead of COP26 next year to light up this potentially significant market

BlackRock backs creation of IFRS sustainability standards board

A proposal that would see the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation establish a sustainability standards board and become a global sustainability standards-setter has received the backing of the world's largest asset manager.

Cascading risk: Learning to deal with the world's greatest threat

Scientists have identified cascading crises as the biggest threat to planetary health and future generations, says Hélène Galy

Industrial Bank issues second 'blue bond' in China

The Hong Kong branch of China Industrial Bank (IB) has issued a 'blue bond', which was nearly five times oversubscribed, just a few weeks after the maiden blue bond in the country was announced.

News Round-up: KKR, KGAL and plant-based meat

KKR in $1.4bn renewables deal with NextEra Energy

Barclays leads vertical farming impact funding round

Barclays has invested an undisclosed sum in a US-based vertical farming company as part of its £175 million ($230 million) Sustainable Impact Capital initiative.