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  • BP climate resolution receives record investor support

    16 May 2019

    Investor support for a BP climate shareholder resolution represents a new "global best", according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).

  • KfW's largest green bond meets strong demand

    16 May 2019

    German development bank KfW has priced the €3 billion ($3.4 billion) green bond it announced earlier this week (LINK), setting the coupon for the eight-year deal at 0.01%.

  • World Bank issues $1.5bn sustainable development bond

    16 May 2019

    The World Bank had issued a $1.5 billion Sustainable Development Bond, its first labelled bond to be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange.

  • Green bond round-up: Natixis, Co-op Group, Cofide, Millicom, Hemfosa Fastigheter, Indiana Finance Authority, New York MTA, S&P Global Ratings and DKB

    15 May 2019

    French bank Natixis has issued a €180 million ($209 million) green bond whose repayment and coupon rate will be determined by the performance of the Euronext Climate Objective 50 Euro EW index.

  • Stephanie Sfakianos to leave BNP Paribas

    15 May 2019

    Stephanie Sfakianos, head of sustainable capital markets, will depart from BNP Paribas.

  • Aquila Capital aims to raise €300m for latest renewables fund

    15 May 2019

    German asset manager Aquila Capital plans to raise €300 million ($336 million) from a London Stock Exchange listing of a new renewables fund.

  • Robeco applies SDGs to credit portfolios

    15 May 2019

    Dutch asset manager Robeco has developed a screening process to measure bond and credit portfolios against the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Taxonomy of unsustainable activities ‘only way’ to meet EU climate goals

    15 May 2019

    Expanding the EU’s proposed sustainability taxonomy to also define unsustainable activities is “the only way” to ensure Europe meets its goal to be climate neutral by 2050, according to environmental thinktank E3G.

  • Barclays' Rhian-Mari Thomas to lead UK Green Finance Institute

    15 May 2019

    Rhian-Mari Thomas, global head of green banking at Barclays and chair of the bank's Green Banking Council, has been selected to be the first CEO of the UK's planned Green Finance Institute.

  • AllianceBernstein unveils low-carbon investment concept

    14 May 2019

    Asset manager AllianceBernstein has introduced a new green investment concept, Green Alpha.