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  • 79% of green bonds report post-issuance

    06 March 2019

    79% of the green bond market, according to value, is reporting on its use of proceeds (UoP) and impact, according to NGO Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • Green bond round-up: BNP Paribas; NYSERDA; Nigerian first; Konan Ultra Power

    06 March 2019

    BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market, with a €750 million ($850 million) transaction.

  • JP Morgan launches high-yield corporate ESG bond index

    05 March 2019

    JP Morgan has created an environmental, social and governance (ESG) tilted, high-yield corporate bond index.

  • Poland prices longest-dated sovereign green bond

    05 March 2019

    The Republic of Poland has priced the longest-dated sovereign green bond, as it returned to the green bond market for a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) fundraise.

  • Airlines failing investors on carbon disclosure, TPI warns

    05 March 2019

    None of the world’s 20 largest publicly listed airlines has set a target that clearly specifies how it will reduce its flight emissions after 2025, according to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).

  • CPR unveils smart beta credit ESG fund

    04 March 2019

    Paris-based CPR Asset Management has launched a ‘smart beta’ credit fund that excludes the worst-performing companies, based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.

  • EU carbon market update, 4 March 2019

    04 March 2019

    Last week witnessed a huge bounce for carbon, as EU allowances (EUAs) closed the week up nearly 18%.

  • Amundi's one-year-old green bond fund 'ahead of schedule'

    04 March 2019

    The world's largest green bond fund bought more green-labelled issuance in its first year than originally anticipated, Frédéric Samama tells Michael Hurley

  • BMO launches SDG engagement fund

    04 March 2019

    BMO Global Asset Management has launched an equity fund that will actively engage with investee companies、 using the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework.

  • Actiam launches passive sustainable real estate fund

    04 March 2019

    Dutch asset manager Actiam has launched a passively-managed sustainable real estate fund targeting investments that contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).