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Hong Kong government plans HK$100bn green bond programme
01 March 2018Hong Kong is planning a green bond issuance programme "with a borrowing ceiling of HK$100 billion ($13 billion)", Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced in his budget speech.
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Delivering two-way investor confidence
01 March 2018Do governments need to re-wire their own institutions to play their part in the low carbon investment agenda? asks Kirsty Hamilton
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Boralex seals €136 million deal to build five French wind farms
01 March 2018Canadian renewables firm Boralex has attracted €136 million ($166 million) of financing to construct five wind farms in France, which have a combined output capacity of 112MW.
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AP4 increases low-carbon commitments by SEK13bn
01 March 2018The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) said its low-carbon index allocations now amount to almost one third of its entire global equity portfolio, having increased its commitments by SEK 12.6 billion ($1.9 billion) in 2017.
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Green bond round-up, 28 February 2018
28 February 2018Growthpoint Properties is set to become the first South African corporate green bond issuer.
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Belgium plans to grow sovereign green bond to €10bn
28 February 2018A €4.5 billion ($5.5 billion) sovereign green bond issued by Belgium this week is expected to grow to a size of about €10 billion within four years, the Belgian Debt Agency said.
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Demand for ESG-linked loans grows but "more clarity needed"
28 February 2018More deals linking credit facilities with environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are slated following Danone's and Mapfre's pacts last week, but critics demand more clarity.
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Lombard Odier set to launch new fund with sustainability focus
27 February 2018Lombard Odier Investment Managers is launching a global equity long-short investment strategy with a sustainability focus, to complement its existing impact investment offerings.
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Investors take more active ESG approach, Natixis survey finds
27 February 2018New attitudes towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing are emerging, as investors believe it will become "standard practice" soon, a survey has found.
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Emerging market banks moving fast on sustainable finance, says IFC
27 February 2018Banks in many emerging markets have made rapid progress in promoting 'sustainable finance' initiatives, by leapfrogging some more mature economies, according to the International Finance Corporation (IFC).