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  • Quebec issues vastly oversubscribed green bond

    23 February 2018

    The Canadian province of Québec has returned to the green bond market, raising C$500 million ($390 million) in a vastly oversubscribed issue.

  • Indonesia becomes first Asian sovereign green bond issuer

    23 February 2018

    Indonesia has become the first Asian country to issue a sovereign green bond, in an issue that was upscaled to $1.25 billion and saw dramatic price tightening.

  • Hermes spearheads Climate Action 100+ engagements with VW, Siemens

    23 February 2018

    Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) is to pressure Volkswagen to increase its climate-related dialogue with shareholders as it spearheads a pair of Climate Action 100+ engagements.

  • Actiam joins IIGCC

    22 February 2018

    Dutch asset manager Actiam has joined the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).

  • Axa eyes further divestments from carbon-intensive energy

    22 February 2018

    Axa became the second major European insurer in as many weeks to address the contentious topic of underwriting fossil fuel production at its annual results.

  • Generali raises green investment bar by €3.5bn and divests from coal

    22 February 2018

    Generali will ramp up its green investments and divest from coal as part of its new climate change strategy.

  • Partners Group targets renewables with latest record €3bn fundraiser

    22 February 2018

    Partners Group has raised a record €3 billion ($3.7 billion) through its latest private infrastructure offering and is set to target renewables and energy infrastructure.

  • Green bond round-up 21 February 2018

    21 February 2018

    Malaysian investment institution Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) has raised MYR 5.65 billion ($1.44 billion) through a green sukuk programme.

  • 50 names to be added to Climate Action 100+ engagement hit list

    21 February 2018

    50 more corporates are to be added to the $28 trillion Climate Action 100+ initiative's list of targets for climate-related engagement.

  • Danone 'paves the way' for linking ESG with traditional financing

    21 February 2018

    An agreement to link Danone's €2 billion ($2.5 billion) syndicated credit facility with environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria has been hailed as "the future of banking".