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  • EU taxonomy eligibility criteria ‘extremely stringent’, says Natixis

    10 July 2019

    ‘Transition activities’ included in the EU’s sustainability taxonomy have been described by French bank Natixis CIB as “extremely stringent”, in a report designed to assess the taxonomy’s usability.

  • Green and sustainability loans: the growth accelerates

    01 July 2019

    The green and sustainability-linked loan market grew exponentially last year. The next growth spurt could be driven by emerging markets, Michael Hurley writes

  • Voltalia signs €100m sustainability-linked loan

    21 May 2019

    French power producer Voltalia has signed a €100 million ($112 million) sustainability-linked loan, which the company claims is the first such deal by a pure-play renewables company.

  • People moves: ING, Natixis CIB

    05 April 2019

    Xiaofei Guo has been promoted to become vice president of sustainable finance at ING.

  • Bearing the standard for green bond growth

    24 August 2018

    As the green bond market has grown, a plethora of national and regional standards has sprung up. What do they bring to the market and are they necessary, ask Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps

  • Tipping the scales: A look at Natixis' 'green weighting factor'

    13 August 2018

    French bank Natixis plans to apply a 'green weighting factor' to its portfolio of financing deals by 2019. Michael Hurley asks why now?

  • The anatomy of a taxonomy

    11 July 2018

    The European Commission has a highly ambitious target - to develop a taxonomy to define what is green and act as a compass for sustainable finance. But there's a long and rocky road ahead for this controversial initiative, find Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps

  • France grows green bond to €11bn

    05 April 2018

    The Republic of France has grown the size of its sovereign green bond to €10.8 billion ($13.3 billion) by tapping it for a third time.

  • EIB says its green bonds outperform in secondary market

    02 May 2017

    Climate Awareness Bonds (CABs) issued by the European Investment Bank (EIB) "have been outperforming regular EIB issuances" in the past few months, the bank said.