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First 'blue bond' in Vietnam issued
01 July 2024Southeast Asia Commercial Bank (SeABank) has raised $75 million from a sustainable bond which is the first in Vietnam to include a 'blue bond' tranche focused on sustainable marine and water projects.
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Impact Expansion reaches €150m hard cap with maiden fund
01 July 2024Impact Expansion, a spin-out from European impact investment firm KOIS Impact, has closed its debut fund at its €150 million ($160 million) hard-cap.
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Winners of Environmental Finance's Sustainable Investment Awards 2024 revealed
28 June 2024The winners of Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Investment Awards for 2024 have been announced.
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Hub targeting €650bn raise for EU cities' transition
27 June 2024An EU-backed hub has been launched to raise €650 billion towards transitioning over 100 cities to net zero, with plans to attract private capital through green bonds or local funds.
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Stafford and JPMAM to manage £300m of timber assets for pension funds
27 June 2024Stafford Capital Partners and J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) are to manage a £300 million ($375 million) timberland-dedicated mandate for The ACCESS Pool.
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ECB to set decarbonisation targets for corporate bond portfolios
26 June 2024The European Central Bank (ECB) will target near-term greenhouse gas emissions reductions in its corporate bond portfolio for the first time and will consider 'remedial actions' if these diverge from a strict decarbonisation trajectory.
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LGIM to partially divest from Glencore over coal plans
26 June 2024Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has said it will divest from Glencore over the mining company's plans to expand its production of thermal coal.
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Net Zero Investment Framework reduces focus on financed emissions, warning of 'perverse outcomes'
25 June 2024The second version of the widely used Net Zero Investment Framework investor transition planning guide has been published, with a reduced focus on encouraging the reduction of emissions linked to financing.
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ICMA, LMA release 'sustainability-linked loan bond' guidance
25 June 2024Two debt industry bodies have jointly published guidance for the issuance of bonds dedicated to financing sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) in order to develop a new sustainable finance product and support the credibility of the performance-based lending instrument.
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Disclosure data checklist among ICMA SLB Principles updates
25 June 2024The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published an updated version of the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBP) which includes a new disclosure data checklist intended to "harmonise" and strengthen disclosures for the performance-based instrument.