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Green bond round-up, 2 January 2019
02 January 2019Automobile giant Toyota is set to return to the green bond market this month.
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UBS hails sustainable investing as a key strategy for 2019
02 January 2019UBS has named sustainable investing as one of its five key strategies for investors in 2019, to help tackle what it described as an "environmental credit crunch".
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Profile: James Gifford
19 December 2018UBS's impact expert talks to Peter Cripps
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Investors with $1.9trn slap Exxon with new climate resolution
17 December 2018Investors have issued a fresh set of demands on oil and gas giant ExxonMobil, this time calling on it to set targets to lower its emissions in line with Paris Climate Agreement.
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Investing in a Just Transition
17 December 2018A growing movement to incorporate social considerations into the response to climate change is being described as the next frontier of responsible investment. Peter Cripps reports
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SDCL raises £100m in first-of-its-kind energy efficiency IPO
10 December 2018Sustainable Development Capital Limited (SDCL) shrugged off tumultuous market conditions to raise £100 million ($130 million) by floating an energy efficiency yieldco.
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Impax doubles profits amid sea change in attitude to environmental markets
07 December 2018Impax Asset Management has doubled its profits in a "landmark year" boosted by "a sea change in investors' attitude to environmental markets".
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EU's TEG publishes draft climate mitigation taxonomy
07 December 2018The EU's Technical Expert Group (TEG) on sustainable finance has published its eagerly-awaited draft taxonomy for climate mitigation activities, as well as suggesting an approach to climate adaptation activities.
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Green bond comment, December: Investors in Mexico airport bond adopt brace position!
06 December 2018Moody's has downgraded its Green Bond Assessment (GBA) on the $6 billion of bonds from Mexico City Airport Trust, from GB1 (the top score) to GB5 (the bottom score).
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Insurance market is 'broken' when it comes to climate change, says Aviva
04 December 2018The insurance market is currently "broken", in terms of its incentivisation to address climate change, Aviva has argued.
- Permira makes 'transformative investment' in CDP, as it becomes 'commercial entity'
- Forestry industry captured GHG Protocol process, outgoing advisor alleges
- SBTi's Corporate Net Zero Standard 2.0 unveils role for carbon credits
- Better capex data is not a 'nice to have' for investors, webinar hears
- Uganda targets debut sovereign green bond by early 2027
- China's offshore green bond to catalyse market
- Akademiker engaging with car giants on deforestation
- Middle East offers 'eye-catching' sustainable bond markets
- Sustainable debt round-up: Latvia, Poland, European Investment Bank ... and more
- BlackRock's sustainable and transition funds attract inflows despite backlash
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Malaysia's Kami Builders sets up $70m sustainable sukuk programme
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Edentree advocates 'social-flavoured UK sovereign bond' after green success
12 June 2026Investors are understood to be encouraging the UK government to consider issuing a social-focused sustainable bond after continued success for its innovative and expanding green bond programme, according to Edentree Investment Management (IM).
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German sustainable finance expert group handed 'simplification' mandate
12 June 2026Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank and Union Investment employees are among appointees under a renewed mandate of an expert group to advise Germany's federal government on sustainable finance.
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Trelleborg becomes first Swedish company to issue a blue bond
12 June 2026Polymer manufacturer Trelleborg has become the first Swedish company to issue a blue bond, raising SEK800 million ($84 million) through a five-year transaction linked to sustainable water and wastewater management.
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The ESG ratings reckoning
12 June 2026Europe's push for trust may reshape the market, writes Geoffroy Marcassoli
