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Eiffel narrowly misses €800m target for second impact debt vehicle
16 September 2024Eiffel Investment Group has held a final close for its second impact debt strategy at €777 million ($864.5 million), narrowly missing its €800 million target.
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'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
13 September 2024The expert taskforce brought together by influential trade associations to look into developing ground-breaking Transition Loan Principles (TLP) is unlikely to publish any guidance before next year.
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IFC issues second 'blue'-focused green bond
13 September 2024The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has raised SEK2.6 billion ($252 million) from the second green bond it has issued to promote its 'blue' finance projects amid rising investor interest in sustainable water and ocean-related investments.
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Sustainability-linked bond issuance sinks to record low in August
12 September 2024Sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issuance dropped to an all-time monthly low in August as the performance-based instrument struggled to attract issuers amid ongoing credibility concerns.
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Carrefour raises €750m from sustainability-linked bond
12 September 2024French supermarket chain Carrefour has raised €750 million ($827 million) from its sixth sustainability-linked bond but has dropped its well-received Scope 3 emissions target.
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Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 returns to New York next week
12 September 2024Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt conference returns to New York next week, Thursday 19 September. Environmental Finance subscribers receive a 30% discount to attend.
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Mirova creates research centre to spur blended finance with proof of impact
12 September 2024Mirova has launched a research centre it says will catalyse blended finance and impact investments by combining the knowledge of its investment teams with academic research in under-examined areas, including through the creation of a blended finance database.
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Sustainable Debt Round-up: EU, EIB, Fingrid ... and more
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MUFG, Doha Bank sign first Middle Eastern 'green repo' deal
11 September 2024MUFG and Doha Bank have finalised the first 'green repo' scheme signed in the Middle East, with the transaction using green bonds as the underlying collateral.
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MSCI: 'Striking' rise of climate adaptation in utility green bonds
11 September 2024MSCI said there has been a "striking increase" in the prominence of climate adaptation projects in green bonds from the utility sector, as attention focuses on strengthening transmission assets to extreme weather.
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Sri Lanka's DFCC launches 'pivotal' LKR2bn green bond
10 September 2024 -
KfW raises £750m from green bond in 'difficult' market
10 September 2024KfW has raised £750 million ($980 million) from its largest sterling-denominated green bond since 2022, with the deal attracting a 'greenium' despite the "difficult" fixed income market conditions.
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Winners of the Sustainable Company Awards 2024 revealed
10 September 2024The winners of the 2024 Environmental Finance Sustainable Company Awards have been unveiled, recognising best practice and innovation in corporate sustainability.
- L'Oréal backs French sustainable ingredients startup
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- IFC issues second 'blue'-focused green bond
- Franco-German transition plans work can inform credibility assessments, France's IFD says
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- SFDR and SDR both miss key sustainability distinctions, CFA says
- Norway's sovereign wealth fund's Exxon paradox
- Standard Chartered, British Airways sign "global first" carbon credit deal
- Net outflows accelerate for Article 9 funds
- EU's von der Leyen calls for a price on nature
