People Moves: BNP Paribas, Boralex, ICG
BNP Paribas Asset Management has hired Carbon Tracker Initiative head of research and managing director Mark Lewis.
BNP Paribas Asset Management has hired Carbon Tracker Initiative head of research and managing director Mark Lewis.
A subsidiary of Italian bank UniCredit has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will invest in green bonds from European issuers.
A framework that is designed to assess the impact on climate change of financial institutions’ investments is to be launched next year.
As the second week of COP24 hit its stride, delegates from more than 190 countries were preparing to pass the negotiating baton to their political masters, who will hopefully smooth over any outstanding disagreements and produce a Paris Rulebook on 14 December.
Sustainable securitised bank loans should become the primary source of financing for sustainable infrastructure projects, according to a study group set up to advise the G20.
Swedish bank SEB has predicted that total green bond issuance could reach $240 billion in 2019, despite the market moving "sideways" this year.
China will axe 'clean coal' from its green bond guidelines, in a move that will see its definition of green align more closely with the Climate Bond Standards and the consensus of opinions in the West.
Investors with a combined $32 trillion in assets have demanded governments increase action to tackle climate change.
Sustainable Development Capital Limited (SDCL) shrugged off tumultuous market conditions to raise £100 million ($130 million) by floating an energy efficiency yieldco.
The $6 billion programme of green bonds to finance construction of Mexico City's new international airport is to have its green evaluation report from S&P "removed from public circulation" no later than 31 January 2019.