News

• Green bond round-up, 28 March 2018

  29 March 2018

  Banco Galicia has become the first private financial institution in Argentina to issue a green bond.

• Tool launched to raise investor awareness on deforestation risks

  29 March 2018

  An online platform to support financial institutions in understanding and mitigating deforestation risks has been launched.

• Luxembourg Stock Exchange strikes green bond deal with Shanghai Clearing House

  28 March 2018

  An agreement to "close the information gap" between international investors and green bonds traded on the Chinese Interbank Bond Market has been signed by two of the market's key players.

• Environmental Finance Green Bond Awards winners revealed

  28 March 2018

  Environmental Finance's Green Bond Awards have grown for the second consecutive year, as the number of categories expands in line with a rapidly expanding market.

  

• UK should 'go beyond TCFD' and lead world in disclosure, say industry leaders

  28 March 2018

  An industry taskforce has urged the UK Government to boost the growth of green finance by enforcing the voluntary recommendations of the FSB's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in law.

• Partners Group's new strategy will focus on SDGs

  27 March 2018

  Partners Group has launched a new investment strategy focused on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• EU carbon market weekly update - 26 March 2018

  26 March 2018

  EU Allowance prices could well remain high this week, as auction volumes fall and the compliance deadline approaches, says Louis Redshaw.

• EIB teams up with Piraeus Bank to support green investments in Greece

  26 March 2018

  The European Investment Bank (EIB) has joined forces with the largest Greek bank to launch a €100 million ($124 million) initiative to back energy efficiency investments.

• Olam secures Asia's first sustainability-linked club loan facility

  26 March 2018

  Agri business Olam has signed a three-year sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, aggregating $500 million of loans.

• 'Green Finance Centre' aims to strengthen UK-China links

  26 March 2018

  Co-operation between the UK and China on sustainability issues is to take a further step forward with the creation of a UK-China Green Finance Centre, funded by a mix of public and private sources.