‘Sustainable’ corporate debt securitisations are set to benefit from central banks’ increased focus on investments that satisfy environmental sustainability criteria, Moody’s has said.
Climate risks impact on the core tasks of central banks but “it would be wrong to want to use banking regulations to set climate policy incentives, for example by granting risk weighting ‘discounts’ for ‘green’ assets,” said Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann.
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Fixed income investment giant Pimco believes that use-of-proceeds bonds and SDG-linked instruments "may be complementary" and can co-exist under the overarching framework of SDG-aligned bonds.
Family offices “remain to be fully convinced of the merits of the green asset class… and appear to be only partially committed” to green and sustainable finance, a study has claimed.
Food companies are failing to effectively manage climate-related water risks such as drought and pollution – despite their growing awareness of these risks, according to Ceres.
The World Bank has launched a free online platform that provides users with sovereign-level environmental, social and governance (ESG) data.
Growing the amount of sustainability data providers in the market has been identified among the best ways to increase sustainability-themed investments, according to institutional investor respondents to a Schroders survey.
Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has confirmed the first close of the Althelia Biodiversity Fund Brazil (ABF Brazil), which will make impact investments in the Amazon.