Langham Hospitality Investments signs first Asian hospitality sustainability loan

Langham Hospitality Investments has secured sustainability-linked loans worth HK$7.5 billion ($960 million),…

Debt

EBA plans climate stress test

Debt,Policy

Unicredit and Deutsche Bank in €1bn sustainability-linked loan

Lenders UniCredit and Deutsche Bank helped close a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) syndicated, environmental,…

Debt

In defence of Enel's SDG-linked bond

Meeting the European Commission's sustainability objectives requires innovation, argues Jacob Michaelsen

Debt,Green Bonds

Video: GSS Bond Principles enable investors to engage with issuers - PineBridge Investments' Alessia Falsarone

"The GSS Bond Principles have established a framework through which issuers themselves are actually engaging…

Debt,Green Bonds

Transport taking rising share of climate finance, says think tank

Finance for low-carbon transport has risen sharply in recent years to about $141 billion annually in…

Carbon,Debt,ESG,Equity,Investors

Cicero pilots Shades of Green assessment of corporates

Cicero plans to extend use of its Shades of Green methodology to assess the transition strategy of corporates.

Debt,Equity

Investors turn to natural capital for resilience and reputation

A growing number of mainstream investment firms are allocating capital to preserving and enhancing natural assets, but much more is needed, say Graham Cooper and Sophie Tremolet

Debt,ESG,Equity,Investors

BlackRock: ESG can help identify cheap EM sovvies

BlackRock has growing confidence that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are a material…

Debt,Green Bonds

Sustainability loan market surges past $100bn in 2019 – Refinitiv

More than $103 billion in green and sustainability-linked loans has been announced so far in 2019, according…

Debt,ESG

KBI urges greater investment in sustainable infrastructure

Asset owners should be investing more heavily and with more urgency in infrastructure projects that help…

Debt,ESG,Equity,Investors,Water

CNP Assurances plans to double green investments by 2023

French insurer CNP Assurances said it intends to double its assets under management (AuM) in green investments…

Debt,Equity,Insurance

Use ESG to unearth yield in African bond markets, Sustainalytics says

Bond investors hunting yield in African sovereign bond markets should use environmental, social and governance…

Debt,ESG,Investors

EIB fossil fuel lending phase-out hailed as ‘crucial milestone'

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed to phase out lending to most fossil fuel projects by…

Debt,Policy,Stranded Assets

Riksbank divestments ‘open floodgates’ to questions on climate divestment

The Swedish Riksbank’s climate-related divestment from carbon-intensive issuers is set to ramp up the…

Debt,Green Bonds,Investors,Policy,Stranded Assets

Sustainability-linked bonds complement and bolster the sustainable finance market

Sustainability-linked bonds have the potential to entice issuers, diversify economic options available to investors, and encourage outcome-focused sustainable finance, argue Aaron Franklin, Paul Davies, Ignacio Domínguez and Kristina Wyatt.

Debt,Green Bonds

Bonds round-up: KfW, DKB, Orsted, RBS ... and more

Debt,Green Bonds

VIDEO: Climate change provides opportunities to the insurance industry - Manulife's CFO

"Climate change provides a number of opportunities to the insurance industry and to other industries"…

Debt,Green Bonds

Supporting transition through green bond issuance

EBRD issued its first green transition bond last month. Isabelle Laurent and Carel Cronenberg explain its approach

Debt,Green Bonds

‘Sustainable’ securitisations to benefit from central banks’ ESG push: Moody’s

‘Sustainable’ corporate debt securitisations are set to benefit from central banks’ increased focus on…

Debt,Investors,Policy