Growing 'greenium' in labelled bond market divides opinions

A boom in demand for green, social and sustainability bonds has meant issuers of these instruments were…

Debt,Green Bonds

Change on the horizon for green bond impact reporting

Proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) and the pending launch of a platform designed to make it…

Green Bonds,IMPACT

Three Swedish firms invest in IFC's SEK 3bn coronavirus bond

Part of World Bank's $14bn financial package to help curb the pandemic

Heathrow Airport, Pension Protection Fund, DEFRA, Danone, Swedfund, UN PRI confirmed to speak at Green Equities + Natural Capital Investment conferences

Key investment industry participants will gather in London on 25 November for Environmental Finance's…

Equity

Pension funds and insurers commit to carbon-neutral investments by 2050

The newly launched alliance is responsible for $2.4trn in investments

Insurance

Amundi's one-year-old green bond fund 'ahead of schedule'

The world's largest green bond fund bought more green-labelled issuance in its first year than originally anticipated, Frédéric Samama tells Michael Hurley

Green Bonds

Delivering disclosure

The EU disclosure proposal seeks to clarify investors’ duties and unlock growth in sustainable finance, reports Elena K. Johansson

Policy

People Moves: Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre, CalPERS and E3G

Magnus Billing, CEO of Sweden's pension fund Alecta, has been appointed as chair of Stockholm Sustainable…

People

Swedish pension investment helps $250m impact fund smash target

An impact fund investing in emerging market loans has smashed through its target and raised $250 million…

ESG,Investment

Green bond round-up, 31 January 2018

Poland has tapped the green bond market for the second time, with a €1 billion ($1.2 billion) issue.

Green Bonds

KommuneKredit joins Scandi green bond party

Danish institution KommuneKredit has priced its inaugural green bond, making it the last of Scandinavian…

Green Bonds

Kommuninvest issues largest ever SEK green bond

Swedish public sector lender Kommuninvest has priced the largest ever Swedish krona green bond, raising…

Debt,Green Bonds,Investment

EF BRIEFS: FSB, Axis Bank, EIB, Stockholm, Canadian Solar, GRI, BP

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed nine more members to its new Task Force on Climate-related…

Carbon,Debt,Equity,Green Bonds,Policy,Renewables,Stranded Assets