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Will the taxonomy deliver?

Will the EU's taxonomy succeed in boosting the flow of finance to a low-carbon economy, asks Elena K Johansson

Bond round-up: Societe Generale, Ferrovie, Posco, BKW Group and more...

New York State Housing Finance Agency has issued a preliminary statement announcing its intention to…

Green Bonds

Bond round-up: Westpac, CGNPC, Prologis, Hera, Hannon Armstrong ... and more

Green Bonds

The ESG data files – introduction

ESG data has gone 'mainstream'. But how good is it, and in what ways does it need to improve? Environmental Finance is today launching a series of features to answer these questions. Peter Cripps reports

ESG,Investors

Bond round-up: Chile, Korea, Engie, CDC, Vattenfall, BayWa, RATP … and more

Green Bonds

Glennmont's third clean energy fund closes with €850m

UK fund manager Glennmont Partners has raised €850 million ($957 million) at the final close of its third…

Equity

Agriculture giant pens $750m sustainability-linked loan

Agricultural goods firm Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has tied the interest rate on a $750 million loan…

Debt

BNP Paribas launches first circular economy ETF

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has launched what they believe to be the first circular economy…

Equity

Coal utilities boosted by €16bn since Paris Agreement, say NGOs

Eight financial institutions have given Europe's 'most polluting utilities' almost €16 billion ($17 billion)…

Debt,Equity,Investors,Stranded Assets

Stephanie Sfakianos to leave BNP Paribas

Stephanie Sfakianos, head of sustainable capital markets, will depart from BNP Paribas.

People

Green bond comment, May 2019

The big debate on transition bonds and a strong start to the market in 2019

Green Bonds

Investors in alternative assets eye opportunities from the SDGs

Almost 90% of investors in ’alternative’ assets such as real estate, infrastructure, private debt and…

ESG,Investors

Natural capital: investors face data black hole

Investors interested in assessing their dependencies on natural capital are staring into a "great big…

Investors

Chemicals company signs €400m sustainability-linked RCF

Finland-based chemicals company Kemira has agreed a €400 million ($450 million) ‘sustainability-linked’…

Debt,Investors

French regulator calls for ‘green and brown’ taxonomy

France’s financial regulator has called for the rapid introduction of a formal definition of investments…

Debt,Policy,Insurance

Two-thirds of ESG investors align investments with SDGs

Among asset managers and owners with environmental social and governance (ESG) strategies, more than…

Debt,ESG,Equity,Investors

GBPs publish green buildings impact reporting guidance

A ‘harmonised framework for impact reporting on green building projects’ has been published by the Green…

Green Bonds

Green bond round-up: ICO, Klabin, Reykjavik Energy, Midsummer, IBRD, Fabege, Housing New Zealand, Argosy Property and Vasakronan

Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), a state-owned Spanish bank, has issued a €500 million ($562 million)…

Green Bonds

Winners of Environmental Finance Bond Awards 2019 honoured by market

The Environmental Finance Bond Awards 2019 feature several repeat winners alongside many new names, as 13 extra categories were added this year in response to the rapid growth of social and sustainability bonds.

Green Bonds,Investors