RBS targets halving emissions from financing activity by 2030

The UK's Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) pledged to halve the climate activity of its financing activity…

Carbon,Debt

Amundi supports Barclays fossil fuel funding shareholder resolution

Major French asset manager Amundi has confirmed it will support a resolution calling on Barclays to phase…

Carbon,Equity

HSBC named largest green, social and sustainability bond manager

HSBC became the largest green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond market underwriter in 2019, in a…

Green Bonds

Bonds round-up: Chile, LBBW, Orix, Egypt

Green Bonds

Lloyds targets halving emissions from loan book by 2030

Carbon,Debt

UK standards setter publishes sustainable finance guide

The UK's national standards body has published draft recommendations for integrating sustainability considerations…

ESG,Investors,Policy

Church of England backs fossil fuel resolution by Barclays' shareholders

The Church Commissioners for England has announced it plans to vote in favour of a shareholder resolution…

Carbon,Debt,Equity,Stranded Assets

Investors urge Barclays to phase out fossil fuel financing activities

A group of 11 institutional investors has filed a shareholder resolution to Barclays, calling on the…

Carbon,Debt,Equity,Stranded Assets

People Moves, 6 January: Posaidon, Cerema, Rest

People

Apple sells €2bn green bonds in first Euro foray

Consumer electronics giant Apple has tapped the euro green bond market, in a deal worth €2 billion ($2.2…

Green Bonds

Private banks double the number of sustainable funds offered

Private banks have doubled the number of sustainability-themed funds they offer, compared with a year…

ESG,Investors

Santander criticised for investments in Polish coal expansion

Spanish banking giant Santander has faced criticism for its investment in Polish state-run energy group…

Debt,Stranded Assets

People Moves: SEB, Crédit Agricole, Amundi, BNP Paribas, RLAM, SIF

Kaminker departs SEB, Crédit Agricole hires former HSBC head and more

People

Members of UK taskforce on greening supply chains announced

The members of the UK's Global Resource Initiative (GRI) taskforce have been revealed, as they met for…

People,Policy

BlackRock and CPPIB back stewardship code for long-term investors

FCLTGlobal, a non-profit organisation led by institutional investors including the Canada Pension Plan…

ESG,Investors

Green and sustainability loans: the growth accelerates

The green and sustainability-linked loan market grew exponentially last year. The next growth spurt could be driven by emerging markets, Michael Hurley writes

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

Barclays' Rhian-Mari Thomas to lead UK Green Finance Institute

Rhian-Mari Thomas, global head of green banking at Barclays and chair of the bank's Green Banking Council,…

ESG

AIIB issues $2.5bn sustainability-themed bond

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has issued its first 'global bond', worth $2.5 billion,…

Green Bonds,Investors

Green bonds round-up: IBRD, Folksam Group, Electrolux, Interstate Power & Light, Pace Funding Group, EBRD

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank Group, has tapped…

Green Bonds