Citi launches Asia-Pacific sustainability deposits

Asia Pacific,Investment

Citi appoints new sustainable debt director

People

People moves, 21 January: Citi, HSBC, Mirova, Ninety One, and more

People

Citi lays out initial net zero plan

US banking giant Citigroup has laid out its initial net zero plan, including 2030 emissions targets for…

Debt,Stranded Assets

Investor group urges banks to set enhanced net zero targets

ESG,Investment,Policy

Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2021

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds,Investment

Citi's $200m impact fund invests in seven companies

US bank Citi has invested in seven companies via its $200 million impact fund, including in those focusing…

IMPACT

Global banks supply $800m a day to plastics supply chain

The amount of money that banks have pumped into the global plastics supply chain has been tracked in…

Debt,Natural Capital,Stranded Assets

Banks under fire for funding that threatens biodiversity

The world's largest banks have been named and shamed for continuing to fund activities that threaten…

Natural Capital

Bridges and AEA plan $400m SDG-aligned IPO

UK-based investment firm Bridges Fund Management and US-based AEA Investors plan to raise $400 million…

Equity,IMPACT

Sustainable debt market transformed by Covid-19 impact in H1

Green Bonds

Citigroup claims more than $100bn in environmental finance since 2014

Banking giant Citigroup said it has funded or facilitated more than $164 billion of activities to combat…

ESG

UN calls for investor action in coronavirus response

The UN has called for some of the world's largest investors to join efforts to tackle the coronavirus…

Investment

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

UN's GISD aim 'to free up trillions of dollars' for SDGs

The UN's Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance held its first meeting as it looks…

IMPACT,Investment

Citigroup, Shell and 3M removed from DJSI World

S&P Dow Jones Indices (DJI) and RobecoSAM have reviewed the companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability…

Debt,ESG

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: Chile, Korea, Engie, CDC, Vattenfall, BayWa, RATP … and more

Green Bonds

Bonds round-up: ICBC, Banque Postale, ABN Amro, ERG, Yorkshire Water, Woolworths, Shinhan Bank, IADB, Chile, Otto, Arizona State University, NYC Housing, OPIC, Nomura, Trianon

La Banque Postale has issued its first green bond, raising €750 million ($849 million).

Green Bonds

Green bond comment, April: A return to form

After pausing for breath in 2018, the market for green, social and sustainability bonds surged again in the first quarter of this year.

Green Bonds