ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The ADB is a regional multilateral development bank that provides loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments aimed at promoting social and economic development in Asia and the Pacific, and to eradicate extreme poverty.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 24, 2023

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today the publication of a series of new statistical indicators aimed at helping to analyze climate-related risks in the financial sector and track the progress of the sustainable finance market.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 8, 2022

The deal also marks the first social external commercial borrowing (ECB) loan out of India. Proceeds from the social loan will go towards financing affordable housing loans in India, aligned with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines.

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3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

But issuance of social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds—which reference specific key performance indicators, or KPIs—grew fastest (Display). Lamdouar holds a BSc (Hons) in banking and international finance from Cass Business School. Green bonds, which fund particular projects, continued to dominate.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

COP29 Trainings Our sustainability and ESG experts have also contributed significantly by conducting multiple trainings for the volunteers at COP29. These sessions focused on inclusivity, social sustainability, and environmental sustainability, benefiting around 2,000 volunteers.

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Chris Hall

MAY 3, 2024

Tangible progress could be seen on multilateral development banks’ reform and climate finance commitments at the World Bank and IMF’s Spring Meetings, according to E3G Senior Policy Advisor Laura Sabogal Reyes. Modifying the bank’s mission statement to incorporate sustainability objectives was an important achievement for Banga. “It

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ESG Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Government of India will issue its first-ever green bond this month, according to an announcement by the Reserve Bank of India, with plans to raise approximately US$2 billion to support green infrastructure projects aimed at reducing the carbon intensity of the economy.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Active Super has long-been a leader across Australia when it comes to environmental and social sustainability. Simon Gorski, Lendlease Europe’s Managing Director, Construction noted: “We have a proven track record of delivering projects that can deliver economic, social and environmental benefits for the communities where we work.”.

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ESG Today

JULY 29, 2022

Sustainable bond issuance outperformed the broader market in the second quarter of 2022, reaching a record 15% of global total issuance, according to a new report from Moody’s ESG Solutions. The post Sustainable Bond Volumes Outperform Broader Market to Reach Record Share: Moody’s appeared first on ESG Today.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Shades of Green’s Second Party Opinions (SPOs) are independent, research-based assessments on companies’ and governments’ green, sustainability and sustainability-linked debt issuances and frameworks, evaluating alignment with market standards, typically provided before any borrowing is raised. trillion now compared to $1.5

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GreenBiz

MARCH 22, 2021

Indeed, sustainable finance veteran Paul Watchman (an advisor to UNEP FI) argues "the concept of fiduciary duty is organic, not static. It will continue to evolve as society changes, not least in response to the urgent need for us to move towards an environmentally, economically and socially sustainable financial system."

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

He continues: “Our approach to nature is closely linked with our ambitions on climate, circularity, social sustainability and food systems. World Bank, Washington, DC. IPBES secretariat. IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 6 Johnson, J.A. 7 WEF, 2020

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2024

If a company can get 10% of its financing from a SWF and 30% from a development bank, then it becomes much easier for the business to attract the rest of the financing from a private capital source,” said Nacvalovaite. Importantly, having the backing of an SWF opens up the potential for an enterprise to access blended finance. “If

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2024

About 40% of the companies surveyed do not know how to estimate the extent of their exposure to climate risks, and only 17% have approached banks for financing related to sustainability projects.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 10, 2023

For the report, Sustainable Fitch examined the green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked labeled bonds rated by its ESG Ratings service, with a focus on the instruments’ Use of Proceeds’ contribution to green and social impact, and the level of transparency and ambition in project or target selection.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

By 2050, OP Corporate Bank is committed to carbon neutrality in its corporate loan portfolios, and in funds managed by OP Asset Management and OP Fund Management Company.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Despite a booming sustainable debt market – with aligned green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bond volume expected to hit US$1 trillion by year-end – the focus has been primarily on mitigation efforts through ‘pure play’ green sectors and assets, with less emphasis on adaptation and resilience.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Sustainability-linked Sovereign Debt Hub was launched last September by the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, with support from the International Capital Market Association and the Climate Bonds Initiative.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 19, 2022

The importance of DEI-related issues to asset owners was underlined this week when Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, published its expectations for investee companies. . Rights CoLab said: “Investors themselves are fully aware of the problem.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

And the IFC’s Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability have become industry practice across the DFI community when it comes to assessing and managing environmental, social and governance issues. As both the scale and the need for DFI TA programmes continue to grow, it’s time to start this conversation.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Our sustainable debt markets are designed to highlight sustainable investment opportunities to investors with a green, social or sustainable investment agenda. In addition, we launched the product with a group of 20 banks in Denmark that are providing SFDR overlays for all their retail customers.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Sovereign green, social and sustainable bond (GSS) issuance has grown rapidly in recent years, but these bonds still only account for 5% of total outstanding sovereign debt. Poland and France were the first governments to issue green bonds in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 14, 2023

Green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition ( GSS+ ) bonds are shaking off recent macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility, with the market on track to hit US$5 trillion in combined issuance by the end of the year. The EU and European Investment Bank issued US$6.5 billion and US$13.2

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 11, 2023

Natalie Marko Nietsch has been appointed to lead new business and partnerships to boost the bank's social impact. She will be based in Singapore.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2023

Despite development barriers, opportunities are emerging for investment in sustainable assets in growing market. Africa has seen rapid growth in issuance of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSS+) bonds and could prove enticing to investors, in spite of existing challenges. billion (US$12.7

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

An important key to unlocking that finance lies in green and sustainable emerging market bonds, which promise lenders both returns and the opportunity to invest in projects with an ESG impact. Rich countries have since struggled to deliver on this pledge, but the private sector have begun to step in.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2025

The tenth anniversary of Nordic asset manager Storebrands Green Bond Fund offers a yardstick for the significant growth of and interest in green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition (GSS+) bonds during the last decade. Launched in 2015, the fund has hit almost SEK 11 billion (US$1.1

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The organisations concerned are Dutch bank Rabobank, Mexican development institution FIRA, multilateral funder the Global Environment Facility (GEF), Mauritian private equity group Phatisa, Norwegian chemical company Yara, US asset manager Nuveen Natural Capital and Dutch group Signature Agri Investments. Equivalent to 40 power stations”.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

One of these – already firmly on the agenda at the UN summit and elsewhere – was the alleviation of poverty through reform of multilateral development banks , partly to boost their catalytic relationship with private investment.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Progress had been grindingly slow until a breakthrough in the run-up to COP28, which paved the way for a deal on the opening day, effectively giving the green light for grant-based funding, facilitated initially by the World Bank, raising transparency concerns for some.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

The ESG-labelled bond markets are typically considered to include green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bonds. Achieving net zero by 2050 could require the climate bond universe to reach US$36 trillion by 2025 and over US$60 trillion by 2030, it added.

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James Militzer

JULY 20, 2022

The World Bank estimates that the combined crises of the last two years – the pandemic, rising prices and now the war in Ukraine – will lead to an additional 75 to 95 million people in extreme poverty in 2022. A Model for the Future: Bringing Results-Based Funding to Scale.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Further, depending on the jurisdiction, emerging guide rails being established by policymakers and investor-focused organisations have slightly differing perspectives on what it means to be socially sustainable. . All investors want to understand is where investee companies are on their journey to becoming socially sustainable.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Kristensen, who joins from a similar role at Federated Hermes – following spells at Jyske Bank and Neuberger Berman – reports to Client Group Co-head Paul Voûte, who has made deepening institutional relationships a priority since taking up his role in 2022. “It’s fair to say there is a certain cultural fit across the region,” he said.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), which estimates a US$3.1 Global sustainable bond issuance surged in 2021, with data providers estimating total volumes just above or below US$1 trillion; green bonds accounted for roughly half. Developing economies globally need to invest as much as US$4.5 trillion) to reach the goals.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Banks and financial institutions, for example, will need to observe the complex and evolving web of new sanctions with more rigour than some have managed their compliance obligations in the past. Sectors dependent on discretionary spending suffered, but defensive investments will not be comfortable either.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The fund, which is labelled as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), will have no fixed allocations across geographies, sub-subsectors or company stages, targeting wholesale and institutional investors with a “particular focus on high-net-worth individuals, family offices and private banks”.

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