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How Finance can help stop climate change: Green bonds

Edouard Stenger

Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. If growth was slow from the first green bond issuance to 2012, things have accelerated since. Green bonds are indeed often oversubscribed due to their success.

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A Business Guide to Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

Decreased operational costs Sustainable investments often lead to more efficient operations, particularly in terms of energy use, water consumption, and waste management. Another way companies reduce operational costs is through investing in a sustainable supply chain.

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The ESG Interview: Fully Engaged

Chris Hall

The NN IP framework consists of four pillars – business model, governance, environmental and social – each focused on themes that “help assess a company’s real-world impact”. The themes encompass a range of material issues including sourcing of materials; water management, biodiversity and land use; and pollution and waste.

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This Week’s Fund News: New CBRE, NN Group Venture Targets Buildings’ Energy Efficiency

Chris Hall

Going forward, it will include lifecycle assessment of materials employed in the construction phase as part of the development design as a way of reducing embodied carbon, waste and pollution. Global investment manager Nuveen has partnered with UK-registered charity Shell Foundation to drive more capital to emerging market climate solutions.

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Social Enterprises Can Grow Their Revenue and Impact by Partnering with Corporations – Here’s How to Support Them

James Militzer

This partnership is enabling CEMEX to turn its own waste into lighter-weight building materials with less carbon output. One of its recent partnerships is with the social enterprise Arqlite , which has developed proprietary technology capable of upcycling previously unrecyclable plastics into construction inputs.

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This Week’s Fund News: Robeco Sustainable Bond Strategy Targets Asia

Chris Hall

“Some of that money needs to be channelled towards scaling up the emerging infrastructure technologies, companies and assets across critical sectors, such as digital infrastructure like small cells and green data centres, battery storage, electric vehicle charging and waste management.

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This Week’s Fund News: Mediolanum Picks KBI, Pictet for Circular Fund

Chris Hall

The fund will target investments that enable disruptive businesses to reduce waste and use resources in a circular manner, improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions. In addition, it will target investments that expand access to and reduce the cost of basic products and services for under-served consumers.