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Why green bonds from European banks are pivotal to the low carbon transition

Market could reach €200bn in 2-3 years

Investors lap up green gilt issuance, but proof will be in the pudding

While issuance appears to be a resounding success, the proof will be in the pudding for the bonds eventual effectiveness.

Why public finance for climate matters

The EBRD works across 38 economies in three continents with a unique mandate that focuses on promoting market-oriented economies and private and entrepreneurial initiative.

Are the short term attitudes of family businesses to ESG sustainable?

Part of the answer might lie in time horizon posed by the survey: two years is a very short period of time.

UK advice firm launches sustainable pension service

Environmentally-conscious savers would be ‘horrified’ to know they have invested in industries that are harmful to the planet

New campaign urges investors to incorporate not-for-profits with allocation to Global Returns fund

‘Regenerative investment’

HSBC: The 2021 Sustainable Financing and Investing Survey

A climate crisis could be the most serious threat faced by humanity, in both its consequences and longevity.

Harnessing institutional finance for decarbonisation

This event focused on the best ways to assess the alignment of the economy and portfolios to the transition to net zero, as well as ways policymakers can best unlock institutional finance to support decarbonisation.

BIS Warns of Green Bubble

Surprising criticism from the BIS of sustainable finance practices.

Sustainable finance: More consistent EU action needed to redirect finance towards sustainable investment

In addition, the Commission needs to apply consistent criteria to determine the sustainability of EU budget investments and better target efforts to generate sustainable investment opportunities.

Sustainable Investment: History is on the Move!

Results of the survey conducted in the first half of 2021 by Societe Generale Securities Services

Climate Populism Is a Gathering Storm in Europe

On an annual basis, this implies Europeans would pay 150 billion euros ($176.7 billion) more for their electricity, according to think tank Bruegel’s Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann.

BCG Joins Breakthrough Energy Catalyst to Invest in Latest Climate Technology

BCG Partners with Leading Businesses in Groundbreaking Program Focused on Driving Transition to Clean Energy

Apex Group launches Carbon Footprint Assessment & Reporting amid growing market demand

81 percent of Private Equity leaders surveyed by Apex Group agree that Private Equity funds and their portfolio should take greater responsibility for their carbon footprint.

UK businesses ask PM for more ‘leadership’ on climate issues

Groups calling on Boris Johnson for details of policies ahead of UN COP26 climate conference

Fitch launches ESG ratings products

The feed will be available for purchase through Fitch Solutions from 24 September.

UAE and UK to strengthen cooperation on climate action and environment

UAE was the first country in the region to ratify and sign the Paris Accords and the first in MENA to set an economy-wide reduction in emissions by 2030

Challenge or opportunity? Rethinking hard-to-abate sectors

The term ‘hard-to-abate sector’ refers to any sector for which the transition is not nearly so straightforward, because they either lack the technology or its cost remains prohibitive.

ING pledges to reduce funding for upstream oil and gas

The update also confirms plans for the bank to bolster its climate risk management framework and ramp up investment in clean infrastructure.

The Isle of Man Treasury lists £400m sustainable bonds on TISE

The bonds are rated Aa3 by Moody’s and were offered under standalone documentation.

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