Green Bonds – Page 9
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Special Report
Viewpoints: Investment as the saviour
How taxonomy, trajectory and Ecolabel could save our children
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Special Report
Viewpoints: The industry reacts
Will the EU Sustainable Finance Technical Expert Group’s June 2019 reports on the green taxonomy, green bond standards and climate benchmarks succeed in mobilising investors and capital in support of sustainability objectives?
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Special ReportEU Sustainable Finance: The greening of Europe
The EU wants to encourage environmentally friendly investment practices. Will its taxonomy stimulate the green bond market?
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Special Report
A green game changer
New EU green finance requirements will increase demand for better and more comparable ESG data
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News
AP3 sets sustainability goals, seeks to double green investments [updated]
Sweden’s third AP fund pledges to halve its carbon footprint by 2025 and invest €2.8bn in green bonds
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NewsESMA advises against explicit ESG analysis mandate for credit rating agencies
Watchdog says credit rating agencies should stay focused on creditworthiness, but transparency of how they consider ESG factors could be improved to help investors
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NewsMixed pension fund response to Swedish government green bonds plan
Financial markets minister Per Bolund says investors will play a ‘central role’ in the green transition as government sets out plan to issue debt by next year
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Nordic roundup: Alecta ramps up robotics ahead of 2023 ITP bid
Sweden’s biggest pension fund reports H1 results, while Denmark’s PFA puts €180m into Dutch green bonds
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PostNL reduces equity carbon footprint through shift to best-in-class
€8.4bn Dutch scheme for postal staff said the change lifted its equity returns by one percentage point
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Interview: Rhian-Mari Thomas, Green Finance Institute
As part of London Climate Action Week the UK government has launched the Green Finance Institute, led by Barclays’ former green banking chief Rhian-Mari Thomas
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ATP, PKA invest in European Investment Bank’s DKK3bn climate bond
First Danish kroner bond issued by an sovereign, supranational or agency was praised for fostering transparency
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Features
Editor's Notes: A radical ambition
Last month’s three doorstop reports from the EU’s 35-strong technical expert group (TEG) on sustainable finance have the potential to radically repurpose capital markets.
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News
AP Pension launches sustainable pension product
Danish provider says the product supports UN Sustainable Development Goals and will invest in green bonds
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German state signs PRI as Frankfurt eyes green finance sector
Hessen, which includes the city of Frankfurt, has become the first of Germany’s 16 federal states to sign the UN’s Principles on Responsible Investment
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AXA IM calls for ‘transition bonds’ to help companies go green
New type of debt could help investors overcome challenge of financing companies aiming to become more environmentally-friendly
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NewsAlecta CEO calls on Swedish debt office to back green bonds
Magnus Billing says Sweden’s Riksgälden should get past its objections to green bonds and learn from French example
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NewsNordic roundup: KLP sells out of Oslo Stock Exchange stake
Also: Norwegian lobby group backs long-term investing rule change; PKA reveals DKK1bn investment in Dutch green bond
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News€5.9bn Dutch green bond deemed ‘expensive’
APG, PGGM, SPOV and Cardano were allocated €411m collectively, from a total of €5.9bn raised by the first AAA-rated sovereign green bond
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NewsNorway’s oil fund eyes bigger green bonds allocation, low cost cited
CEO Slyngstad also says upstream oil & gas divestment will take time
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ESG roundup: GPIF, World Bank launch green bond initiative
Plus: IFC pronounces on impact investing; Campaign group drops Shell resolution
