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HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... notably in Mexico and South Africa, as well as through 'green bond' issuance from institutions such as the IFC and World Bank," HSBC said. "For this to be a reliable source of capital for developing economies, more work is needed to see how emerging ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Fund, SSGA High Quality Green Bond Fund, TIAA-CREF, and the Washington State Investment Board. IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is a global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. In the 2012 fiscal year, it had ...

Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... campaigning to ensure that the revenues from gold mining and future mining operations contribute to development. The World Bank provides technical assistance to EITI implementation." EITI was launched in 2002 and has 36 country participants. It is considered ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... portfolios of projects, according to Mercer. Many of the bonds are issued by supranational institutions such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the European Investment Bank. Green bonds could be considered by investors that integrate ESG ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... proceeds have to be used in green projects or climate-change related projects or green related projects. For example, the World Bank Green Bond provided funding to the Colombian public transport system. They were using a lot of diesel busses, so the ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Development Bank (ADB) green bond, 2.2% comes from the European Investment Bank (EIB) green bond and 0.72% comes from the World Bank Green bond. Hartnett said that the transparency and information available around green bond issuance has allowed the ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... reporting. One common feature of the MDBs is transparent and public reporting of what they've done, so if you go to the World Bank website, they have an annual report where they look at the projects they've financed in the year." "At this stage, US$12bn ...
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