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bankmecu MD discusses integrated reporting implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... financial stability, with bankmecu's managing director participating in a panel discussion on the topic at the recent 2014 World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meeting in Washington DC. Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director Walsh ...

US$9.2 billion in green bonds issued in Q3 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... International Ltd, DBS Bank, Swedbank and ABG Sundal Collier also issued green climate bonds during the 3 rd quarter. See Also: World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

World's multilateral banks to continue focus on climate finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Investment Bank (EIB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and World Bank Group (WBG) released a joint statement in which they pledged to maintain a "strong institutional focus" on climate change ...

Sedex Global partners with World Bank Institute on platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Sedex Global and OpenCorporates will partner with the World Bank Institute to develop the Open Supply Chain Platform, an initiative aimed at companies' transparency and performance in responsible supply chain data. The Open Supply Chain Platform will ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... development, and the IPCCs' analysis is reflective of work that's happening at the International Energy Agency, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation for the past year/year and a half," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC chief executive. "So ...

IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... memorandum of understanding between IFC and the Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange is the first time IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has gone into China's emissions trading schemes. The agreement lays the foundation for IFC to work with other ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The World Bank has issued a AU$300 million, five-year fixed rate Australian-dollar denominated Kangaroo Green Bond, the first ever in the Australian domestic market. Mark Goddard, executive director, head of debt securities, Westpac Institutional Bank ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Initiative. There are two groups of leading underwriters. The first is the labelled climate bonds market, including IFC and World Bank Green bonds, where Swedish Bank SEB is the clear leader, punching way above its weight, followed by JP Morgan and Morgan ...

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 ...