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AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... mitigation, adaptation and low-carbon and climate resilient development objective." AAIB and Amundi say there is a climate finance investment gap that is limiting the integration of climate change by companies and the financial sector across Asia, which ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... investment," according to the Climate Bond Initiative. Partners assist in developing initiatives to grow investment in climate finance solutions, participate in different market development committees and help define policy agendas for sector, country ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... policy toolkit for Australia. "Australia's large and highly sophisticated funds management industry and growing climate finance capacity mean we are well placed to become a major investor in low-emissions opportunities and a green finance hub for the ...

Global issuance of green bonds tops $100 billion to date in 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... "Reaching US$100 billion in green issuance for the third time and so early in the year is welcome; however, the global climate finance challenge is to reach a US$ 1 trillion in annual green investment early in the 2020s," Kidney said. "The EU TEG process ...

Man Group appoints Jason Mitchell co-head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Group since 2010. Mitchell also serves on the Advisory Board of Imperial College Business School's Centre for Climate Finance and Investment, and is a member of the PRI Academic Advisory Committee, the PRI Macroeconomic Risk Advisory Committee, the Investment ...

Climate Bonds Initiative analyses bond issuance from second quarter 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... investor diversification remain among the most talked about topics for green bonds," said Peer Stein, global head of climate finance, Financial Institutions Group - IFC. "With this second publication in a joint series with the Climate Bonds Initiative ...

International Finance Corporation launches NZ dollar-denominated green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... demonstrates the continued and expanding role of capital markets in mobilizing international savings to help close the climate finance gap," Monish Mahurkar, said IFC director for treasury market operations. He added, "As of July 2017, IFC has issued ...

Climate Bonds Initiative analyses disclosure of use of proceeds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... reporting to 78%." "International green bond markets need to accelerate in depth and diversity to meet country climate finance goals," said Sean Kidney, CEO Climate Bonds Initiative. "This report reflects the best practice examples by market leaders ...

IGCC calls for action, investment to adapt at-risk infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... promoting adaptation investment across Australia," among other recommendations. IGCC will also engage with global climate finance bodies on the development of an adaptation and resilience measurement framework. IGCC also recommends that investors should ...

London Stock Exchange joins Climate Bonds Partnership Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... working cooperatively on joint projects that build and strengthen the position of green bonds in providing global climate finance solutions."