Since COP21, the French authorities have positioned themselves at the forefront of a thriving sustainable finance market. As of 2015, two labels were created, the SRI Label for ESG funds carried b...
On September 14, Natixis acted as Sole Sustainability Structurer and Joint Bookrunner for Mexico’s inaugural and historic Sustainable Development Goals Bond: € 750m 7-year SDG BOND at MS + 195 bp...
Introduction
After the agreement on a post-pandemic Recovery Plan at European Council level, the French government announced a €100 billion stimulus plan on September 3, 2020. Designed to be roll...
Concerns about the agricultural and forestry sectors grow within the investment sphere as they are considered to account for approximately 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions, as well as a huge...
Mid-September, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury revealed the group is to develop a new generation of aircraft that would rely on hydrogen as the primary power source.
The European aircraft manufacturer ...
In the wake of the Paris Agreement, a number of investors have made commitments to align their portfolios to net zero carbon goals. Several methodologies have emerged in the recent years to suppor...
The Sciences Based Targets initiatives (SBTi) and Assessing low-Carbon Transition (ACT) have simultaneously developed transition methodologies for the Oil & Gas (O&G) industry. This builds...
On July 21 2020, following a marathon EU-summit in Brussels, the European Council, composed of the leader of the EU’s 27 Member States, agreed on ambitious post-Covid Recovery Plan. It brings to ...
The past months have evidenced two important standards developments hosted by the ICMA: an update of the Social Bond Principles and the establishment of the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (...
Following last year devasting fires in the Amazon, there has been a growth in actions to halt deforestation among institutional investors, who are becoming increasingly aware of how deforestation...
