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Last minute: EU Taxonomy, final report of the TEG just out!

10 Mar 2020
1 min.

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The European Commission’s Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance has published two landmark reports on March 9. Natixis Green and Sustainable Hub is currently thoroughl...

From little drops to groundswell, emerging markets bonds on the path to sustainable finance

10 Mar 2020
5 min.

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The global issuance of green bonds is expected to soar to USD 300 billion in 2020 according to Moody’s market intelligence estimate (available here), while the Climate Bonds In...

New York City and New York State start acting on their climate related policies: exclusion vs thematic investing

02 Mar 2020
1 min.

New York City Pension Funds go for fossil fuel divestment whereas New York State Common Retirement Fund goes for climate-themed investments: two different but complementary approaches.
On the one...

Green, Social & Sustainability Bonds Market

02 Mar 2020
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Our active coverage universe is focused on Green bonds issuances above USD 200m outstanding which meet the minimal requirement to be, in our mind, called "green bonds", that is to say: targeted us...

Mexico’s SDG Bond Framework: a two-fold eligibility and unique governance

02 Mar 2020
4 min.

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The Federal Government of Mexico released on February 21 its “SDG Sovereign Bond Framework”. It has mandated BNP Paribas, Credit Agricol...

BP sets ambition for net zero emissions by 2050

26 Feb 2020
2 min.

Following the appointment of Bernard Looney appointment as its new CEO, BP has joined the league of other oil companies with bold climate action ambitions. Its “net zero ambition” released on Febr...

EU Taxonomy - reminder on who, what and when

26 Feb 2020
2 min.

Following the political agreement  last December between the European Parliament and the Council, the Regulation on “the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment”, the so-c...

Aviation’s climate footprint, investors' wake-up call to action

26 Feb 2020
2 min.

The aviation industry has been under growing scrutiny from public opinion because of the carbon footprint of its operations which grew globally at an annual rate of 2.8% between 2008 and 2018 acco...

ECBC to set minimum standards for Energy Efficiency Covered Bonds

26 Feb 2020
1 min.

According to Environmental Finance, the European Covered Bond Council (ECBC) is currently working on market initiatives which will set minimum standards for Covered Bond issuances to be eligible fo...

European Green Deal: Putting words into action

04 Feb 2020
1 min.

On the occasion of the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Ursula von der Leyen showcased the Green Deal announced last month by the European Commission, stating that it constituted the European ...

Rising risk on the financing of fossil fuels?

04 Feb 2020
9 min.

COP 25’s failure to have the World’s major economies revise upwards their CO2 emissions reduction targets filled in Paris in 2015 at the COP21 (see Morning line issue of 05/12/2019: Deciphering th...

Water economy: deciphering the challenges, financing the opportunities

22 Jan 2020
1 min.

 The following research report draws on the basic fact that there can be no life without water. When scientists search for inhabitable planets, the very first question they ask when gazing into the...

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