ESG is becoming asset class agnostic, sustainability themed and impact investing are on rise. We questioned investors on the fast development of green and sustainable finance, to sense their expect...
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On January 14th, Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD), the regional development bank of the member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), issued ...
Natixis acted as Sole Sustainability Structurer and Joint Bookrunner for AFD’s inaugural Sustainable Development Goals Bond (€ benchmark 7-year SDG Bond), under its new SDG Bond Framework.
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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...
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 (...
As ESG investments are becoming mainstream, the market of impact investing is getting increasingly structured. Two recent initiatives have been set up recently to support impact data industrializa...
Last month, the Finance Initiative of the UN Environment Program (UNEP Fi) launched new tools to help companies and financial institutions better assess the impact of their activities: the UNEP FI...
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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...
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The Federal Government of Mexico released on February 21 its “SDG Sovereign Bond Framework”. It has mandated BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB and Natixis (who acted as Sole SD...
