The European banking sector has made sluggish progress on tackling the climate crisis in the last three years, according to new research by responsible investment organisation ShareAction. The latest ranking by ShareAction shows the vast majority of European banks’ strategies on climate change […]
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Wereldhave N.V. (“Wereldhave”) announced yesterday the launch of the Green Financing Framework and has agreed under this framework a new Green Revolving Credit Facility of €100 million with ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as a sole lender. Dennis de Vreede, CFO […]
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KPMG en het Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership (CISL) gaan nauw samenwerken om de maatschappelijke impact van beleggingen beter zichtbaar te maken. Centraal hierbij staat de ontwikkeling van een online tool die de invloed van investeringen op mens, milieu en […]
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De markt van duurzame obligaties (sustainable bonds) groeit hard in Europa. Vooral in Nederland, waar de markt voor duurzame obligaties in 2019 verdubbelde in omvang en waarmee Nederland in de top 3 staat. Met het vandaag gepubliceerde rapport ‘Sustainable Bonds […]
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Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) ontving 7.562 subsidieaanvragen tijdens de SDE+ voorjaarsronde 2020. Deze ronde was bedoeld om een extra impuls te geven aan de ontwikkeling van hernieuwbare energie in Nederland. Er is voor ruim € 4,1 miljard subsidie aangevraagd. […]
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Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Sustainalytics, a globally recognized leader in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings and research. Morningstar currently owns an approximate 40% ownership […]
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Green bonds have suffered a setback as investors shunned debt markets amid the coronavirus pandemic, but experts say the sustainable debt instrument is showing signs of bouncing back, with recent issues heavily oversubscribed as issuers return to market. Demand over […]
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S&P Dow Jones Indices (“S&P DJI”), the world’s leading index provider, announced the launch of the S&P Eurozone LargeMidCap Paris- Aligned Climate Index and the S&P Eurozone LargeMidCap Climate Transition Index. The new S&P Paris-Aligned & Climate Transition (PACT) Indices […]
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Companies and investors often overlook the costly knock-on effects of climate change. The solution? Accounting for climate change vulnerability, according to a new report from the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing. Consider this: Two industry competitors have key manufacturing facilities […]
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Xior Student Housing NV (Xior), the Belgian real estate investment trust (BE-REIT) specialized in student housing in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal, has successfully issued its first debt capital markets transaction by means of a EUR 100m Green US […]
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Truvalue Labs™, the leading provider of AI-driven environmental, social and governance (ESG) data, today announced the release of its COVID-19 data set and dedicated dashboard, Coronavirus ESG Monitor, both free to the public. The data set uses new proprietary signals, developed […]
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The European Commission has launched yesterday a consultation on its Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy. This is an integral part of the European Green Deal and the Commission’s overall efforts to ensure a sustainable and resilient economic recovery following the coronavirus outbreak. […]
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