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Data Center Developer Equinix Issues $1.2 Billion of Green Bonds

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billion) in green bonds, with proceeds aimed at financing green projects at the company including renewable energy and decarbonization solutions. Equinix issued its updated Green Finance Framework earlier this year, detailing eligible use of proceeds from green bond offerings. billion (USD$1.21

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Île-de-France Mobilités Raises €1 Billion in First-Ever Public Sector “EuGB” Green Bond Offering

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Paris-area public transport authority le-de-France Mobilits announced that it has raised 1 billion in a new green bond offering, the first by a public entity to be issued under the European Green Bond (EuGB) Regulation.

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The 'green label effect' for green bonds is real

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This finding raises critical questions about how sustainable finance is marketed and whether green labels alone are enough to drive real environmental change. Green bonds and retail investors Green bonds are a financial tool designed to fund environmentally friendly projects.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

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See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements HSBC Buys Biomass-Based Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Deal with Cathay Pacific, EcoCeres Alfa Laval Accelerates Net Zero Goal by 3 Years to 2027 Mercedes-Benz Sharpens Sustainability Focus on 6 Key ESG Areas BlackRock, (..)

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The 25 most sustainable public-sector companies in the world

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Royal Canadian Mint In 2023, Canadas coin producer released its inaugural Impact Report and committed to making its manufacturing carbon-neutral by 2030. Bpifrance has also committed to reducing its own emissions by 55% before 2030 and has received exemplary assessments from five separate ESG ratings agencies. That now includes 7.6

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The 25 most sustainable private companies in the world

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A new project to transport wind energy to the Ruhr region will make an important contribution to the security of supply in Germany and Europe in the future as early as 2030, Amprion CTO Hendrik Neumann says. It has committed to investing 1 billion to increasing energy efficiency by 2030. Since 2019, it has cut air carbon by 7.5%

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Take Five: Europe’s Green Brigade Takes Shape 

Chris Hall

The EC presented its Readiness 2030 white paper, outlining its strategic priorities for rebuilding Europes defence capabilities, and provided more detail on its 800 billion (US$867 billion) ReArm Europe plan. The second outcome will be an annual UK-China dialogue, with a summit also taking place in London later this year.