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New Green Financing Framework for the Philippines

3BL Media

ROP, which has received support from Standard Chartered Bank and UBS as joint structuring advisors, will adhere to the Framework which will also enable support for social projects that will provide access to education, basic infrastructure, food security, jobs and affordable housing. Making companies ready for tomorrow.

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African Alliance Wants Voice in Global ESG Standards 

Chris Hall

Alliance plans to increase engagement with the continent’s financial sector, who it says has a critical role in Africa’s response to the climate crisis.

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Strengthening the ‘Environment’ Component of ESG: How Financial Institutions Can Bring Green Financing into the Mainstream in India

James Militzer

ESG’s momentum is due to accelerating climate change, deteriorating natural resources, decreasing labor rights, increasing corruption and other negative externalities that unsustainable and unethical business practices have caused. Green Financial Instruments: Contrasting India to the Global Market.

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Asia Wakes Up to Blue Finance Regulation

Chris Hall

trillion in Asia-Pacific alone; regulatory uncertainty around a concept barely a decade old and the difficulty of valuing a communal fluid asset has opened a trench in financing between sustainable green bonds and their blue peers. The cumulative value of green bonds issued reached US$2.2

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11 young professionals on the future of sustainable finance

GreenBiz

“The Emerging Leaders program provides a forum where environmentally focused youth can explore and learn about climate solutions and sustainability efforts across public and private sectors,” said Alex Liftman, global environmental executive at Bank of America, which sponsored the program at GreenFin. Sheryl Owen. Mecca Luster.

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This Week’s Fund News: New CBRE, NN Group Venture Targets Buildings’ Energy Efficiency

Chris Hall

Over the next five years, Nuveen’s private equity impact strategy will invest at least US$100 million into companies providing solutions to climate-vulnerable communities across Africa and Asia. Solutions include increasing energy access, mitigating climate change and building climate resilience.

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Unlocking Emerging Markets

Chris Hall

After all, the world’s energy and climate future hinges on decisions made across both emerging and developing economies, according to an International Energy Agency 2021 report. . Evaluating the ‘E’ has been more difficult to factor into our sovereign investing. Poland was the first sovereign to launch a green bond in December 2016.