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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: IBM study shatters “myth” that ESG harms profitability; PwC boosts nature and biodiversity capabilities; Starbucks certifies 3,500 environmentally sustainable stores; Hong Kong to require all issuers to report on climate; EU lawmakers adopt rules tackling deforestation in supply chains; Schneider Electric launches (..)

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Global Regulatory Brief: Green Finance, January Edition

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The data collection will be carried out for the first time in 2024 and only at larger institutions (supervisory categories 1 to 3) Australian Treasury launches green bond framework The Australian Office of Financial Management and federal Treasury issued Australia’s Green Bond Framework.

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CDL’s integrated sustainability report 2022 zeroes in on bolder decarbonisation targets 

Corporate Knights

Leveraging Green Finance to Accelerate Low-Carbon Solutions. Since issuing its first green bond in 2017, CDL has secured more than S$3 billion of sustainable finance, comprising a green bond, various green loans and a sustainability-linked loan. billion – one of Singapore’s largest green loans.

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CDL's Integrated Sustainability Report 2022 Zeroes in on Bolder Decarbonisation Targets

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Leveraging Green Finance to Accelerate Low-Carbon Solutions. Since issuing its first green bond in 2017, CDL has secured more than S$3 billion of sustainable finance, comprising a green bond, various green loans and a sustainability-linked loan. billion – one of Singapore’s largest green loans.

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Introducing … GreenFin 21

GreenBiz

Corporate bond offerings focusing on sustainability and social issues are growing each quarter, and there’s a burgeoning market for loans linked to a company’s ESG performance or other sustainability metrics. As we reported recently , global green bond issuance shot past the $1 trillion mark in September.

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Fifth Third Publishes Second Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Report

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Fifth Third maintains a Climate Leadership score of A- from CDP for its efforts and disclosures related to climate change. The Company’s A- score placed Fifth Third in the top quartile of CDP’s Financial Services Activity Group. 1, 2021, Fifth Third Bancorp settled the issuance of its inaugural Green Bond for $500 million.

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“A Solid Foundation for ESG Integration” NBK’s 2022 Sustainability Report

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Received solid first-time score of ‘C’ from CDP, for both the Climate Change and Forest categories. NBK recently established Sustainable Financing Framework, aligned with the Green Bond Principles (GBP), Social Bond Principles (SBP) and Sustainability Bond Guidelines (SBG), [ICMA, June 2021].

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