Category: Green Finance
Initiative to enhance strategic dialogue with clients around ESG-related topics Expansion comes as Bank sees increased demand for sustainable finance products UniCredit has today announced the launch of a Sustainable Finance Advisory Team, a move that will see the Bank combine sustainability expertise with capital markets execution in order to deepen client dialogue around ESG-related […]
NEW YORK CLIMATE WEEK: (21 September 2020) – A coalition of major organisations has today announced the launch of a groundbreaking one-stop-shop climate action platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to curb carbon emissions, build business resilience and gain competitive advantage.
Wednesday 30th September: ING is pleased to announce that it has acted as sole structuring advisor and joint bookrunner for AIB Group plc, as the Irish bank launches its first green bond. The €1bn transaction marks first-ever green bond issued by an Irish bank, the second evergreen T2 transaction issued by a European bank The largest […]
A global survey of 829 accountants and finance professionals reveals their deep concerns about social and environmental issues, with 90% of respondents saying they want organisations to increase efforts to become more environmentally sustainable and make a more positive impact on society after the pandemic.
The project aims to support Uzbekistan in its clean energy transition by improving the transmission network’s capacity to integrate renewable energy produced by the private sector. The project will:
US supermarket chain Walmart has launched a new supply chain finance programme designed to issue credit based on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. In what the company claims is a world’s first, the supply chain finance programme will use a science-based targeting system to issue credit in line with the United Nations’ goal of limiting […]
Standard Chartered has announced that it has led a syndicate of banks in a €350 million uncommitted green trade finance facility for Polestar Performance AB, the Swedish electric performance car manufacturer. The facility is a market-first syndicated green invoice finance facility. It will finance the import of electric vehicles (EVs) into Europe and North America, […]
CACEIS and Crédit Agricole CIB are supporting private equity firm Antin on the structuring of equity bridge financing for its first infrastructure fund. CACEIS acted as the fund’s depositary while Crédit Agricole CIB acted as the arranger and lender of the €180 million facility. This joint initiative is part of Crédit Agricole group’s commitment to […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The AES Corporation’s US-based clean energy business announced on November 11 that it has entered into a $1.7 billion warehouse credit facility advancing the construction of 3 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy projects across nine states. This financing arrangement is the largest construction warehouse facility for domestic renewable projects and […]
