Rockstart, early stage VC-accelerator, announces its partnership with the Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute) and the City of Amsterdam to launch Amsterdam Circular investor readiness program, a new program designed to strengthen Amsterdam’s early stage circular economy startups […]
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Climate Bonds’ Market Intelligence today reveals Green, Social, Sustainability, Sustainability-linked and transition bond (GSS+) reached collective volumes of USD863.4bn in 2022. Volumes fell year-on-year for the first time in a decade as a tough macroeconomic terrain scuppered global bond issuance […]
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A new report released today by CDP, the global non-profit, provides fresh insight into the impact of investor engagement on companies causing the greatest environmental damage. The report outlines the results of CDP’s 2022 Non-Disclosure Campaign, an initiative which harnesses […]
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Amsterdam based HPE Growth proudly announces that, as of December 2022, it is officially B Corp Certified. Our firm joins only a a handful of B Corp businesses investing in European technology in mid-market growth. In Europe, only ~2% of […]
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Following the adoption of the historic resolution to forge an international legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution by 2024 endorsed by UN Member States in March 2022, UNEP FI is convening a core group of leading financial institutions who will play an […]
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New research published today by ShareAction has exposed that the world’s largest asset managers are blocking progress on environmental and social issues. The fourth edition of ShareAction’s Voting Matters report reveals how 68 of the world’s largest asset managers voted […]
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On 12 december Ahold Delhaize announced the closing of its €1.5 billion Sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facility (the ‘Facility’). The new Facility increases the total revolving commitments from €1.0 billion to €1.5 billion, reduces Ahold Delhaize’s borrowing costs, and extends the […]
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Phenix Capital Group is pleased to announce the release of its latest impact report on the developments of public equity funds. This asset class represents 9.21% of funds in their Impact Database, and the report provides an in-depth analysis of […]
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During a main stage session today at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), a group of institutional investors announced the formation of Nature Action 100, a new global engagement initiative which focuses on investors […]
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Aviva, Federated Hermes Limited, Manulife Investment Management and Storebrand Asset Management among the 26 financial institutions that will be representing the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation delegation at the fifteenth meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) from 7 to […]
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, is seeking input on draft guidelines on the use in funds’ names of ESG or sustainability-related terms. Funds’ names are a powerful marketing tool. In order not to mislead […]
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The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published a Call for Evidence on greenwashing to gather input from stakeholders on how to understand the key features, drivers and risks associated with greenwashing and to collect […]
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