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Mainstreaming Impact Finance: Major Momentum and Gaps in the Transformation of the Financial Industry
There are exciting signs of a new level of mainstream corporate interest in sustainable business and finance. But despite the significant progress made in the sector since the 1970s, challenges remain – from lack of transparency in impact measurement, to lack of clarity about what impact even means. AlphaMundi founder Tim Radjy explores why we need to transform the rules of business and shift our systems to sustainable alternatives – and how impact finance can help make that happen.
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- Investing
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Press Release: BBVA and Pestana Hotel Group Issue the World’s First Green Bond in the Hotel Industry
BBVA and Pestana Hotel Group have reached a new milestone in the sustainable finance market, issuing the world’s first green bond in the hotel industry, according to the International Capital Markets Association’s (ICMA) Green Bond Principles.
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Consortium Releases Technology-Enabled Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Model
The aim of the model is to drive more transparency in global supply chains and encourage sustainable production processes through supply chain finance.
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- Finance, Technology
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Press Release: Initiative for Blended Finance Launches to Make Sustainable Development More Effective
University of Zurich unites with leading research, knowledge and practice partners to provide excellent, practice-driven research & education for a more powerful collaboration between public & philanthropic funders and private investors.
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Morgan Stanley Arm Reps With ESG Analysis Tool
The Morgan Stanley Impact Quotient, colloquially dubbed IQ, is the latest example of the financial services industry's growing acceptance of and appreciation for impact or sustainable investing principles.
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What You Need to Know About Goldman Sachs’ New Sustainable Finance Group
The group is being led by John Goldstein, who joined Goldman Sachs as a managing director in 2015 after the bank’s asset management arm acquired Imprint Capital, the sustainable investing firm Goldstein co-founded back in 2007.
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- Finance
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Press Release: BBVA and Fibra Uno Sign Latin America’s First-Ever Sustainability-Linked Revolving Credit Line
BBVA served as sole sustainable agent in the first syndicated revolving credit facility in Latin America, signed with Fibra Uno, a strategic client for the bank. The transaction is also the first sustainable transaction by a real estate business in the region and the first facility to be arranged in accordance with the ‘Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles’ in Latin America.
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- Finance
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- Latin America
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World’s First Afro-Asia FinTech Festival to Focus on Sustainable Finance
The Central Bank of Kenya and the Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday announced the inaugural Afro-Asia FinTech Festival. Dubbed “FinTech in the Savannah”, the theme of the Festival is “Sustainable Finance: Inclusive and Green”.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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