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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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Press release: Investor initiative chooses ideas that will mobilize investment for sustainable cities, energy access, blue carbon, and sustainable agriculture in developing countries
The new ideas target four areas where accelerated investment for climate adaptation and mitigation is urgent: sustainable cities, energy access, blue carbon in coastal & marine ecosystems, and sustainable agriculture for smallholder farmers in West & Central Africa.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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Can sustainable companies get a lower cost of capital?
Green bonds have been making headlines in the sustainable finance world the past few years because of their rapid growth. Emerging this year as a rising star in sustainable finance are green and sustainability loans.
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- Finance
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Report: Most U.S. money managers see sustainable investing as essential to thrive
"The survey results demonstrate that sustainable investment strategies are now a strategic imperative," said Matthew Slovik, managing director and head of global sustainable finance at Morgan Stanley, in a news release announcing the survey results. "It is clear that asset managers will continue to invest new resources and expand their product portfolios in the coming years."
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- Investing
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- North America
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Sustainable Finance Is Growing in the World’s Worst-Polluting Country
Being an impact investor in China isn’t as lonely as it used to be, says Zhang, whose firm has made or facilitated more than $200 million in China-focused environmental and social investments over the past decade. They include projects to develop clean refrigeration technology and to convert agricultural waste into cooking charcoal.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Viewpoint: The Sustainability Game
Sustainable finance is here to stay. Now, CFOs must learn to navigate an often-bewildering thicket of new standards and benchmarks.
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- Investing