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UN Agency Hosts City Leaders for "Sustainable" Finance Meeting
June 04, 2018
In April, UN Environment convened leaders from a global network of 18 financial centers across the globe - not including New York - at a meeting in Milan to explore how best to channel capital flows into vehicles aimed at "accelerating green and sustainable finance."
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World Bank Issues Hong Kong "Green Bond"
June 04, 2018
The World Bank recently issued its inaugural "green bond" denominated in Hong Kong dollars, as part of its project resulting in 135 green bonds in 19 currencies, to help feed investors' "desire to connect their investments to development solutions that address climate change and make a difference for people around the globe."
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EIB Launches Sustainability Awareness Bond
June 04, 2018
The European Investment Bank (EIB) recently launched a Sustainability Awareness Bond to divert "trillions" of global investments into "social, green and sustainable projects" in pursuance of the UN's comprehensive social and environmental targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals.
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EIB Seeks EU Prioritization of "Green" Mobility Financing
June 04, 2018
A report from the European Investment Bank (EIB) finds billions in financing shortfalls for "urban green mobility solutions," "low carbon vehicles," and "automated and connected road transport" and calls on EU institutions to spur expansive investment in the "sustainability" agenda.
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NGO Seeks Larger State Role in Minerals Due Diligence
June 01, 2018
Human Rights Watch has called for a more robust government role across the globe in forcing companies to comply with guidance from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on how to perform "due diligence" to address potential human rights abuses in their minerals supply chains.
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