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Three year action plan to strengthen responsible investment

 Oct 2018

London, 8th October 2018 – Responsible investment pioneer and leading European asset manager Amundi, with over €1.4 trillion in AUM, has adopted an ambitious three year action plan to increase its commitment to responsible investment:

  • ESG (environment, social, governance) analysis will be integrated across ...
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Global Leaders Call for Urgent Acceleration of Climate Adaptation Solutions

 Oct 2018

Global Commission on Adaptation led by Ban Ki-moon, Bill Gates and Kristalina Georgieva; Convened by 17 countries, including China and India; and 28 global commissioners

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (October 16, 2018)  — On the heels of one of the deadliest summers of climate-related weather disasters affecting ...

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Jobs of the future require more investment in people

 Oct 2018

BALI, October 12, 2018 – Greater investments in people’s health and education are urgent in a rapidly evolving labor market increasingly shaped by technology, according to the World Development Report 2019: The Changing Nature of Work.  

“The nature of work is not only changing – it ...

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World Bank Launches Sustainable Development Bond to Focus Attention on Sustainable Cities

 Oct 2018

Washington, D.C., October 4, 2018 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) has priced a SEK 2.5 billion 5-year bond to support the financing of sustainable development activities around the world. This issuance aims to raise awareness for ...

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Through Innovation to Sustainable Solutions for Urban Hubs

BRIDGE for Cities Features Vienna as Best Practice Example for Innovative Urban-Industrial Solutions

 Oct 2018

Vienna, October 17, 2018 - Organized conjointly by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the “Finance Center for South-South Cooperation (FCSSC)”, the 3rd  “BRIDGE for Cities - Belt and Road Initiative: Developing Green Economies for Cities” event, which took place in Vienna from October 9-11th ...

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Impact Investing: Moving Beyond Philanthropy

 Oct 2018

Vienna, October 8, 2018 - Arnerich Massena, an Oregon-based registered, independent, employee-owned investment advisory firm that has been providing investment advisory and consulting services to endowments, foundations, private clients, charitable organizations, trusts and estates, and advises on corporate retirement and profit sharing plans since 1991, recently ...

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World Bank and State of California Grow Green Bond Partnership

 Oct 2018

Washington, D.C., October 3, 2018 The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA), and the State of California today announced that the state has invested US$200 million in World Bank green bonds, deepening a long-standing partnership to support market-based ...

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ABN AMRO backs new social impact bond issuer

 Oct 2018

October 3, 2018

Social Finance NL is a startup issuing social impact bonds on the Dutch financial market, thereby providing access to finance for social entrepreneurs. ABN AMRO and charity Oranjefonds are involved as founding partners.

What inspired the establishment of Social Finance NL was ...

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IDB Invest and OPIC launch first gender lens investment fund for Latin America and the Caribbean

 Oct 2018

Buenos Aires, October 2, 2018 – IDB Invest, the private sector institution of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, and The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) announce an alliance for the creation of the first gender-focused fund for Latin America and the Caribbean for up to ...

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