The Green Bonds market is not a concept anymore: this type of financing instruments are now fully integrated in today’s debt capital market. The recent of € 55 million issue where Bank Degroof Petercam assisted Cofinimmo is a great example. Quick overview of this young and promising market.
Marrakesh is not the only city in which a large UN Conference is held this month. The 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as the 24th Conference of the Parties or COP24, is set to come to a conclusion today.
As of Wednesday 2 August 2017, humanity’s resource consumption for the year will have exceeded Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year, in not even eight months.
The victory of Exxon Mobil’s shareholders forcing the US oil juggernaut to be more transparent regarding its impact on climate change stands in stark contrast to president Trump’s announcement that the United States is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement.
Responsible investment is still regarded by some as a niche asset class, to which strategic portfolio allocation may grant a reduced percentage in function of the fads of the market.