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...Most diplomats credit Sanalla with having kept NOC above the political fray. Sanalla could not be reached for comment. Additional reporting by Heba Saleh in Cairo...
...Loewy, a suave French-born industrial designer who had a way of claiming credit where credit was not necessarily due. He did not design the Coke bottle, as the Loewy Foundation website still suggests....
...Lastly, an international dimension is needed....
...But that will change gradually from 2026 to 2034, when the provision of free carbon credits to European companies will be phased out....
...Karin’s decisive actions in dealing with the Credit Suisse banking crisis earlier this year rescued the Swiss economy. We all owe her a debt of gratitude....
...Its $440bn credit arm makes more business loans than some midsize banks, making it not so much an investment outfit as an alternative financial system....
...It says it had helped fund the development of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine....
...(Billy Nauman) ESG data and ratings: who is paying for this? One of the big fights that broke out after the 2008 financial crisis involved who should pay for credit ratings....
...Please read Leslie Hook and Billy Nauman’s story here....
...(Billy Nauman) Republicans split with asset managers over SEC ESG disclosure rules The Investment Company Institute is one of the largest lobbying organisations for asset managers....
...(Billy Nauman) IDB’s plan to expand LatAm green bond market Latin America has lagged in the green bond revolution....
...Smart reads Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corporation decided last week to withdraw from the Vinh Tan 3 coal-fired power plant project in Vietnam amid growing international concern about climate change...
...(Billy Nauman) Is AI green?...
...It is noteworthy that both of these loans are replacing existing lines of credit, and both are tied to ESG goals already set by the companies....
...GEO Group and CoreCivic this year converted to corporations to shore up their balance sheets. In its waning days, the Trump administration is still pushing to thwart ESG momentum....
...International cruises will also be able to start again from British ports after a 16-month break....
...(Billy Nauman) A call for business to aim higher on racial equity US companies’ newfound commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) continues to generate headlines....
...In 2019, the International Finance Corporation, the private sector division of the World Bank, launched a framework called the Operating Principles for Impact Management, which goes a step further....
...(Billy Nauman) Cash-rich investors hunt for worthy ESG projects The International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, seems to have too much of a good thing....
...(Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Billy Nauman) Is that green bond as green as it looks?...
...“Enterpay” appears to be the Enterpay Corporation in Florida, which was registered in 2014 but failed to make further filings and was placed in administrative dissolution the following year....
...Beata Sperling-Tyler, a senior credit analyst at S&P Global, says companies want certainty before they send employees out on the road: “It’s worth referring to what happened after 9/11 — airports had to...
...A new report from French asset manager Amundi, Europe’s largest fund house, and the International Finance Corporation argues that countries’ stimulus efforts to combat the coronavirus slump should open new...
...International Rivers also criticised TÜV SÜD’s 2009 certification of the Taijiang Yanzhai Hydropower Project in China, which allowed the facility to receive carbon credits through the UN’s Clean Development...
...Last year, credit-rating agencies bought up a handful of ESG research outfits and index provider MSCI scooped up a climate research company....
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