26th March, 2021 Imerys is a global supplier of industry mineral-based specialty products headquartered in Paris, France. The company has strong corporate sustainability management, including the use of Science Based Targets (SBTs). Imerys is exposed to both transition and physical climate risks. The company has mining and processing sites in all regions and is as such exposed to a range of near-term natural hazard risks and chronic climate change risks. The company is aware of risks and has taken steps to address these. For example, an interdisciplinary climate change working group was established in 2020 which will assess climate change related risks and opportunities using scenario analysis. The company has integrated climate risk and sustainability considerations into the operations of business areas, investments, and M&A activities, and has started comprehensive sustainability assessments of their products. CICERO Green is encouraged that Im
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Earthbanc and Swedbank bid to uncover sustainable lending opportunities 29 April 2021
Source: Earthbanc Earthbanc has partnered with Swedbank Lithuania to pilot the delivery of carbon and climate reporting for corporate and SME banking customers, which can open the door to sustainable finance opportunities.
While most banks are providing sustainable loans in the form of electric car financing and solar loans, Earthbanc’s flagship product – the Sustainable Finance API – allows for a much deeper data-driven approach, automatically generating sustainable loan opportunities from open banking and Internet of things (IoT) data, with weekly sales leads delivered to the lending unit’s inbox and CRM.
Gecina: Solid First-Quarter Performance
+1.3% like-for-like benefiting from the rent catch-up for previous years (-0.9% excluding this effect)
€133m of sales, with a +4.3% premium versus the latest end-2020 values
Target for operational portfolio to be carbon neutral by 2030 (CAN0P-2030)
Target to requalify all bond issues as Green Bonds
Positive reversion of +8% recorded in the first quarter (+18% for Paris CBD)
43% of the 2021-2022 pipeline pre-let, up 6 points since end-2020
Regulatory News:
Gecina (Paris:GFC):
First signs of a rental market upturn, encouraging trend for the second half of the year
Around 39,000 sq.m let to date, including 30,000 sq.m during the first quarter, with an average firm maturity of 6.4 years on the new leases signed, significantly higher than the firm residual average maturity of 4.5 years for the Group s office leases
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Regulatory News:
Following on from the announcement of CAN0P-2030, its Carbon Net Zero Plan with a target for its operational portfolio to be carbon neutral by 2030, Gecina (Paris:GFC)
is launching the requalification of all its outstanding bond issues as Green Bonds, further strengthening the alignment between its environmental performance and its financial structure.
Building on its policy launched in 2018 to set up responsible bank loans, which represent 49% of the bank facilities in place today, Gecina is committed to setting up a 100% Green Bond program.
Presented in its
Green Bond Framework (available on the Company s website), with its ambition approved by an independent third party, ISS Corporate Solutions, Gecina is moving forward with its approach for all of its issues to be Green Bonds.
Author: Luka Dimitrov
2021/03/17 LONDON (ICIS) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) could invest in future Sustainability-Linked Bonds (SLBs) issued by utilities in southeast Europe, a source within the bank told ICIS on 17 March. On 11 March the EBRD invested €50m in a five-year SLB issued by state-owned Greek supplier the Public Power Corporation (PPC). PPC said it will use part of the proceeds to fund renewable projects as the company looks to reduce its dependency on coal-fired generation. It was the first SLB issuance in the region covered by the EBRD. George Gkiaouris, EBRD regional head, said this sent a signal that access to the bank’s fin