Green bonds issuance in emerging markets ‘to reach $100bn by 2023’

The post-pandemic recovery is expected to provide significant opportunities for green and sustainability-related projects, including renewable energy, green urban infrastructure and climate-smart agriculture

Winds of change: New global initiative to empower women

Women currently make up only 22% of the global workforce

Emerging economies ‘making significant progress in green lending’

Emerging markets have become a “major force” in driving climate change with reforms to expand sustainable lending. That’s according to the Sustainable Banking Network, an International Finance Corporation (IFC)-supported organisation of banking regulators and associations, which suggests 34 countries have initiated banking reforms. They account for $42.6 trillion (£31tn) in bank assets – more than […]