“JSE launch Green Bond Segment” – ESI Africa – October 26, 2017
On October 26, 2017 ESI Africa reported that the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) launched the Green Bond Segment. It quoted Donna Nemer, Director of Capital Markets at the JSE, as follows: “Issuing a green bond can help companies to strengthen their credentials as sustainable and responsible organisations. At the same time green bonds allow investors […]
“Sustainable investing growing on pension demand, millennials” – Bloomberg – October 25, 2017
On October 25, 2017 Bloomberg Intelligence reported that “(p)ension funds’ demands for integration of long-term investment issues and asset managers’ hopes of capturing dollars from millennial and female investors are driving sustainable-investing growth. Japan is poised to power the next growth leg with its huge Government Pension Investment Fund.” The article posits that “sustainable investors […]