A number of port authorities and stakeholders around the world have signed a joint commitment to reduce the environmental impact of stopovers made by container and cruise ships during their sea…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/international-maritime-community-unites-to-make-ports-greener/
Openness critical for future development of green bond market
Friday 3 December 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.48.5
Commentary: Investors seek ‘transparency, engagement and open dialogue’ in green bond issuance
By Taylor Pearce in London
Green, social and sustainable bond issuance has skyrocketed, increasing to $750bn in 2021 from $77bn in 2017. At a 30 November workshop, a panel of investors, all major buyers of green bonds, spoke about their appetite for GSS bonds. They were outspoken about their frustration...
Hawks succeed in ECB review, Central banks must change course to avoid possible financial crisis, and more
THE WEEKEND REVIEW
Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world
5-9 July 2021, Vol.12 Ed.27
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Hawks succeed in ECB review – but can they win next battle?: The ECB has introduced greater leeway into its inflation-targeting regime, rediscovering an old if oft-forgotten tradition of the German Bundesbank – flexibility. The agreement set a symmetrical 2% price rise...
Seven lessons for a British Investment Bank, Consequences of success and failure – Making a modern central bank
Thursday 12 November 2020 – Vol.11 Ed.46.4
Commentary: Lessons for a British Investment Bank
By Suma Chakrabarti in London
The case for a British Investment Bank is becoming increasingly compelling. The UK’s levelling up agenda, loss of funding from the EIB after Brexit, the notorious shyness of private capital to invest for the national good and pressures on the long-term public...
EIB signs a USD 46 million loan agreement to enable the Port of Ystad to accommodate climate-friendly vessels.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/291138/ystad-gets-eib-loan-for-port-expansion/
The EC and EIF launch the BlueInvest Fund in an effort to support innovations in the maritime sector.
The initiative supports projects preventing plastic waste from entering the oceans.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/285077/eib-clean-oceans-initiative-off-to-a-flying-start/
Grimaldi Group returned to the European Investment Bank, asking for €70m, on a total cost of €150m, for a project involving “the retrofitting of SOx exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) to 10 ro-pax ferries, 17 conro vessels, 11 ro-ro vessels and 6 vehicle carriers” for a ‘total of 44 vessels’,...
The loan is financed by ING and the European Investment Bank.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/272329/spliethoff-secures-loan-for-22-ship-scrubber-retrofit/
EIB unveils the first green shipping loan through Dutch bank ABN Amro.