The Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil) and Climate Bonds Initiative have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the objective of promoting a sustainable finance agenda and integration of socio-environmental and climatic risks in the national financial sector.

China’s green bond market is already the second largest in the world, hitting $31.3bn of certified issuance in 2019, according to data from the Climate Bonds Initiative. It only looks likely to get bigger. A recent plan to remove clean coal from the list of eligible green bond projects in the onshore market will bring China much closer to international standards ─ and encourage a surge of investment from foreign portfolio managers.

Decisive measures lead to more friction, and new power sharing, as alliances are reshaped, re-evaluated and reformed in the Stans.

The economy was already on the down with many businesses not doing so well, 2020 brought the COVID crisis slamming the hammer on our fingers, and setting many of our businesses back. Many are now working under more pressure, feeling insecure with jobs at stake. The current situation confronts managers and business leaders with many unprecedented challenges. How can companies continue to motivate their workforce and build high-performing teams in...

This year’s edition of our annual event will highlight our 10-year vision for climate bonds: the Transition Decade. Climate Bonds Initiative will bring together global green finance leaders to discuss the climate emergency and address long-term perspectives on transition.

PUERTO AVENTURAS, Mexico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GigNet, a Digital Infrastructure company with an extensive regional fiber-optic broadband network from Cancun through the Hotel Zone of Tulum, announced today it is providing fast and reliable Internet, WiFi and complementary portfolio services to the Puerto Aventuras residential community to become the first “Digital Community” in the Mexican Caribbean.

Less than a decade ago, energy companies scoffed at Chile’s willingness to develop its renewable energy sector, dismissing it as too expensive, even though the Andean country enjoys one of the best sunny conditions in the world.

Sacyr has begun operations in the Chilean water industry through four companies it acquired in February. According to Sacyr, they represent a portfolio of contracts worth 500 million euros.

Magna Steyr in Graz has signed a preliminary agreement with the California-based car manufacturer Fsiker to potentially build a battery-powered electric luxury SUV.

Under the leadership of Infineon Austria, the project “iLIDS4SAM” is carrying out research on sensor systems that provide autonomous road and rail vehicles with a three-dimensional image of their surroundings and enable the vehicles to more effectively anticipate danger situations. The project encompasses the entire technology, application and testing chain.