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26 February 2021
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Diversity, inclusion and belonging – supporting the agenda in the post-pandemic workplace

EU and global experts discussed how to address the complex issue of diversity and inclusion in organisations and make sure that the COVID-19 pandemic does not widen the inequality gap in the workplace at joint ACCA, PwC and EBRD web-conference
18 February 2021
GGKP News

GGKP launches Green Forum to advance collaboration on sustainable economy

Geneva, Switzerland, 18 February 2021 – Building on its policy, industry and finance platforms, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) officially launched today the Green Forum, an online community space for professionals to share and discuss insights in the pursuit of a sustainable economic transition.
18 February 2021
Call for Applications

State of Finance for Nature - Open Call for Best Practices

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 (TFA) hosted at the World Economic Forum, have issued a call for best practices on the

8 February 2021
GGKP News

Green Finance Platform welcomes the Finance Innovation Lab as a new partner

The Finance Innovation Lab has joined the Green Finance Platform as a new partner in green finance knowledge.
8 February 2021
Call for Applications

2021 UN Global Climate Action Awards

The search for the United Nation's Global Climate Action Awards is on! Applications are being accepted from 8 February through 30 April 2021. Spearheaded by UN Climate Change's Momentum for Change initiative, the UN Global Climate Action Awards shine a light on the most innovative, scalable and replicable examples of what people around the world are doing to tackle climate change.
14 January 2021
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ACCA and IFAC issue policy recommendations on the role of public finance professionals in progressing the Sustainable Development Goals and calls for governments to work towards a sustainable and inclusive recovery

Global experts formulate calls to action for governments and the public finance profession to push for progress in achieving the SDGs, and ensure the COVID-19 economic recovery is both sustainable and inclusive, with policy responses accounting for the human aspect of this crisis.
13 January 2021
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First 2021 Sustainability Awareness Bond highlights EU-EIB push for Biodiversity at Paris One Planet Summit

On 11 January, the European Investment Bank (EIB) issued a new EUR 1.5bn Sustainability Awareness Bond (SAB) due 15 May 2041. On the back of demand in excess of EUR 22.5bn (excl. JLM), the transaction was upsized from initial target size (EUR 1bn) and priced at mid-swaps less 7bp, 2bp tighter than initial guidance. The issue had a re-offer yield of -0.003%, offering a spread of 30.6bp over DBR 4.75% 07/04/40 and 6.3bp below FRTR 4.5% 25/04/41.
30 December 2020
GGKP News

GGKP champions new approaches to natural capital

The Economics for Nature (E4N) initiative and GGKP’s Expert Group on Natural Capital continue to champion the mainstreaming of natural capital approaches to green growth. Read about the initiative's major milestones in 2020.
22 December 2020
GGKP News

African Development Bank and GGKP join forces to mainstream natural capital in development finance

The African Development Bank and the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) have been awarded a two-year, CHF 241,875 ($273,439) grant from the MAVA Foundation to mainstream natural capital in development finance in Africa.
21 December 2020
GGKP News

GGKP responds to COVID-19

Since the onset of COVID-19, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) has made concerted efforts to contribute to the global response. The main objective of the GGKP’s response to the pandemic is to facilitate constructive contributions to global discussions on how to best respond to this crisis from an inclusive green economy perspective.

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