July 1, 2021/Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings has been named the most transparent credit rating agency (CRA) for ESG for the third successive year by key industry publication “Environmental Finance” in its 2021 Sustainable Investment Awards. Fitch has won the award each year since it was established in 2019. In its […]
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Driving Africa’s energy future with the AfCFTA
The agreement aims to reduce all trade costs and enable Africa to integrate further into global supply chains – it will eliminate 90 per cent of tariffs June 30, 2021/AOW Launched on 1 January the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement will create the largest free trade area in […]
MDBs’ climate finance rose to US$ 66 billion in 2020, joint report shows
June 30, 2021/EBRD By Vanora Bennett MDBs publish 2020 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance Eight MDBs committed US$ 66 billion for climate finance in 2020, up from US$ 61.6 billion Of the total, 58 per cent was committed to low- and middle-income countries Climate finance committed by major […]
