The FINANCIAL — The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, rated Aaa/AAA) priced a long-dated 5-year AUD 1.1 billion and a 10-year AUD 550 million Sustainable Development Bond representing IBRD’s largest-ever AUD issuance and the largest for the Sovereigns, Supranationals,
MoreIFC and FT announced winners of 2020 FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards
The FINANCIAL — The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and The Financial Times, have announced the winners of the 2020 FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards, a global programme that highlights ground-breaking, long-term private sector solutions to major development issues. This year’s programme marks 15 years of collaboration between the FT and IFC on awards that have had a substantial impact on the way financial and non-financial organisations approach sustainable investment. The awards’ core five categories directly relate to global efforts to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 2020 awards also included a special category on harnessing
