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AIFC Green Finance Centre

27 July 2022 00:00

Climate Bonds Initiative accredited AIFC Green Finance Centre

On 23 June 2022 GFC was included in the list of accredited verifiers by an international organization that defines green finance standards globally, the Climate Bonds Initiative. GFC is the only institution in Central Asia recognized by two major

AIFC Green Finance Centre

18 July 2022 14:03

Aidar Kazybayev was appointed as Chairman of the National ESG Club

One of the landmark events of the Astana Finance Days-2022 forum was the creation of the National ESG Club (hereinafter referred to as the Club). Among the founders of the Club are leaders of the financial market of Kazakhstan such as Otbasy Bank, Halyk

AIFC Green Finance Centre

18 July 2022 09:30

The AIFC Green Finance Centre will develop a taxonomy of green projects for the Kyrgyz Republic

The CEO of the AIFC Green Finance Centre (GFC) Aidar Kazybayev and the Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic Dinara Kutmanova held a meeting in Bishkek. During the meeting, a framework Agreement on

AIFC Green Finance Centre

01 July 2022 12:39

AIFC Green Finance Centre has become a co-founder of the Green Hydrogen Alliance of Kazakhstan

At Astana Finance Days on June 29, 2022, during the First Green Hydrogen Forum, an Agreement was signed on the establishment of the Green Hydrogen Alliance of Kazakhstan, which was joined by AIFC Green Finance Centre, represented by CEO Aidar Kazybayev.

AIFC Green Finance Centre

01 July 2022 00:00

AIFC Green Finance Centre proposes new ways to invest in sports

The AIFC Green Finance Centre (hereinafter the GFC), within the framework of Astana Finance Days conference, took part in the session Investing in the New Economy: Sport. A new way to invest." The session became a platform for discussing the financial

AIFC Green Finance Centre

01 July 2022 00:00

IV Green Growth Forum. New frontiers of the ESG agenda and sustainable finance in Kazakhstan

Consideration of ESG factors and creation of conditions for the development of sustainable finance instruments are recognized as key to ensuring sustainable growth. This thesis can be traced in the speech of the Head of State at the meeting of the AIFC

AIFC Green Finance Centre

30 June 2022 12:55

The future of ESG for banks is already here

Starting from 2024, it is planned to include ESG risks in the annual process of stress testing of the banking sector in Kazakhstan.ESG practices in the banking sector, plans of regulators, new reporting standards and climate risks were discussed during

AIFC Green Finance Centre

30 June 2022 00:00

Lord Daniel Brennan has joined the AIFC Green Finance Centre to promote social and environmental initiatives together

During the Astana Finance Days on June 29, 2022, within the framework of the IV Green Growth Forum, a Cooperation Agreement was signed between the AIFC Green Finance Centre and Lord Daniel Brennan, a member of the UK House of Lords.In order to promote

AIFC Green Finance Centre

29 June 2022 07:13

The transition to social taxonomy in Kazakhstan was discussed within the Green Growth Forum on the sidelines of Astana Finance Days

As part of the Green Growth Forum, on June 28, 2022, a panel session Transition to a Social Taxonomy in Kazakhstan was held, where the proposed draft Taxonomy of Social Projects for ESG Finance Markets was discussed.The central topic of discussion was

AIFC Green Finance Centre

28 June 2022 16:26

The “Regional green capital market cooperation” session was held within the Astana Finance Days conference

The General Secretary of the Organization of Turkic States H.E. Baghdad Amreyev addressed the participants of the session with a welcoming speech. He noted that the initiative to develop the green capital market should bring together the positions of

AIFC Green Finance Centre

28 June 2022 00:00

Three advantages of investing in green bonds were revealed

Investment opportunities arising from the global shift to sustainability in emerging markets, investment platforms and pricing of green bonds at the primary market were discussed during the panel session "Big shots. Capitalising on the sustainable

AIFC Green Finance Centre

26 May 2022 00:00

GFC Bishkek offered a training program on ESG strategy, investments and risks for top business leaders at the II meeting of the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Business Council

General Director of the AIFC Green Finance Centre (AIFC GFC) Aidar Kazybayev, during his visit to Kyrgyzstan to present the foreign office of the GFC ( GFC Bishkek ), took part in the II meeting of the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Business Council. A. Kazybaev

AIFC Green Finance Centre

26 May 2022 00:00

AIFC Green Finance Centre held a meeting with the UN Mission in Kyrgyzstan

In continuation of the dialogue started in Nur-Sultan within the framework of the meeting with the delegation of the UN Mission in Kyrgyzstan, on 24 May 2022, a delegation of the AIFC Green Finance Centre headed by CEO Aidar Kazybayev held a meeting in

AIFC Green Finance Centre

25 May 2022 00:00

Regional expansion of the AIFC: the first subsidiary of the AIFC Green Finance Centre was established in Kyrgyzstan

Presentation of GFC Bishkek, a joint company, created by the AIFC Green Finance Centre (AIFC CFC), as well as OJSC Aiyl Bank, CJSC Kyrgyz Stock Exchange, Union of Banks of Kyrgyzstan, took place at the site of the Kyrgyz Stock Exchange.The agreement on

AIFC Green Finance Centre

12 May 2022 00:00

The UN Mission in Kyrgyzstan supports the creation of a subsidiary of the AIFC Green Finance Centre – “GFC BISHKEK”

Within the framework of the visit of the delegation of the UN Mission in Kyrgyz Republic to the Astana International Financial Centre (hereinafter AIFC), the CEO of the AIFC Green Finance Centre (hereinafter GFC) Kazybayev A.K. held a meeting with the