Green and sustainability loans are the hot new trend in sustainable finance. Could they outgrow the booming green bond market, ask Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps.
The Nordic countries are in the vanguard of the green bond market, leading the march in areas such as impact reporting. Michael Hurley asks what lessons the rest of the world can learn
The Talanoa Dialogue offers a new way of participating in the UN climate change process – and one that investors and financiers are beginning to explore. Mark Nicholls reports
New CDM issuance rules penalise developers and discriminate against smaller companies, says Alexis Leroy
The sustainable finance market should avoid overreacting to extraordinary events and maintain its market-building approach, argues Aaron Franklin
The European Commission has a highly ambitious target – to develop a taxonomy to define what is green and act as a compass for sustainable finance. But there's a long and rocky road ahead for this controversial initiative, find Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps
Last week's unproductive board meeting highlights the need for the Green Climate Fund to reform, says Alexandra Tracy
BlackRock’s green bond fund has a larger impact than its renewable infrastructure fund, research conducted by the asset manager has found.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and IFC have agreed…
Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Asia conference saw the agreement of a deal that could help drive growth in the region, writes Michael Hurley.
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Zurich Insurance's impact investment strategy is about to trial new ground. The insurer said last week that it would explore the potential of infrastructure investments as part of its $5 billion impact commitment.
Swiss Re will, from today, no longer provide re/insurance services…
Almost half want to make more ESG allocations
Japan Post Insurance, a life insurance company within the Japan…
Insurers say they can find financial value in ESG investing, but they have to be wise to investments that don't deliver on their stated goals. And while ESG can mean different things to different stakeholders, a push for standardisation is not always welcome, according to panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's 2018 EMEA conference. Vincent Huck reports
While insurers are increasingly aware of environmental risks which might impact both sides of their balance sheet, new research has found that their investment strategies are not in line with the Paris Agreement. The research was published the same week Royal Dutch Shell held its AGM and shareholders, including some large insurers, were asked to vote on a climate resolution. Did they stand up to the test? Paul Walsh and Vincent Huck report
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The Public Utilities Commission of San Francisco (SFPUC) is preparing to issue what is believed to be the first green bond to incorporate a put option.
A public consultation on criteria for forestry and other land…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has regained the title of…
Many more sovereign green bonds are likely in coming years, predicts…
Spanish utility Iberdrola has returned to the market with its…
More than 300 delegates assembled in London to discuss the rapidly growing green and sustainability bond market, and the broader topic of integrating ESG into fixed income.
Banks are in "the early days" of understanding and addressing the climate risks in their portfolios, a webinar hosted by Environmental Finance heard.
It is important that the recommendations of the Task Force on…
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD),…
The Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) initiative is…
Boralex, Canada's largest independent producer of wind power, has raised C$258.8 million ($196 million) in equity finance to fund its acquisition of Invenergy's stake in a 201MW portfolio of wind farms in Quebec.
Deep structural shifts in the global energy market and rapidly…
Innergex Renewable Energy has acquired a 250MW photovoltaic solar…
