The Green Investment Group has had a successful first year in the private sector, with significant expansion overseas, Ed Northam tells Peter Cripps.
French bank Natixis plans to apply a 'green weighting factor' to its portfolio of financing deals by 2019. Michael Hurley asks why now?
A significant increase in the level of private finance being channelled into forest conservation is required in order to meet the aims of the Paris Agreement, a roundtable organised by Environmental Finance and Finance for Forests heard. Michael Hurley reports
What effect will climate change have on the insurance industry, and what can insurers do to mitigate climate risk? Participants in part two of this roundtable from InsuranceERM and DWS discuss the strategic transformations that are needed, and the influence of voluntary and regulatory initiatives on this process
There is a baffling array of sustainability-focused reporting frameworks and standards. Would it be beneficial to bring them into alignment, asks Elena Johansson.
The intensification of climate risks and the degree to which they are accurately priced by financial markets are of increasing concern to global economic stability. However, as awareness around those risks has risen over the last years, there is still a long way to go to consistently measure and monitor their costs, which can result in substantial gains or losses for institutional investors. Vincent Huck reports
Insurers have a great deal of experience modelling natural catastrophes and this expertise will be core to how the sector copes with climate change risk. But transferring the knowledge is not straightforward, and getting the right data to the right people remains a struggle, as participants discuss in part one of this two-part roundtable from InsuranceERM and DWS.
Discuss the disruptive cascade effect of physical environmental risks and their impact on insurance risk as well as the threats and opportunities for investments
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Private equity giant KKR has signed a $530 million agreement to acquire a 60% stake in an Indian waste and recycling company from the founder and another existing investor.
Foresight Solar Fund Limited (FSFL) has completed the acquisition…
Emerging markets investor Actis plans to introduce an open-source framework for assessing the contribution of its portfolio companies with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Impax Asset Management has been selected by UK wealth manager…
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
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A total of $31.1bn of green bonds issued so far in 2018 have aligned themselves with at least one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which represents roughly a third of the value of issues.
SEB observes ‘considerable’ slowdown in July issuance
California has become the first state to sign a pledge to issue…
Credit enhancements, the creation of a green bond insurance programme,…
An International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) working…
Dutch asset manager APG allocated €24.5 billion ($28.5 million)…
Moody's Investors Service has lowered its expectations for green…
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…
Lightsource BP, the British solar park developer, has acquired a 135MW portfolio from Orion Renewable Energy Group.
Swedish active asset manager Pacific Fonder has created a new…
Dutch asset manager PGGM will buy a 50% interest of a US wind…