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  • China trials green bond segment on Shanghai stock exchange

    18 March 2016

    China has made another move to develop its green bond market, launching a pilot initiative via the Shanghai stock exchange.

  • More than one third of investors see sustainability as 'critical' in real estate, says report

    17 March 2016

    Over a third of institutional investors consider sustainability to be "critical" when investing in property, according to a survey by the world's largest real estate investment manager.

  • Reprieve for mandatory carbon reporting in UK budget announcement

    16 March 2016

    The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer heeded calls from investors not to scrap mandatory carbon reporting in his budget announcement, but was criticised for "forgetting the climate change" in the rest of his policies.

  • Will mandatory carbon reporting drive change?

    16 March 2016

    On the day that the UK government heeded calls not to scrap mandatory carbon reporting, Roger Ponting and Rory Sullivan share the sobering findings of some research into the effect of the legislation

  • EF BRIEFS: Senvion, Kommuninvest, BlackRock, IEA, Morgan Stanley, AMP Solar

    16 March 2016

    German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has scrapped plans to float on Friday, citing market volatility.

  • Osborne urged not to scrap UK carbon reporting

    14 March 2016

    UK Chancellor George Osborne is considering scrapping the requirement for listed companies report on their carbon emissions, according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), which has urged him not to take this "valuable" information away from shareholders.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 14 March 2016

    14 March 2016

    EU allowance prices have steadied in recent weeks following a tumultuous start to 2016. But further moderate falls could be in store, says Louis Redshaw

  • ESG disclosure requirements need less of a 'blanket approach', says Deloitte

    14 March 2016

    Sustainability indicators for listed companies need to be more tailored, to enable firms to report more clearly on material risks, according to a specialist at Deloitte.

  • EF BRIEFS: TenneT, Finansinspektionen, World Bank, AMP

    09 March 2016

    Dutch grid operator TenneT has said it will issue green bonds to help finance its €22 billion ($24 billion) decade-long expansion plan.

  • $2bn committed to conservation in US

    09 March 2016

    Private companies were among a raft of organisations to announce more than $2 billion of investments to protect land, water and wildlife in the US.