Archive

  • FTSE creates indexes to exclude coal

    30 July 2015

    FTSE Russell has extended its range of fossil-fuel free indexes with a new series excluding coal and mining firms, as the divestment movement gathers pace.

  • Real estate sector faces stranded asset risk, green bonds could help, says HSBC

    23 July 2015

    Green bonds will increasingly be used to adapt buildings to make them more resilient to climate change, as the real estate sector faces up to its own version of 'stranded asset' risk, a report has predicted.

  • South Pole and Fossil Free Indexes join forces

    15 July 2015

    Carbon reduction specialist South Pole Group has teamed up with research firm Fossil Free Indexes (FFI) in a collaboration that could lead to the creation of new low-carbon indexes and investment products.

  • Parametric to screen equities against coal and tar sands

    09 July 2015

    US asset management firm Parametric has introduced two new screening processes to enable investors to blacklist major coal and tar sands stocks.

  • Time to believe in miracles?

    08 July 2015

    Numerous policy announcements and actions from companies are helping to put climate change firmly on the agenda, fuelling hopes of a meaningful climate agreement in Paris in December, says Peter Cripps

  • Emissions limits threaten $283bn of potential LNG projects, says think tank

    07 July 2015

    Some $283 billion of potential liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects could be rendered uneconomic by efforts to combat global warming, a think tank has warned.

  • More than $5bn committed to Divest Invest

    03 July 2015

    More than $5 billion has been committed to a campaign to divest from fossil fuel companies and invest the freed up capital in the low-carbon economy.

  • Quotes of the Quarter

    26 June 2015

    Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the second quarter of 2015.

  • Rating agencies underestimate climate risks, warn lawyers

    24 June 2015

    Credit rating agencies are creating significant risks for investors, and could be exposing themselves to legal liability, by failing to acknowledge the climate risks facing fossil fuel investments, a US law group has warned.

  • Coal companies to be sold by Norway's oil fund revealed

    10 June 2015

    A list of coal companies expected to be ditched by Norway's oil fund as a result of its new divestment policy has been published.