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Actiam's carbon footprint analysis reveals 2.25% emissions reduction
25 September 2017Dutch asset manager Actiam has reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across its portfolio by 2.25% since 2015, its carbon footprint analysis has shown.
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GBPs appoint first Chinese member of executive committee
15 June 2017Bank of China has become the first Chinese player to join the executive committee of the Green Bond Principles (GBPs).
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Green bond round-up, 7 June
07 June 2017Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has issued a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) affordable housing bond, its first in the social bond market.
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KommuneKredit joins Scandi green bond party
24 May 2017Danish institution KommuneKredit has priced its inaugural green bond, making it the last of Scandinavian local government funding agencies to tap the market.
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Actiam excludes coal mining companies
03 May 2017Dutch asset manager Actiam will exclude companies that earn more than 15% of revenues from coal
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Investors start to weigh water risks
18 April 2017Investor interest in corporate water risk is increasing fast. A range of tools and services are being developed to help companies respond. Graham Cooper reports
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Actiam aims for 'water-neutrality'
22 March 2017Dutch asset manager Actiam said it aims to make its investment portfolio 'water-neutral' by 2030.
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MSCI, Citigroup and UNEP FI speakers confirmed for water conference
24 February 2017Representatives from the London Stock Exchange, MSCI, Citigroup, Amundi, Environmental Agency Pension Fund, UNEP FI, SABMiller and the University of Oxford have joined the list of speakers confirmed to appear at Environmental Finance's Water: Risk, Opportunity and Sustainability conference in London.
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France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year
25 January 2017The French Treasury has issued a mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) green sovereign bond, which is almost twice the size of the previous largest green bond and could be increased to €13 billion later this year.
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Investors with €5trn of assets call for halt to arctic oil drilling
07 November 2016A group of institutional investors, representing €5 trillion ($5.52 trillion) of assets under management, have called for a "permanent moratorium" on arctic oil drilling.