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  • Six Danish investors leave PRI, blaming governance issues

    13 December 2013

    Six Danish pension funds have exited the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), accusing the organisation of not meeting "basic requirements for good corporate governance".

  • IIRC launches integrated reporting framework

    10 December 2013

    A framework to help companies expand their reports beyond financial metrics and include measures of sustainability has been launched, marking "an important milestone" in the evolution of 'integrated reporting'.

  • GHGs: Back to the future

    09 December 2013

    The winners in this year's rankings have triumphed in the face of adversity. They are now anxiously waiting for policymakers to make structural reforms to core markets, just as they were at the turn of the century. Graham Cooper reports

  • Offshore wind grid group issues £305m bond with EIB credit enhancement

    28 November 2013

    A company that operates a power connection between an offshore wind farm and the grid has become the first renewables-related bond to receive credit enhancement through a European Investment Bank (EIB) programme.

  • Standards boost forest carbon market

    16 July 2013

    As the Woodland Carbon Code is launched on the Markit Environmental Registry, Pat Snowdon reviews the evolution of the UK's forest carbon market and the potential for other markets in ecosystem services