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  • TCFD exceeds target of 500 supporters

    26 September 2018

    A total of 513 organisations have now expressed support for the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), beating the secretariat's target of 500 by the end of this year.

  • ABP, ERAFP, and First State Super among scenario analysis leaders

    15 June 2018

    Many leading global asset owners have already begun to perform scenario analysis and apply key findings to their climate strategies, a report by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has found.

  • Mapping the SDGs

    11 December 2017

    Two years on from the launch of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, how are investors responding, asks Peter Cripps

  • Green bonds round up, 22 March 2017

    22 March 2017

    French rail operator SNCF Reseau is gearing up to issue its second green bond.

  • Ontario issues biggest ever Canadian dollar-denominated green bond

    27 January 2017

    The Government of Ontario has issued a C$800 million ($610 million) green bond, the largest ever Canadian dollar-denominated issue.

  • AP2 incorporates ESG into SEK90bn worth of assets

    02 December 2016

    Swedish pension fund AP2 has incorporated environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the management of its global equities portfolio, worth SEK90 billion ($9.75 billion).

  • EF BRIEFS: FSB, Axis Bank, EIB, Stockholm, Canadian Solar, GRI, BP

    23 May 2016

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed nine more members to its new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

  • AP2 to dedicate 1% of investment to green bonds as market 'achieves maturity'

    06 April 2016

    Swedish pension fund AP2 has decided to allocate 1% of its entire portfolio to green bonds, saying the market has achieved the maturity and size "to justify a separate investment strategy".

  • Swedish funds face pressure on sustainability disclosure

    24 November 2015

    Fund managers in Sweden may soon be obliged to disclose data on the environmental and social implications of their investments.

  • NWB Bank issues largest SSA green bond of the year

    27 August 2015

    Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has issued a €1 billion ($1.13 billion) green bond – the largest euro-denominated transaction of this kind to come out of a supranational, sub-sovereign and agency (SSA) this year.