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Dutch financial firms take action on carbon footprint
13 December 2017Twelve Dutch financial institutions have developed a methodology for measuring the carbon footprint of their investments and loans.
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Investors support plea for integrated corporate reporting
27 September 2017A group of leading investors, with nearly $2 trillion in assets under management, is calling for companies to integrate their reporting of financial and non-financial data.
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Insurers are bystanders on climate change risk management
19 June 2017Insurers are largely bystanders when it comes to managing climate change risk in their investment portfolios, according to the latest survey by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP).
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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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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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Insuring in a changing climate
10 October 2016A year after the PRA's landmark report into the insurance sector and climate change, Environmental Finance looks at how the industry is responding.
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Natural disasters cause $68bn of losses in H1
18 August 2016A spate of thunderstorms in the US and Europe, and wildfires in Canada helped push the economic losses caused by natural disasters to $68 billion in the first half of 2016.
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Extreme weather pushes Achmea into the red
15 August 2016Dutch insurer Achmea has blamed 'supercell thunderstorms' for pushing it into a first-half loss.