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  • 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.

  • Business coalition calls for zero emissions 'well before end of century'

    08 June 2015

    A coalition of businesses and NGOs has written an open letter calling for world leaders to back an ambitious "zero emissions" policy at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) in December.

  • Norwegian government backs oil fund coal divestment

    28 May 2015

    Norway's NOK7 trillion ($894 billion) oil fund is to divest more of its coal holdings after the country's politicians gave an earlier-than-expected backing to plans to reduce its exposure to the commodity.

  • Axa divests coal as part of climate plan

    22 May 2015

    Axa threw its weight behind the divestment movement today after it pledged to sell its coal assets by the end of the year.

  • Shell and Statoil next to face climate votes at AGM

    15 May 2015

    Shell and Statoil will become the latest fossil fuel companies to address mounting shareholder concerns about climate change when they hold their annual general meetings (AGMs) next week.

  • Eurosif proposes sustainability as 6th pillar of EU Capital Markets Union

    13 May 2015

    Sustainability should be added to the proposed principals behind the EU's Capital Markets Union (CMU) initiative.

  • ERAFP awards €2.5bn SRI bond mandates

    06 March 2015

    French public service pension scheme ERAFP has awarded €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) socially responsible investment (SRI) credit bond mandates to three asset managers.

  • Large investors accused of weak sustainable investment policies on forestry

    11 February 2015

    Most institutional investors have "poorly developed sustainable investment policies" regarding forest commodities, according to Forest 500, an initiative of the Global Canopy Programme (GCP), a UK-based think tank.

  • 'Do not neglect climate change', Axa warns investors

    16 January 2015

    Climate risk is "a short term opportunity" for investors, as well as a medium and long term consideration, says insurance giant Axa.

  • Bond investors ponder fifty shades of green

    12 August 2014

    Recent green bond issues have attracted mainstream as well as committed 'socially responsible' investors. But their views on what qualifies as 'green' can differ dramatically, as Graham Cooper reports