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  • French banks boost coal financing by 52% after COP21

    27 November 2018

    French banks have increased their coal financing by 52% following the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement.

  • Boston Common backs ‘blue economy’ finance principles

    30 October 2018

    Boston Common Asset Management has added its name to the growing number of financial institutions that have endorsed a set of principles for investing to support the world’s oceans.

  • Investors agree with BP - scenario analysis can be confusing!

    17 October 2018

    Climate scenario analysis - as recommended by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) - can be "infinitely confusing", Environmental Finance's Green Equities conference heard.

  • BP CEO sparks row as he attacks scenario planning and divestment

    12 October 2018

    BP chief executive Bob Dudley attacked scenario analysis as "increasingly unhelpful" and "confusing for investors", while also criticising the fossil fuel divestment movement.

  • People Moves: Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre, CalPERS and E3G

    28 September 2018

    Magnus Billing, CEO of Sweden's pension fund Alecta, has been appointed as chair of Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre's advisory board.

  • People Moves: AXA, Lightsource BP, Triodos, Zurich

    24 September 2018

    AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has set up a central responsible investment (RI) team, as it seeks to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into all of its investment platforms.

  • Green bond round-up, 19 September

    19 September 2018

    DZ Bank is planning to raise €250 million ($300 million) by issuing its first labelled green bond.

  • Peak demand for fossil fuels likely in five years, Carbon Tracker predicts

    11 September 2018

    A likely peak in demand for fossil fuels in 2023 will put trillions of dollars of investments at risk of being stranded, according to the Carbon Tracker Initiative.

  • Water sustainability is investor ‘blind spot’, study suggests

    04 September 2018

    Water sustainability is a ‘blind spot’ for most large institutional investors, a survey of 20 large Netherlands-based investors has suggested.

  • Lightsource BP acquires 135MW in PJM solar assets

    10 August 2018

    Lightsource BP, the British solar park developer, has acquired a 135MW portfolio from Orion Renewable Energy Group.