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  • BlackRock funds to integrate biodiversity intactness index

    22 June 2026

    BlackRock has partnered with the Natural History Museum to use its Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) data in managing some of its funds.

  • BlackRock's sustainable and transition funds attract inflows despite backlash

    08 June 2026

    There's been a shift from 'investing in green' to 'financing green', Louise Kooy-Henckel tells Peter Cripps

  • Battery storage: charging ahead

    05 June 2026

    Investors are increasingly bullish about the technology, which can help address energy security concerns while enabling the transition. Michael Hurley reports

  • 'Electrotech' biggest energy transition market mispricing - BlackRock

    20 May 2026

    Electrical technology infrastructure including transformers, battery storage and metals for cables represents the biggest market mispricing linked to the energy transition, a senior figure at BlackRock told Environmental Finance.

  • BlackRock drops sustainability from $476m Article 8 fund

    14 May 2026

    BlackRock has removed all ESG commitments for the $476.3 million Sustainable Global Dynamic Equity Fund, which will be renamed and reclassified under the EU's Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

  • 'Lindy effect' shows health of sustainable debt market (Debt conference)

    23 April 2026

    Strong levels of issuance amid considerable market shocks, including two conflicts and an uncertain macroeconomic environment, have demonstrated the resilience of the sustainable debt market, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

  • US market is the only place to find greenium, says BlackRock (Debt conference)

    23 April 2026

    The US is the only market in which green bond issuers can find a 'greenium', the pricing perk an issuer gets for issuing a green rather than a conventional bond, a conference has heard.

  • Sustainable Debt EMEA returns to London next week

    15 April 2026

    Environmental Finance's 14th annual Sustainable Debt EMEA conference returns to London on 23 April.

  • Solar, storage and 'grid tech' in favour at BlackRock amid fallout from Iran war

    31 March 2026

    The "economic shock" from the US war with Iran and growing power demand from artificial intelligence are pushing countries to focus on 'energy security', favouring the buildout of solar energy and battery storage, BlackRock argues.

  • Technology, not policy, is most important driver of transition - BlackRock

    25 March 2026

    Policy setbacks have delayed the transition to net zero, according to BlackRock's models - but adoption of low-carbon technology was a bigger determinant of progress, a top executive told a conference.