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  • Members of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance announced

    13 June 2018

    The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

  • New report aims to help companies disclose physical climate risks

    01 June 2018

    The disclosure of physical climate risks has received less attention than reporting transition climate risks, it was claimed at the launch of a report that aims to help redress the balance.

  • Water: managing risk and embracing opportunity

    10 May 2018

    More than 100 delegates gathered at Environmental Finance's conference on water, hosted by the London Stock Exchange, to discuss an investment opportunity worth about $7.5 trillion, writes Michael Hurley.

  • An action plan for sustainable finance

    27 April 2018

    The European Commission in March launched an ambitious action plan it hopes will catapult the European Union (EU) into the position of global leader for sustainable finance. Nick Roumpis reports

  • TCFD targets 500 backers before autumn

    19 April 2018

    The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) secretariat has set a goal for 500 companies to commit this year to implement the recommendations, and has the backing of the Governor of England, according to Bloomberg.

  • EBRD working group to present TCFD physical risk guidance

    19 April 2018

    A working group to advance the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD)'s guidance on physical climate risk will present its findings next month.

  • Boom in Chinese solar investment contributes to record year

    10 April 2018

    A record 98GW was added to the world's solar capacity in 2017 – more than for coal, oil and gas combined – according to a report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

  • Environmental Finance Green Bond Awards winners revealed

    28 March 2018

    Environmental Finance's Green Bond Awards have grown for the second consecutive year, as the number of categories expands in line with a rapidly expanding market.

  • Largest 200 clean energy companies best fossil fuel benchmark by 16%

    19 February 2018

    The world's 200 largest publicly listed companies by total clean energy revenues outperformed their industry benchmark by 16.4% over the last 18 months, according to the latest Carbon Clean 200 list.

  • Global clean energy investment rises 3% to $333.5bn

    18 January 2018

    Clean energy investment increased by 3% last year thanks to a boom in solar energy installations in China.