Archive

  • Natural capital finance: more than a mirage?

    08 February 2019

    Bruce Howard highlights new insights into the feasibility of natural capital finance projects in advanced economies such as the UK.

  • UBS-backed platform to help HNWIs support the SDGs

    19 November 2018

    A platform has been launched to make it easier for high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and family offices to put their money into impact investments.

  • First sovereign blue bond launched

    29 October 2018

    The Republic of Seychelles has issued a first-of-its-kind sovereign 'blue bond' to help conserve its marine environment, sparking hopes that the deal will kickstart a new market for ocean-themed bonds.

  • People moves: Aviva, ShareAction, Calvert

    12 October 2018

    Mark Wilson is to step down as CEO of Aviva in April 2019.

  • Trucost launches SDG Evaluation Tool

    10 May 2018

    Trucost has launched an evaluation tool to help companies identify business risks and opportunities aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • 'Put more ESG information into bond documents', says investor

    27 April 2018

    Bond offering documents should include more environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, according to one large investor.

  • Richardson joins Calvert as chief operating officer

    05 January 2018

    Calvert Research and Management has named Anne Richardson as its new chief operating officer.

  • Mapping the SDGs

    11 December 2017

    Two years on from the launch of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, how are investors responding, asks Peter Cripps

  • EDF eyes impact bond for Louisiana wetlands project

    17 July 2017

    Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a US advocacy group, is working on the design of an 'environmental impact bond' (EIB) to finance a coastal wetlands restoration project in Louisiana.

  • Green bond comment, March 2017

    05 April 2017

    The rising tide of green bond funds is helping drive the market to new records, says Hamza Ali