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New report aims to help companies disclose physical climate risks
01 June 2018The 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.
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Make climate transition focus of next proxy season, says DWS
01 June 2018A rallying call has been issued to investors to make climate transition plans the main focus of the next shareholder voting season.
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IADB leads MDB top-performers, E3G report finds
10 May 2018The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) is one of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) leading the way in supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy, according to a report from E3G.
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Green bonds round-up, 2 May
02 May 2018DTE Electric, an electricity utility based in Detroit, Michigan, has entered the green bond market with a $525 million, 30-year issue. It pays a coupon of 4.05% and was priced at 97 basis points over US Treasuries, giving a yield to maturity of 4.076%. The issue has been rated Aa3, A and A+ by Moody's, S&P Global and Fitch, respectively.
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People moves: SASB, FMO, SLM and IHS Towers
27 April 2018Jean Rogers has stepped down from her role as chair of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).
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EBRD working group to present TCFD physical risk guidance
19 April 2018A 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.
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People moves: FMO and KfW
15 December 2017FMO's boss Jurgen Rigterink is to part ways with the Dutch development bank to become the first vice-president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
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Green bond round-up, 27 September 2017
27 September 2017The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's biggest bank in terms of assets, is expected to price its first green bond on Thursday 28 September.
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Energy efficiency needs historic level of public-private cooperation
27 April 2017With the support of the public sector, over the next two to three years energy efficiency will rise up the corporate investment agenda and become more of a mainstream financing activity, writes Stephen Hibbert
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GCF rehabilitating hydro is 'shameful' - NGO
11 April 2017The Green Climate Fund's (GCF) decision to rehabilitate a Soviet era dam in Tajikistan has been labelled 'shameful' by one senior analyst.