Archive

  • News Round Up: EU Commission, BlackRock, Nordea, and more

    03 December 2020

  • Eiopa opens consultation on insurers' sustainable KPIs

    02 December 2020

    Public consultation open from 30 November to 12 January 2021

  • EU Taxonomy has 'messed up' buildings criteria

    27 November 2020

    The draft criteria for the pioneering EU 'green list' has introduced a "big problem" for the market for green property bonds, Climate Bonds Initiative boss Sean Kidney tells Ahren Lester

  • Concern as EU Taxonomy proposals diverge from TEG recommendations

    25 November 2020

    The EU's trail blazing sustainability taxonomy passed another milestone, with the publication of the draft technical criteria, reports Ahren Lester. But divergences from the expert recommendations show that significant challenges face the closely watched 'green' list

  • EU backs German social impact fund

    04 November 2020

    The European Social Innovation and Impact Fund (ESIIF) has been launched to "immediately strengthen impact investing in the EU", by closing the financing gap for early-stage European social enterprises.

  • Green supporting factors "an important debate" in Solvency II review

    13 October 2020

    Lower capital charges for sustainable assets is going to be "an important debate, at least from a political perspective", in the Solvency II review, according to Didier Millerot, head of the European Commission's insurance and pensions unit

  • Hydrogen's explosive potential to green the economy

    09 October 2020

    'Green' hydrogen promises many benefits to help decarbonise our economies, but it may need EU carbon prices to be five times higher by 2030. Ahren Lester reports.

  • EIB targets €250m circular bioeconomy fund after €82m first close

    02 October 2020

    The European Investment Bank's (EIB) private equity-focused circular bioeconomy fund has raised €82 million ($96 million) at first close, with the fund targeted to raise around €250 million.

  • European Commission plans to create sustainability database

    25 September 2020

    An EU-wide platform that would provide investors with "seamless access" to financial and sustainability-related information on companies has been made a key part of the EU's plans to deepen the European single market.

  • Can impact be the guiding star for corporates?

    21 September 2020

    The Value Balancing Alliance's methodologies for assessing companies' net impact will define the future of corporate decision making, Christian Heller tells Michael Hurley