Archive

  • TPI plans new index to accelerate low-carbon transition

    03 July 2018

    The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) – an asset-owner led initiative backed by more than $9.3 trillion in assets – plans to create a new, global, low-carbon equity index.

  • LGIM announces exclusions from its £5bn Future World Funds

    11 June 2018

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has named the companies it regards as leaders and laggards on climate change issues, as part of its attempt to remove climate-related risk from its £5 billion ($6.7 billion) Future World funds.

  • Investors round on Rio Tinto's funding of fossil fuel lobby groups

    27 April 2018

    Rio Tinto will face mounting pressure at its annual general meeting (AGM) as investors with a combined £1.8 trillion ($2.5 trillion) take aim at its policy on funding lobby groups that obstruct action to combat climate change.

  • Green bond round-up, 14 March 2018

    14 March 2018

    The European Investment Bank (EIB), the biggest single issuer in the green bond market, has tapped two of its outstanding Climate Awareness Bonds (CAB) within days of each other.

  • Green bond round-up, 28 February 2018

    28 February 2018

    Growthpoint Properties is set to become the first South African corporate green bond issuer.

  • Danish pension fund PKA engaging with 64 oil and gas giants on climate

    09 February 2018

    Danish pension fund PKA has said divestment is a possibility for 64 oil and gas companies with which it is currently engaging on climate-related issues.

  • Scenario analysis: creating memories of the future

    12 January 2018

    The TCFD suggests companies should use scenario analysis to help them report climate risks. But what should they look like, asks Peter Cripps

  • Foresight buys UK biomass plants with a view to international expansion

    10 January 2018

    London-based investment manager Foresight has acquired a portfolio of nine UK bioenergy plants, taking the output capacity of its waste-to-energy portfolio to about 137MW of clean energy.

  • Academics launch principles to help align investments with climate targets

    05 January 2018

    A set of three simple principles has been proposed to help investors align their portfolios with a low-carbon economy.

  • BHP Billiton mulls breaking ties with World Coal Association

    19 December 2017

    BHP Billiton said it would withdraw from the World Coal Association (WCA) over differences regarding climate policies.