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  • EU carbon market weekly update - 19 March 2018

    19 March 2018

    A mixed week for carbon, as prices hit a fresh six-year high at €11.50, but tailed off at the end of the week to finish just 8 cents up at €11.18.

  • People moves: Legal & General Capital, Vigeo Eiris, Lekela and NIB

    16 March 2018

    Legal & General Capital (LGC) has recruited former RBS group treasurer John Cummins as its managing director of urban regeneration and clean energy.

  • ISS expands ESG offering with Oekom acquisition

    15 March 2018

    Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has continued to build out its capabilities in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data arena, with the acquisition of Oekom Research, arguably the last of the independent second party opinion providers in the green bond market.

  • 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.

  • Hold AGM vote on compliance with mandatory TCFD, suggests Aviva's Waygood

    13 March 2018

    Aviva Investors has thrown its might behind proposals to make climate disclosures mandatory, adding that shareholders could vote on whether they approve of the reporting.

  • NGO attacks 'non-additional' green bond market

    12 March 2018

    Green bonds are not bringing the additionality required to meet the aims of the Paris Agreement, according to the 2° Investing Initiative.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 05 March 2018

    05 March 2018

    EU Allowances are in a strong upward trend, but a return to more normal temperatures and an increase in auction volumes may curb further gains this week, says Louis Redshaw

  • Banks could face pressure to issue more green bonds, S&P says

    05 March 2018

    Banks may face pressure from investors and their peers to ramp up their efforts in the green bond market, according to S&P Global Ratings.

  • New player in ESG credit rating set to enter the market

    02 March 2018

    A rating agency claiming to be the first of its kind to systematically integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors will be launched next week, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Emerging market banks moving fast on sustainable finance, says IFC

    27 February 2018

    Banks in many emerging markets have made rapid progress in promoting 'sustainable finance' initiatives, by leapfrogging some more mature economies, according to the International Finance Corporation (IFC).