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  • Why telco green bonds fail to connect with Jupiter's Ecology fund

    11 March 2019

    The recent benchmark-sized green bonds from telecommunications giants Verizon and Telefonica have been criticised by a fund manager as lacking 'additionality'.

  • People Moves: Lazard Asset Management, BlackRock, Pensions Infrastructure Platform, PGGM, Carbon Market Institute and St. James's Place

    01 February 2019

  • Building on the legacy of Tessa Tennant

    08 October 2018

    Some of the brightest minds in responsible investment will discuss how to build on the legacy created by environmental finance pioneer Tessa Tennant.

  • Jupiter goes "fully ESG" with new global sustainable equities fund

    09 April 2018

    Jupiter has launched its first fund for institutional investors that will fully integrate strategic environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the investment process.

  • Wanted: UK green bond issuers

    24 July 2017

    As the green bond market continues to break records and investors call for more supply, Hamza Ali asks why there hasn't been more issuance out of the UK

  • Trump's budget to gut EPA - investors' verdict

    17 March 2017

    President Donald Trump's proposed "America First Budget" will see the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget slashed 31% in 2018.

  • NGO launches project to encourage sustainable fish finance

    13 March 2017

    A new project to investigate the role of financial institutions in the global fishing industry, in particular the exploitation of wild fish stocks, is being planned by the NGO behind the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI).

  • UK budget defers green economy decisions for later in the year

    09 March 2017

    The UK budget offered very little for the green economy with major decisions deferred for later in the year, according to one environmentally themed fund manager.

  • COP22: The investors' verdict

    06 January 2017

    World leaders at the conclusion of this year's UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22) agreed to accelerate both the implementation and the ambition of the Paris Agreement, despite headwinds brought on by the election of Donald Trump, reports Hamza Ali

  • UK gives £230m to clean transport, but remains in 'slow lane'

    23 November 2016

    The UK gave £230 million ($290 million) to accelerate the roll-out of clean transport in its Autumn budget statement, but was accused of "pootling along in the slow lane" when it comes to low-carbon energy transition.