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KPMG to start assuring green bonds
28 August 2014Auditing giant KPMG plans to start assessing green bond issues, Environmental Finance has learnt.
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Green bonds reach the tipping point
22 July 2014A surge of corporate issues is supporting a bullish mood in the environmental bond market, says Graham Cooper
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Companies must improve reporting of material environmental risks, says KPMG
12 June 2014Auditing firm KPMG has called for increased disclosure from companies about the material risks posed by their reliance on natural capital.
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People moves
05 March 2014The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including new positions for Ritu Kumar and Yvo de Boer. Stories involve companies such as Actis, KPMG, RBS, F&C, UNEP FI, PRI, Terra Firma, Verco, Sunrun and others.
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De Boer to head green growth body
03 March 2014Former UN climate chief Yvo de Boer is to take the helm of the Global Green Growth Institute, an international organisation set up by the Korean government in 2010.
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'Responsibility reporting is now mainstream, but still not linked to performance'
09 December 2013The majority of big companies produce Corporate Responsibility (CR) reports but only 5% are linked to financial performance, leaving them open to accusations that they are merely 'greenwash', an event to mark the launch of a new study heard.
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IEA adds to warnings on 'stranded' energy assets
10 June 2013The International Energy Agency has added its voice to warnings that action to combat climate change threatens to leave energy companies with 'stranded assets'.
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Hobley named as CMIA president
08 March 2013Anthony Hobley of law firm Norton Rose has been elected as president of the Climate Markets and Investment Association (CMIA).