Archive

  • News round-up: Aquila, Arabesque and ADB

    10 May 2021

  • Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust targets £150 million IPO

    10 May 2021

  • LSE launches first dedicated transition bond segment

    16 February 2021

    The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has launched a dedicated transition bond segment to its sustainable bond market (SBM), in a move it is believed makes it the first exchange to do so.

  • 10% of firms face ejection as FTSE4Good tightens climate rules

    19 January 2021

    Around 10% of all constituents on the FTSE4Good indexes face exclusion after the climate thresholds are tightened through a tie-up with the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) scores.

  • UK government announces green sovereign bond and climate disclosure plan

    09 November 2020

    The UK government has announced plans to issue its first green sovereign bond in 2021, as well as making for climate-risk disclosures mandatory for major companies by 2025.

  • ESG news round-up: BMO secures engagement mandate, NextEnergy makes maiden Portuguese investment, IETA urges UK ETS and more

    12 October 2020

  • BlackRock's iShares launches first climate-risk adjusted government bond fund

    06 October 2020

    BlackRock has launched a product that is believed to be the first climate-risk-adjusted exchange-traded fund (ETF) to invest in government bonds.

  • Science Based Targets initiative launches financial sector framework

    01 October 2020

    Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched its "breakthrough" pilot framework for financial institutions to set science-based climate targets, but campaigners were "disappointed" and "disturbed" by what they perceive to be shortcomings.

  • WFE highlights lack of consensus on ESG standards across exchanges

    16 July 2020

    Stock exchanges have flagged the array of different environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting standards as a hindrance to their sustainability efforts.

  • Mark Carney launches climate disclosure initiative with London Stock Exchange

    13 July 2020

    Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney and the London Stock Exchange plan to establish a global coalition of stock exchanges supporting climate disclosure in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).