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  • Credit rating agencies have more work to do on climate risk, hears insurance conference

    26 September 2019

    Credit rating agencies have not adequately captured climate risks in their considerations of public sector debt, a panel at the Insurance and climate risk conference heard.

  • UNEP FI and investors release study on climate risk reporting

    10 May 2019

    A major study has been issued looking at the different ways that investors can measure and report climate risks.

  • $32trn group of investors demand greater government climate action

    10 December 2018

    Investors with a combined $32 trillion in assets have demanded governments increase action to tackle climate change.

  • Manulife warns of the pitfalls of tighter green bond regulation

    08 October 2018

    The first global life insurance issuer of green bonds has a message for policymakers eyeing stricter regulation: keep it simple. Michael Hurley reports

  • Green bond comment, October: Down but not out

    03 October 2018

    The green bond market suffered an uncharacteristic fall in activity in the third quarter of 2018.

  • Green bonds round-up, 1 August 2018

    01 August 2018

    Moody's Investors Service has lowered its expectations for green bond issuance this year, in light of slower growth in the first six months.

  • Climate Action 100+ expands its reach and attracts new backers

    04 July 2018

    An additional 61 companies have been added to Climate Action 100+ list, increasing the reach of the investor-backed initiative that aims to engage with "systemically important greenhouse gas emitters".

  • 50 names to be added to Climate Action 100+ engagement hit list

    21 February 2018

    50 more corporates are to be added to the $28 trillion Climate Action 100+ initiative's list of targets for climate-related engagement.

  • Green bonds round-up, 22 November 2017

    22 November 2017

    Manulife has issued its first green bond which, as well as being the first from a life insurance company, is also the first Canadian issue to be certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative.

  • Green Bond round-up 15 November 2017

    15 November 2017