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  • Final HLEG report marks giant strides for sustainable finance globally

    31 January 2018

    The final High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG) report was released today, marking a landmark moment for the EU that will also reverberate around the rest of the world.

  • Regulations could limit sustainable bank financing, HLEG warns

    31 January 2018

    Current and proposed regulations could hinder banks from making more sustainable loans, HLEG says.

  • HLEG final report turns its gaze to natural capital

    31 January 2018

    HLEG's final report expands on its interim report significantly by adding separate sections devoted to agriculture and marine resources.

  • Natixis becomes latest firm to stop lending tar sands and Arctic oil

    13 December 2017

    Natixis has been added to the growing list of financial institutions that are walking away from tar sands and Arctic oil.

  • $300m fund launched to combat land degradation

    13 December 2017

    Mirova, the sustainable investment arm of French bank Natixis, has formally launched the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund (LDNF) which it has been developing with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) since 2015.

  • BlackRock and Aviva Investors to speak at Green Equities 2017 conference

    25 August 2017

    Big hitters including Aviva Investors' Steve Waygood and John McKinley, director of the impact investing arm of the world's largest asset manager, BlackRock, have added their names to the stellar line-up of speakers at Environmental Finance's inaugural Green Equities 2017 conference.

  • NN IP endorses dedicated green bond allocation for investors

    22 August 2017

    Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners has called on investors to dedicate a separate part of their portfolios to exclusively buy green bonds.

  • Green bond funds poised to break through $2bn mark

    28 July 2017

    The value of green bond funds is fast approaching the $2 billion mark after a spate of launches in the past two years, analysis by Environmental Finance has revealed.

  • Manager of new green bond fund to be announced next month

    28 July 2017

    A French pension scheme is expected to announce a €350 million ($400 million) green bond fund in mid-August, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • People Moves: CDP, Mirova, Comgest, Man Group

    23 June 2017

    Carole Ferguson has been appointed head of investor research at CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project.