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France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year

The French Treasury has issued a mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) green sovereign bond, which is almost twice the size of the previous largest green bond and could be increased to €13 billion later this year.

CDP partners with business leaders to determine carbon price that aligns with 2°C scenario

Environmental non-profit CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, has partnered with We Mean Business to launch an initiative designed to determine a carbon price that is consistent with a 2°C scenario.

Measuring impact can lead to value for investors, says report

There are five ways investors can benefit from measuring the impact of their investment activities, according to a report from Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).

EF BRIEFS: FSB, Axis Bank, EIB, Stockholm, Canadian Solar, GRI, BP

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed nine more members to its new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

Investors worth $1.5trn launch infrastructure sustainability benchmark

Investors representing $1.5 trillion of assets have teamed up with the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) to launch a similar framework for infrastructure assets.

Reckoning with water risk

An initiative from the PRI aims to promote investor engagement with companies about the water risk in their supply chains. Peter Cripps reports

Q&A: Marcel Jeucken, managing director of responsible investment at PGGM Investments

'$100bn of institutional investor capital' available for renewables

Institutional investors have more than $100 billion of uncommitted infrastructure capital that could be invested in renewables, an investment banking group has said.

Green infrastructure needs $1trn/year from institutional investors, says OECD

Governments and policymakers are looking to pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors to provide up to $1 trillion a year for green infrastructure, says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

More investors divest or avoid investment on climate change concerns – survey

The proportion of investors that divested or chose to avoid investment based on concerns related to climate change grew rapidly last year, a survey has suggested.