Archive

  • Social surge helps 2020 sustainable bond issuance to double

    29 January 2021

    After a record-breaking $600 billion sustainable bond issuance in 2020 in which diversification beyond green bonds gathered pace, expectations are high that the momentum will be carried into 2021. Ahren Lester reports

  • News Round Up: Refinitiv, Entelligent, JSS, Northern Trust, and more

    28 January 2021
  • 'Double materiality' splits market in IFRS sustainability standards consultation

    07 January 2021
  • China announces long-awaited national carbon market launch

    06 January 2021

    China has announced it will launch its long-awaited national emissions trading scheme (ETS) in February, although the rules are not expected to be too onerous initially for the power companies covered by the market

  • Communication on EU ESG regulation needs to improve, says Refinitiv

    04 January 2021

    Communication around the EU's sustainability regulations must improve to show they are 'not scary', Refinitiv's Elena Philipova tells Ahren Lester

  • News round-up: LGIM launches transition fund, ICE to host UK ETS, Vestas takes CIP stake ... and more

    18 December 2020
  • China 'surprises' with plan to link with EU ETS

    16 December 2020

    Carbon market suggestions by Chinese officials on a global link and absolute emissions cap have surprised many, reports Ahren Lester, and indicate a rising ambition for the nationwide scheme under development

  • AP2 divests fossil fuel firms amid EU Paris-alignment pledge

    11 December 2020

    Swedish public pension fund AP2 will exit its equity and bond holdings in fossil fuel firms, in a push to become the first asset owner to align its portfolio with the EU Paris-aligned benchmark (PAB).

  • EU carbon prices hit record after climate goal agreement

    11 December 2020
  • News round-up: Verra farming credits, 'social' in spotlight, EU fossil fuel subsidies ... and more

    23 October 2020