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  • China's ETS: launch hope high as officials step up support

    16 October 2020

    Following their recently upgraded climate pledge, senior Chinese officials have given renewed backing to a national emissions trading system (ETS), reigniting hopes it will soon be built and be more ambitious, writes Ahren Lester

  • EUA prices 'could soar to €51 by 2030' after EU raises climate ambition

    17 September 2020

    A raised EU target to cut emissions by 2030 could send average carbon prices 55% higher than previously forecast over the next decade, hitting a new record of €50 by 2030, according to a report by Refinitiv.

  • Bloomberg launches its own 'fully transparent' ESG scores

    11 August 2020

    Bloomberg has launched proprietary, company-level environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores, marking a significant expansion of the sustainability data available on its terminals.

  • ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure, continued

    10 March 2020

    As well as considering the ESG credentials of an infrastructure project, investors should also consider resilience. Christopher Marchant reports

  • ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure

    03 March 2020

    With its broad scope from airports to hospitals, wind farms to oil pipelines, assessing ESG data in the infrastructure sphere comes with a wide array of challenges. Christopher Marchant spoke to experts in the sector about the ongoing push for in standardisation and disclosure.

  • Refinitiv 'to launch fund sustainability scores by the end of H1'

    11 February 2020

    Refinitiv aims to launch its fund sustainability scoring system by the end of the first half of this year, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Stock market analysis shows 'flatlining' company disclosure rates

    27 January 2020

    The number of companies disclosing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission data has failed to increase, according to a report by Aviva and Canadian research company Corporate Knights.

  • Future of Sustainable Data Alliance launched in Davos

    22 January 2020

    A Future of Sustainable Data Alliance has been announced at the World Economic Forum event in Davos

  • Sustainability loan market surges past $100bn in 2019 – Refinitiv

    21 November 2019

    More than $103 billion in green and sustainability-linked loans has been announced so far in 2019, according to data provider Refinitiv.

  • Refinitiv plans to launch fund sustainability ratings

    15 November 2019

    Financial data giant Refinitiv, which owns Lipper, is planning to launch fund sustainability ratings, Environmental Finance has learned.