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  • Growing the corporate green bond market

    16 October 2015

    The enormous potential of companies to tap the green bond market has yet to be realised. Sophie Robinson-Tillett asks why

  • Barclays and MSCI launch review of green bond index rules

    21 July 2015

    Barclays and MSCI are calling on players in the green bond market to give their views on the companies' green bond index.

  • ESG index launched for emerging markets

    24 June 2015

    A new index has been launched covering emerging market stocks with high environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings.

  • Sustainability leaders see twice sales growth of other brands, says Unilever

    05 May 2015

    Unilever claims its most sustainable brands are growing at twice the rate of the rest of its business.

  • Some discussions should be public

    15 April 2015

    In the coming months, we will see increasing numbers of debates and discussions about the question of 'what is green?'.

  • Unilever's green bond: a difference of opinions

    15 April 2015

    In the year since its launch, Unilever's green bond has divided opinion and been omitted from the Barclays MSCI green bond index. Here, leading figures from the two sides of the debate outline their thinking.

  • Second opinions won't ensure integrity of green bonds, says KPMG

    14 April 2015

    Investors need to push for greater transparency in the green bond market, according to experts at KPMG, who say second opinions are not sufficient to ensure market integrity.

  • Cicero introduces 'shades of green' to second-opinion market

    27 March 2015

    Cicero has updated its methodology for assessing green bonds, creating a three-tier scale of 'greenness'.

  • Large investors accused of weak sustainable investment policies on forestry

    11 February 2015

    Most institutional investors have "poorly developed sustainable investment policies" regarding forest commodities, according to Forest 500, an initiative of the Global Canopy Programme (GCP), a UK-based think tank.

  • Pension funds publish reporting guide for asset managers

    28 January 2015

    A group of pension funds with more than £200 billion ($300 billion) of assets has published a guide intended to improve asset managers' performance when it comes to responsible investment (RI) reporting.