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  • Cubico raises €75m for renewables projects refinance in Italy

    22 July 2019

    Cubico Sustainable Investments has raised €75 million ($84 million) in debt for the refinancing of 27.4MW of 14 renewables projects in Italy.

  • Members of UK taskforce on greening supply chains announced

    19 July 2019

    The members of the UK's Global Resource Initiative (GRI) taskforce have been revealed, as they met for the first time to discuss how the country can green its international supply chain.

  • ESG data files: part two - non-reported data

    05 July 2019

    What are the uses of, and potential, for non-reported or alternative data sources, asks Peter Cripps

  • Insurers say climate change is now their top risk

    08 April 2019

    Climate change has supplanted cyber risk as the top risk for the world's insurers, according to a recent survey.

  • Natural capital finance: more than a mirage?

    08 February 2019

    Bruce Howard highlights new insights into the feasibility of natural capital finance projects in advanced economies such as the UK.

  • Willis Towers Watson pension scheme to shift equities investments to ESG

    31 October 2018

    Willis Towers Watson is to shift £740 million ($944 million) – half of the equities investments in its default master trust scheme – into environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies.

  • Boston Common backs ‘blue economy’ finance principles

    30 October 2018

    Boston Common Asset Management has added its name to the growing number of financial institutions that have endorsed a set of principles for investing to support the world’s oceans.

  • Big four audit firms under spotlight on climate reporting

    19 September 2018

    The ‘big four’ audit firms have been challenged to explain their failure to flag deficiencies in companies’ climate risk reporting.

  • Steering group for Green Finance Institute announced

    16 July 2018

    A steering group has been assembled to guide the launch of the UK's Green Finance Institute.

  • TCFD recommendations should remain voluntary, says UK regulator

    14 May 2018

    It is important that the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) are not mandatory, according to a senior Bank of England official.