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  • Sustainability Linked Bond Principles get first birthday present - further metric guidance

    11 June 2021

    One year after they were first published, the developers of the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBP) have provided some illustrative metrics...

  • Fannie Mae, Nordea join Green Bond Principles executive as ING, Kommunalbanken depart

    11 June 2021

    Fannie Mae and Nordea Bank have been elected to the executive committee (ExCom) that develops the Green Bond Principles (GBP)...

  • Big Society Capital invests in UK accommodation for homeless

    11 June 2021

    Big Society Capital plans to invest alongside the UK government to provide about 200 homes for rough sleepers and those at risk of homelessness.

  • The concept of low-carbon alpha is 'fake', claim academics

    11 June 2021

    Constructing equity portfolios using 'low-carbon' as a factor does not generate alpha, contrary to the beliefs of many investors, a paper has claimed.

  • Mapping the depletion of natural capital

    11 June 2021

    Maps to showcase hotspots of relative natural capital depletion are a starting point for investors to understand its impact on portfolios, write Gemma James and Sylvaine Rols

  • Last chance to enter Impact Awards

    10 June 2021

    Entries to Environmental Finance's Impact Awards are set to close at midnight on Tuesday, 15 June.

  • Vontobel launches global impact equity fund

    10 June 2021

    Vontobel Asset Management has launched a global impact equity fund and hired Elena Tedesco to manage the fund.

  • KBI changes its mind on the sustainability of burning biomass

    10 June 2021

    KBI Global Investors said a reclassification of the way it judges the positive and negative impact of its own investments has seen its overall impact score drop compared with last year - with companies involved in burning of biomass and natural gas distribution behind the rerating.

  • Schafer Cullen launches water impact fund

    10 June 2021

    US-based asset manager Schafer Cullen Capital Management has launched a listed equities fund that will invest in companies it deems to have a positive impact on water quality and availability.

  • TCFD plans to recommend 'forward-looking' disclosures

    10 June 2021

    The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) secretariat plans to update its guidance to recommend signatories provide "forward-looking" information related to climate risks and opportunities over short-, medium-, and long-term time horizons.