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  • Coronavirus is wake-up call for healthcare investment - Candriam

    07 April 2020

    The coronavirus pandemic is an urgent wake-up call to investors and governments to significantly increase investment in healthcare, according to Candriam.

  • Moody's carbon transition assessment is 'irresponsibly generous' to oil & gas

    07 April 2020

    Moody's proposed carbon transition assessment (CTA) methodology has been accused of being "irresponsibly generous" to the downstream oil & gas sector.

  • EU carbon market update: 7 April 2020

    07 April 2020

    Renewed volatility on the carbon market saw EU Allowances gain almost 10% last week, as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to dominate market developments, says Tom Lord *.

  • WCI Carbon Market Update, 6 April 2020

    07 April 2020

    The harsh economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic means the short-term outlook for CCA prices is bearish, says Nicolas Girod*.

  • Social bonds and Covid-19 - The next phase

    07 April 2020

    Social bond issuers have a unique opportunity to do the heavy lifting in the fight against Covid-19, writes Christopher Wigley

  • Low-energy buildings take most of KfW's 2019 green bond proceeds

    06 April 2020

    Energy efficient buildings took more than 79% of the allocated proceeds from the €8.1 billon ($8.8 billion) of green bonds issued by German development bank KfW in 2019. The remaining 21% went to renewable energy projects. Nine in ten of all the projects were based in Germany, with the rest in other OECD countries.

  • 2°II explains its break with Science-Based Targets initiative

    06 April 2020

    A disagreement that caused 2°II to walk away from the initiative boils down to whether it is appropriate to use the term 'science-based' to describe investor decarbonisation targets, writes Christopher Marchant

  • Most stock exchanges now offer guidance on ESG reporting

    06 April 2020

    More than half of global stock exchanges provide guidance on the reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative.

  • Impact investors set to launch Covid-19 funds - Phenix Capital

    06 April 2020

    Impact fund managers appear set to launch a swathe of strategies that aim to combat the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Phenix Capital.

  • Folksam snaps up more Covid-19 bonds

    06 April 2020

    Swedish insurance company Folksam has invested a further SEK1billion ($99 million), on top of the SEK700 million announced last month, in bonds aimed at alleviating the social and economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.