Archive

  • EU carbon market update, 16 September

    16 September 2019

    The technical picture for EU Allowances has turned bullish, but developments in the wider energy market could be critical this week, says Louis Redshaw*.

  • WCI Carbon Market Update, 16 September 2019

    16 September 2019

    California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) edged lower last week, but traded volumes increased sharply, notes Nicolas Girod*.

  • Dorian and Faxai could cost insurers up to $15.5bn, say modellers

    16 September 2019

    Catastrophe risk modelling firms have released forecasts totalling up to $15.5 billion for the combined insured losses arising from Hurricane Dorian and Typhoon Faxai.

  • Climate change risk yet to be priced in, say investors

    16 September 2019

    An overwhelming 93% of institutional investors say climate change is still not being priced in by the key global financial markets as an investment risk, according to a report by asset manager BNY Mellon Investment Management and UK asset allocation research firm CREATE-Research.

  • Integrate climate risk now, insurers told

    16 September 2019

    Insurers should start integrating climate risk into their management and business operations now, and not wait for the perfect tools, according to a report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) and UK charity ShareAction.

  • Sustainable finance: it's all about transition! Part two

    13 September 2019

    In the second of this two-part series, Hervé P. Duteil explores the concept of Transition Finance and its limits, and proposes a non-prescriptive framework to start thinking about transition bonds (and loans)

  • Growing the NY Green Bank

    13 September 2019

    NY Green Bank's Alfred Griffin will deliver a keynote address at next week’s ESG in Fixed Income conference, featuring Green Bonds Americas. He tells Michael Hurley about the bank's next moves

  • People Moves: SSGA, UBS

    13 September 2019

    State Street hires Funk

  • Don’t rely on easy climate gains in land-use sector, PRI report warns

    13 September 2019

    Existing climate scenarios lean too heavily on the expectation of major cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the land use sector and investors are therefore underestimating the amount of reductions that will need to happen in other sectors, according to a report commissioned by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • Rising to the challenge

    13 September 2019

    While the mandatory carbon markets await new rules, the voluntary market remains buoyant and is pushing into new areas. Katie Kouchakji talks to this year's winners of our Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings to find out what's cooking.