Archive

  • Comment: Time to start hugging trees

    24 July 2018

    Sustainable forestry and forest conservation do not currently receive the attention they deserve, says Peter Cripps

  • EU carbon prices 'could push higher in H2'

    23 July 2018

    Prices in the EU's turbo-charged carbon market could make moderate gains in the second half of 2018, according to analysts, but their longer-term outlook is cautious.

  • Norges Bank endorses EU public reporting reforms

    23 July 2018

    The investment manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has welcomed proposals to increasingly consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the European public reporting framework.

  • Foresight buys anaerobic digestion plant on behalf of pension fund

    23 July 2018

    Asset manager Foresight has completed the acquisition a 2.5MW operational anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in the UK, on behalf of a pension fund.

  • EU carbon market update, 23 July

    23 July 2018

  • KfW calculates impact of recent green bond issues

    23 July 2018

    German development bank KfW estimates that the €612 million ($715 million) of green paper it issued in the first six months of this year will save about €72 million/year in terms of fuel costs and other environmental and social impacts.

  • Banque de France and I4CE form climate finance partnership

    23 July 2018

    The Banque de France and the Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) are forming a partnership to exchange expertise and increase the financial sector's awareness of climate risks and opportunities.

  • AllianzGI invests in IDB bond for Uruguayan solar plants

    23 July 2018

    Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has invested, on behalf of unnamed clients, in a private placement refinancing of two solar photovoltaic plants in Uruguay owned by clean power generator Atlas Renewable Energy.

  • The green and sustainability loan market: ready for take-off

    20 July 2018

    Green and sustainability loans are the hot new trend in sustainable finance. Could they outgrow the booming green bond market, ask Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps.

  • Impax Launches Pax Global Opportunities Fund

    20 July 2018

    Impax Asset Management has launched its first fund since its acquisition of Pax World Management at the beginning of this year.