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  • Trump exits Paris Agreement, investors pour scorn

    02 June 2017

    President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to pull the US out of the Paris Climate Accord, despite howls of protest that the US would surrender its leadership on climate action.

  • US withdrawal from Paris Agreement 'an irrelevance', say investors

    01 June 2017

    With President Trump widely expected to announce the US' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement today, investors are sceptical over its implications on global climate action with one branding it an 'irrelevance'.

  • Could Mission Innovation be next to fall under Trump's environmental axe?

    01 June 2017

  • Shareholder climate success at Exxon

    31 May 2017

    A shareholder resolution calling for ExxonMobil to do more to tackle climate change received a significant majority, despite not being backed by the board.

  • Repsol green bond excluded from main indexes

    31 May 2017

    The controversy over Repsol's green bond continued to burn today after it emerged that it has been excluded from most of the main green bond indexes.

  • Green bond round-up, 31 May 2017

    31 May 2017

    The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has published disclosure requirements for green bonds.

  • Investing with economic and environmental sense, even in high-emitting sectors

    31 May 2017

    Sometimes you find the answer to a problem in the place you least expect it.

  • QE policy could increase risk of stranded assets, researchers warn

    31 May 2017

    Purchases of corporate bonds by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England, as part of their quantitative easing (QE) initiatives, could be adding to the risk of assets in the oil and gas sectors becoming 'stranded'.

  • German sustainability investors considering climate change doubles

    31 May 2017

    The number of German sustainability-orientated investors considering climate change in their investment policies has more than doubled to 43%, up from 21% in 2016, according to a survey by Union Investment.

  • Scientists predict above-average hurricane season

    31 May 2017

    There is a 45% chance that this summer will see more Atlantic hurricanes than usual and only a 20% chance of there being fewer, according to US storm analysts.