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  • TCFD: A full disclosure

    20 March 2017

    Will the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report change the landscape for investors, asks Hamza Ali

  • Chinese green bond indexes launched

    20 March 2017

    A series of indexes tracking both labelled and unlabelled Chinese green bonds has been launched, and will be listed on the Shenzhen and Luxembourg stock exchanges.

  • JP Morgan creates sustainable investment team

    20 March 2017

    JP Morgan Asset Management has created a sustainable investment team to better incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its investment practices.

  • BlackRock index-linked green bond fund - details revealed

    20 March 2017

    Asset management giant BlackRock has launched its index-linked green bond fund, plans for which were first revealed by Environmental Finance in January.

  • Trump's budget to gut EPA - investors' verdict

    17 March 2017

    President Donald Trump's proposed "America First Budget" will see the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget slashed 31% in 2018.

  • Luxembourg Green Exchange breaks €50bn mark

    17 March 2017

    The value of green bonds on the Luxembourg Green Exchange has passed €50 billion, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Two insurers invest $17m in weather predictive technology

    17 March 2017

    Established modellers are "charging too much and delivering too little", says Weather Analytics

  • Comment: Deforestation presents a material risk for investors

    17 March 2017

    NGOs and investors are increasingly pressing companies to take action against deforestation, say Mindy Lubber and Fiona Reynolds

  • BAML's Martin Mills retires

    17 March 2017

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch's (BAML) head of the product solutions team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Martin Mills, has retired from the company, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • TSKB to issue sustainability bond to increase bank capital

    16 March 2017

    Turkish investment and development bank Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma (TSKB) is gearing up to issue a first-of-its-kind sustainability bond that will be partially used to meet the bank's capital requirements.