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  • China at a farming crossroads in the Year Of The Rooster

    16 February 2017

    China's agricultural census this year and the country's drive to improve its environmental practices mean its food production is at a crossroads, argues Maria Lettini

  • MEPs support for EU ETS could treble carbon price

    15 February 2017

    Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have agreed to strengthen the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in a move which one analyst said has the potential to triple allowance price forecasts for 2020.

  • Meeting to thrash out cheaper mortgages for energy efficiency upgrades

    15 February 2017

    European mortgage lenders are this week expected to take further strides towards finalising an initiative that will allow cheaper loans for home renovations that boost energy efficiency.

  • BAML targets more ESG impact measuring

    15 February 2017

    Bank of America Merril Lynch's (BAML) wealth management division is aiming to ramp up its focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing by offering more options and more measurement of impact.

  • Italy's environment ministry calls for national committee on green bond development

    15 February 2017

    Italy's environment ministry has called for a national committee on green bonds, tasked with increasing issuance from the country.

  • Green bond round-up, 15 February 2017

    15 February 2017

    German index provider Solactive has launched a green bond index that tracks investment-grade euro and dollar-denominated issuances.

  • Australian companies lag MSCI World for SDG impact

    14 February 2017

    Australian companies have less of a positive impact than the rest of the MSCI World Index when it comes to meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Renovate targets commercial Pace growth with partnership

    14 February 2017

    Renovate America has partnered with commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (Pace) financer Greenworks Lending to launch a commercial Pace programme.

  • SEB issues first green bond

    13 February 2017

    Swedish giant Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) has issued its first green bond, raising €500 million ($534 million).

  • TCFD to bolster shareholder climate resolutions

    13 February 2017

    The work of the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) will make it harder for companies to ignore the dozens of shareholder resolutions on climate change that have already been filed this year, according to a US-based pension fund.