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  • Legal and regulatory risks could dominate climate costs for insurers, says S&P

    05 May 2016

    The direct costs of climate change to insurers may be outweighed by reputational, regulatory and litigation costs, a report from Standard & Poor's suggests.

  • EF BRIEFS: Appaloosa, SunEdison, GSSG, 'Green premium'

    04 May 2016

    David Tepper's Appaloosa Management is calling for an independent bankruptcy probe of SunEdison.

  • More winners announced in Green Bond Awards

    04 May 2016

    A second wave of winners has been announced in Environmental Finance's inaugural Green Bond Awards.

  • Initiative aims to help banks measure the economic impact of drought

    04 May 2016

    Nine banks have joined an initiative to help measure the economic impact of drought in their stress testing scenarios.

  • Insurer John Hancock invests $227m in SolarCity projects

    04 May 2016

    US insurance giant John Hancock Financial has agreed to invest $227 million in a 201MW portfolio of residential, commercial and industrial solar energy projects owned by SolarCity.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 3 May 2016

    03 May 2016

    Carbon prices closed the week up a further 3% at €6.14.

  • Half of asset owners still taking no account of climate change risk, says survey

    03 May 2016

    Almost half of institutional asset owners are failing to acknowledge the risk climate change could pose to their portfolios, according to The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP).

  • Winners of inaugural Green Bond Awards announced

    03 May 2016

    Some of the outstanding issues in the green bond market have been named the first winners of Environmental Finance's inaugural Green Bond Awards.

  • Corporate issuer launches third asset-backed green bond

    29 April 2016

    An established green bond issuer is returning to the market with its third asset-backed issue (ABS), which could reach $1.6 billion.

  • Investor groups launch campaign to engage utility sector on climate change

    29 April 2016

    A group of investors representing $20 trillion has launched a campaign to engage with utility companies.