Archive

  • EBRD working group to present TCFD physical risk guidance

    19 April 2018

    A working group to advance the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD)'s guidance on physical climate risk will present its findings next month.

  • JP Morgan and BlackRock launch ESG emerging market fixed income index

    19 April 2018

    JP Morgan and BlackRock have joined forces to launch what they claim to be the "first-of-its kind" suite of emerging markets, fixed income indexes that integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.

  • Fiji to hit the green bond market again

    18 April 2018

    Fiji is planning to revisit the green bond market following its inaugural green transaction six months ago, Environmental Finance understands.

  • Water investments insufficient to meet SDGs, say experts

    18 April 2018

    Investment in water projects must be greatly increased if the key water-related ambition of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to be met, according to the World Water Council.

  • Zurich's Johanna Köb: investors can make a return while doing good

    18 April 2018

    Johanna Köb, head of responsible investment at Zurich, talks to Cintia Cheong on the importance of adequate pricing of greenhouse gases and how investors can make a profit while doing good for society and environment

  • Impax predicts investments of $7.5 trn in water infrastructure

    18 April 2018

    Some $7.5 trillion is expected to be spent globally on water infrastructure over the next 15 years, according to Hubert Aarts, executive director at Impax Asset Management.

  • Green bond round-up, 18 April 2018

    18 April 2018

    BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market with a €500 million ($618 million), six-year offering paying a coupon of 1.00%.

  • NYK ready to issue shipping's first green bond

    17 April 2018

    Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) will become the world's first shipping company to issue a labelled green bond, hot on the heels of the industry's commitment to halve carbon emissions by 2050.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 16 April 2018

    17 April 2018

    Buying demand is strong and further gains cannot be ruled out, but weak auctions suggest a correction could be a possibility, says Louis Redshaw

  • LGIM urges greater climate action in letter to CEOs

    17 April 2018

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has issued a rallying call for companies to act faster on climate change, in a letter to the CEOs of some of the world's largest companies.