Archive

  • Best performing funds of 2017: Pictet Global Environmental Opportunities

    16 February 2018

    A dramatic change in fortunes last year swept Pictet's Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) fund to the top of Morningstar's table of best performing 'ecology' funds.

  • Trump's infrastructure plan gets mixed reception

    13 February 2018

    President Trump's infrastructure spending plan, unveiled yesterday, has been slammed by his political opponents but given a qualified welcome by industry and investors.

  • Environmental Finance Green Bond Awards open for entries

    10 January 2018

    Green bonds saw another year of record growth and Environmental Finance is calling for entries for its annual Green Bond Awards to honour the market leaders.

  • Green bond comment, November 2017

    01 November 2017

    It was great to have something positive to announce about the US green bond market at this year's Green Bonds Americas conference!

  • COP 23: What success means for investors

    06 October 2017

    This year's UN climate change conference in Bonn (COP23), while a far cry from the highs of the Paris talks of 2015, is crucial for the implementation of the new agreement. Katie Kouchakji talks to some finance sector leaders about their criteria for its success

  • $5trn at risk: climate change is biggest investment issue of our lifetime

    01 August 2017

    The transition to a low-carbon economy will put $5 trillion of listed assets at risk of disruption, according to the manager of a sustainability-themed fund.

  • 'Bring it on': California commissioner bullish on fossil fuel divestment

    17 July 2017

    Commissioner Dave Jones was threatened with legal action from 12 Republican attorney generals who oppose his fossil fuel investments disclosure initiative. The threats appear to have spurred Jones on, however. Callum Tanner reports

  • Comment: There is no 'Trump dump' for environmental finance

    10 July 2017

    President Donald Trump reaffirmed his decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement at this weekend's G20 meeting in Hamburg.

  • US businesses with $1.4trn in revenue commit to Paris

    07 June 2017

    More than 900 US businesses and investors representing $1.4 trillion in annual revenue, along with 125 cities, 9 states and 183 educational institutions have signed a letter, committing to remain faithful to the Paris Climate Agreement.

  • UK's low-carbon economy 'could grow to 13% of GDP'

    05 June 2017

    The low-carbon economy could grow to account for as much as 13% of the UK's gross domestic product (GDP) in the next thirty years, up from 2% today, according to a letter from Aldersgate Group, representing some of the country's business leaders.