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  • Hong Kong airport expansion green bond is 'greenwashing'

    13 January 2023

    The Hong Kong Airport Authority (HKAA) has raised $1 billion from a green bond tranche which forms part of its broader funding of the runway expansion project, a year after its previous controversial deal.

  • Vanguard exit could be opportunity to 'clarify aim' of net-zero initiative

    08 December 2022

    The withdrawal of Vanguard from the Net Zero Asset Manager initiative (NZAM) could be a great opportunity for the initiative to clarify its aim and push members for greater action on passive assets, a campaigner told Environmental Finance

  • BlackRock's Fink lauds decarbonisation 'phoenixes' over divestment

    18 January 2022

    BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink rejected sectoral divestment as a means to deliver a net-zero transition in his annual letter to fellow bosses...

  • Investors welcome UK's plans for mandatory transition reporting

    03 November 2021

    Investors and NGOs have given a cautious welcome to the UK's plans to introduce mandatory reporting for financial firms on their transition strategies.

  • News round-up - McKinsey, M&G, Tesco, Platts, HanETF, and more

    05 March 2021
  • Campaigner criticises 'lack of urgency' in M&G coal exit policy

    05 March 2021