Genevieve Redgrave

ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: Export Development Canada to issue first green bond since 2019

After not issuing a green bond since 2019, Export Development Canada has revealed to Environmental Finance that it will issue a green bond soon, and is considering its first-ever 'orange' bond.

Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: NA100 a 'really powerful vehicle', conference hears

The newly launched Nature Action 100 (NA100), which formally launched yesterday by sending a letter to over 100 companies which have a high impact on nature, was described as "a really powerful vehicle to help advance meaningful progress".

Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023: US anti-ESG backlash is 'political risk', insurers say

US politicians have hijacked the ESG debate, making the job of insurers to manage their climate risk much more difficult, according to panellists at the Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023 conference.

MAS backs AI to support 'transition finance'

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has encouraged financial institutions to use artificial intelligence (AI) to support their efforts to financing the energy transition.

BlackRock and SGX launch Asian 'climate action' ETF

Biodiversity credits launched by UK Environment Bank

Biodiversity credits to help fund investment in nature restoration and recovery have been launched by the UK's Environment Bank.

TNFD's additional disclosure metrics welcomed by data providers

Additional disclosure points in the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) final disclosure framework, which look to further identify social factors and 'priority locations', have been welcomed by ESG data providers.

Will today prove a turning point for natural capital?

What is the TNFD's final framework released on Monday expected to say, and will it mark an inflection point for embedding nature in finance, asks Genevieve Redgrave

Regulation, TNFD to turn the tide in oceans investing, says Sustainable Fitch

Despite a limited number of investable opportunities currently, changing regulation and initiatives such as the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) could turn the tide for sustainable investments in the world's oceans, Sustainable Fitch has said.

US asset managers decline to back 'over-reaching' E&S resolutions

Support for environmental and social shareholder resolutions fell by 10 percentage points in the 2023 proxy season, with asset managers arguing the motions were often 'overly prescriptive' or 'redundant', Morningstar Manager Research has found.