Joe Walsh

Articles by Joe Walsh

  • Rathbone Greenbank funds hit £1bn

    26 October 2017

    Rathbone Greenbank Investments has hit £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in funds under management, as it claims ethical investing has gone mainstream.

  • Shell and BP shareholder capital at risk, says ShareAction

    26 October 2017

    Shareholders need to escalate engagement action with the management and boards of oil companies BP and Shell over the low-carbon transition as they face significant financial risk, according to responsible investment non-profit organisation ShareAction.

  • Green bonds round-up, 25 October 2017

    25 October 2017

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued its third $1 billion green bond for investment in emerging markets, taking its total issuance to more than $7 billion.

  • BMO's Responsible EM fund carbon intensity 85.5% below benchmark

    25 October 2017

    BMO Global Asset Management said the carbon intensity of its Responsible Emerging Markets Strategy is 85.5% less than that of its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

  • Most companies are not currently transitioning to low-carbon, says CDP

    24 October 2017

    Large companies do not currently have the targets necessary to transition to a low-carbon economy, though the number that do is increasing and the majority plan to, according to CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project.

  • EEX and CBEEX sign MoU on carbon market partnership

    23 October 2017

    The China Beijing Environmental Exchange (CBEEX) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Energy Exchange (EEX) to form a partnership for the development of the Chinese carbon market.

  • Equator Principles' banks face calls for drastic revisions

    23 October 2017

    Bank signatories of the Equator Principles are under pressure from campaigners to agree to a major revision of the standards, as their annual meeting convenes in Sao Paulo.

  • TCFD not incompatible with ERISA, says Baker McKenzie

    23 October 2017

    The recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) are not incompatible with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), says Baker McKenzie.

  • CIP completes £250m refinancing of two biomass plants

    20 October 2017

    Energy and infrastructure fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has refinanced its investment in two UK biomass plants, securing £250 million ($330 million) in senior debt.

  • People Moves: MSCI, WBCSD

    20 October 2017

    MSCI has recruited Panos Seretis as executive director and head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) Research for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).