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Comment: Why impact is the word of the moment
21 April 2017Measuring impact is increasingly a preoccupation of investors in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) space.
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GIB sale reaction - brilliant news or a disaster?
20 April 2017The Green Investment Bank's (GIB) long-expected sale to Macquarie has been controversial - Greenpeace said it was a disaster, but one renewables investor said the GIB would now stop "ruining the market".
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GIB sold to Macquarie-led consortium for £2.3bn
20 April 2017The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has been controversially sold to a consortium led by Australian bank Macquarie for £2.3 billion ($2.9 billion).
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ESG is correlated to performance in fixed income, study finds
19 April 2017There is a clear correlation between environmental, social and governance data and credit default swap spreads and credit ratings, research has found, although neither fully price-in the risks implied by this data.
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Introducing the Principles for Positive Impact Finance
19 April 2017The Principles have been designed to help meet the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. But how will they be implemented? Peter Cripps reports
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Insurers' strategic responses to climate change
11 April 2017The third and final part of this series of features about the insurance sector looks at group level responses to climate change. Peter Cripps reports
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Scaling up the energy efficiency market
03 April 2017Meeting the EU's ambitious 2030 target for energy efficiency improvements will require more private finance, better data and standardisation, reports Peter Cripps
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Foresight shrugs off Brexit
29 March 2017UK based renewables asset manager Foresight Group has shrugged off the potential impact of Brexit, claiming the infrastructure space is resilient.
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Time for investors to wake up to water risks, says MSCI
22 March 2017Now is the time for investors to wake up to water risk, MSCI has claimed.
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Asset manager devises Sustainable Development Goals tagging system
22 March 2017An asset manager has developed a system to tag equities according to whether they help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Permira makes 'transformative investment' in CDP, as it becomes 'commercial entity'
- Forestry industry captured GHG Protocol process, outgoing advisor alleges
- China's offshore green bond to catalyse market
- SBTi's Corporate Net Zero Standard 2.0 unveils role for carbon credits
- Sustainable debt round-up: Latvia, Poland, European Investment Bank ... and more
- Better capex data is not a 'nice to have' for investors, webinar hears
- Akademiker engaging with car giants on deforestation
- Uganda targets debut sovereign green bond by early 2027
- Resilience taxonomy 'doing a good job' - but investor guidance on way
- BlackRock's sustainable and transition funds attract inflows despite backlash
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Malaysia's Kami Builders sets up $70m sustainable sukuk programme
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Edentree advocates 'social-flavoured UK sovereign bond' after green success
12 June 2026Investors are understood to be encouraging the UK government to consider issuing a social-focused sustainable bond after continued success for its innovative and expanding green bond programme, according to Edentree Investment Management (IM).
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German sustainable finance expert group handed 'simplification' mandate
12 June 2026Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank and Union Investment employees are among appointees under a renewed mandate of an expert group to advise Germany's federal government on sustainable finance.
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Trelleborg becomes first Swedish company to issue a blue bond
12 June 2026Polymer manufacturer Trelleborg has become the first Swedish company to issue a blue bond, raising SEK800 million ($84 million) through a five-year transaction linked to sustainable water and wastewater management.
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The ESG ratings reckoning
12 June 2026Europe's push for trust may reshape the market, writes Geoffroy Marcassoli
