Rob Langston

Articles by Rob Langston

  • Asset owner-backed data provider SDI AOP to be acquired by Net Purpose

    29 October 2025

    A data provider set up by a group of pension funds to help them assess companies' contributions to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been acquired by a rival.

  • Asset managers have 'significant knowledge gap' on plastic

    28 October 2025

    Many investors do not understand plastic circularity, according to the cornerstone investor in Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) Plastic Circularity Fund, although awareness is growing among pension funds in Europe and Australia.

  • Transition bonds need to be separate from green bonds, says BNP PAM

    24 October 2025

    A surge in transition bonds from hard-to-abate sectors highlights the need for updated guidance to help assess their credibility, according to several investors.

  • EIFO plots more Power-to-X investments after first international deal

    24 October 2025

    The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) is planning on expanding its Power-to-X portfolio after announcing its first international deal earlier this month.

  • Green bond market unprepared for adaptation push

    23 October 2025

    While there is growing interest in adaptation-related issuance, many issuers - both sovereign and corporate - are unprepared to come to market, according to several speakers at a sustainable bonds conference in London.

  • 2026 can be the year of the transition bond label, says HSBC's Pandit

    23 October 2025

    More guidance for transition bonds could help the label take off next year, as new activities previously hidden from the market are "unlocked", predicted HSBC's Anjuli Pandit.

  • Rathbones sustainable bond fund switches into 'more defensive' mode

    20 October 2025

    Staying fearful when others are greedy has prompted Rathbones' Bryn Jones to shift down a gear in his sustainable bond strategy as he becomes more cautious on the economic outlook.

  • Landshypotek raises SEK6bn from first bond under new framework

    17 October 2025

    Sweden's Landshypotek Bank has raised SEK6 billion ($635 million) from the first covered bond to be issued under its recently updated green bond framework.

  • Webinar: Middle East poised for sustainable finance growth, says Emirates NBD

    16 October 2025

    The Middle East is set for another strong year of sustainable bond issuance as more issuers and investors embrace sustainability within their business models, according to Emirates NBD.

  • Webinar: 'Sustainability practitioners need to talk the bottom line for sustainability to become strategy'

    15 October 2025

    Sustainability practitioners in the Middle East need to be able to talk about what impact sustainability can have on the 'bottom line' for it to become more mainstream and to drive growth in the region, an Environmental Finance webinar heard.