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EU carbon market update, 25 March 2019

EIB provides €16bn in ‘climate action’ lending in 2018

The European Investment Bank (EIB) lent a combined €16.1 billion ($18.2 billion) – 29% of its overall lending – to ‘climate action’ projects in 2018.

Kingspan's action on plastics wins praise from fund manager

Irish insulation company Kingspan has been praised by asset manager Janus Henderson for its pledge to increase its use of recycled plastic by a factor of four.

'Positive impact' companies outperform, says NN IP

'Positive impact' companies deliver higher growth rates, higher-quality returns and lower costs of capital than non-impact companies, research has shown.

DNB becomes first central bank to sign PRI

The Dutch central bank has issued a Responsible Investment Charter and has become the first central bank to sign the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

Sustainability-linked loan principles launched

The launch of a set of Sustainability Linked Loan Principles has been hailed as a “critical development” for incentivising borrowers to improve their sustainability performance.

People Moves: Carbon Tracker, State Street Corporation, ANZ Bank New Zealand and MFS Investment Management

Anthony Hobley, chief executive officer of not-for-profit financial think-tank the Carbon Tracker Initiative, will step down and join the organisation's advisory board as co-chair from April.

Retail sector less transparent on water risk than oil & gas, CDP says

Eurosif likely to set EU action plan as focus of new direction

The European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif) plans to mould its new strategy around implementation of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Action Plan, Environmental Finance has learned.

Carney: responsible investing will help break the tragedy of the horizon

Mark Carney revisited his landmark tragedy of the horizon speech, this time striking a more positive note about the "tremendous" opportunities created by the low-carbon transition, and predicting that sustainable investing will "go mainstream".