News

• SDG tool highlights climate and ocean risks

  07 November 2018

  A number of companies have scored badly for handling the negative impacts on certain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Green bond round-up, 7 November 2018

  07 November 2018

  MuenchenerHyp set the coupon on its debut five-year green Pfandbrief at 0.250% and priced the deal at eight basis points below the mid-swaps rate.

• EU committee votes to strengthen ESG disclosure proposal

  06 November 2018

  An overwhelming majority of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has supported a beefed-up version of a Commission proposal on sustainability disclosure and investors' duties.

• Sustainalytics joins the hunt for 'blue exposure'

  06 November 2018

  Sustainalytics has issued a research note to help investors identify those companies that are best placed to benefit from the mounting concern about plastics pollution.

• EU carbon market update, 05 November 2018

  06 November 2018

  After last week's heavy sell-off, a more bullish outlook is justified. But volatility remains the name of the game, says Louis Redshaw.

• Impact investments 'to hit $30trn within decade'

  05 November 2018

  The value of impact investments could swell to $30 trillion within a decade, one of the founding fathers of the market has predicted.

• Generali and VIG accused of insuring Czech coal power plant

  05 November 2018

  Campaign group Unfriend Coal claims insurance deal 'undermines climate change action'

• Investors 'not getting the sustainability information they want', says WBCSD

  05 November 2018

  Many investors lack adequate information on the sustainability of the companies in which they invest, despite a plethora of data on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to a recent survey.

• News summary, 02 November 2018

  05 November 2018

  Links to the announcements relevant to sustainable investing:

• The four characteristics of impact investors

  02 November 2018

  A draft set of four characteristics that define impact investors has been launched, in a bid to help the market continue to "scale up with integrity".