News

• Australia and New Zealand to develop sustainable finance roadmap

  27 July 2018

  More than 300 organisations with a combined $10 trillion in assets have agreed to produce a roadmap to grow sustainable finance in Australia and New Zealand.

• PGGM takes 20% stake in Suez Water Resources

  26 July 2018

  Dutch asset manager PGGM has agreed to buy a 20% stake in Suez Water Resources, via its infrastructure fund.

• KKR adds to list of ESG priority challenges

  26 July 2018

  Private equity giant KKR has modified its approach to environmental social and governance (ESG) issues and said it has invested more than $4.6 billion in 'sustainable solutions-oriented themes' over the past 10 years.

• Ireland unveils renewable energy auction scheme

  26 July 2018

  The Irish government has approved an auction scheme designed to increase its electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RES-E) to 55%, by 2030.

• PRI explores supporting ESG pension fund pooling

  25 July 2018

  The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is considering ways to support pension fund signatories in pooling their demand for environmental, social, governance (ESG) services from investment consultants.

• Green bonds round-up, 25 July

  25 July 2018

  The City of Toronto has completed a green bond issue worth C$300 million ($228 million), becoming the second city in Canada to issue green-labelled notes, following Ottawa's C$102 million issue in November.

• Environment Agency Pension Fund smashes 2020 decarbonisation goal

  25 July 2018

  The UK’s Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF) has beaten its own portfolio decarbonisation target two years ahead of schedule.

• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan invests C$200m in energy storage firm

  25 July 2018

  The C$189.5 billion ($144.3 billion) Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has committed to invest C$200 million in the acquisition of energy storage projects in Ontario, Canada.

• Capital goods sector 'disappoints on reporting Scope 3 emissions'

  24 July 2018

  The capital goods sector's disclosure and management of Scope 3 emissions is poor, and lags that of the autos sector, a report has found.

• EU carbon prices 'could push higher in H2'

  23 July 2018

  Prices in the EU's turbo-charged carbon market could make moderate gains in the second half of 2018, according to analysts, but their longer-term outlook is cautious.