News

• Impact investors eye 8% growth this year, says GIIN

  06 June 2018

  Major impact investors plan to increase their capital allocation by about 8% this year, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).

• Aon commits to Principles for Sustainable Insurance

  05 June 2018

  Aon has signed up to the UN's Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI), becoming the first insurance broker to join the initiative.

• World Bank plans new auction for carbon credits

  05 June 2018

  The World Bank has teamed up with the German government to buy carbon credits from private sector companies with projects that reduce emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) from nitric acid production facilities.

• Nippon Life invests in sustainable equity fund

  05 June 2018

  Japanese insurer Nippon Life has launched a JPY5bn ($45.5m) equity fund that invests according to the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs).

• EU carbon update, 4 June 2018

  05 June 2018

  EU Allowance prices are likely to continue to struggle this week, amid high volatility, says Louis Redshaw. However, the underlying uptrend remains strong, despite negative fundamental factors.

• Finance for Tomorrow elects new board

  04 June 2018

  Finance for Tomorrow – an initiative to promote Paris as a centre of sustainable finance – has elected a new board to serve for two years as it begins the second phase of its development.

• Analysts predict weaker hurricane season this summer

  04 June 2018

  As the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season begins, forecasters predict a sharp contrast with last year which was one of the most catastrophic in recent memory.

• Swiss sustainable investment hits record levels

  04 June 2018

  Swiss asset managers and asset owners are increasingly integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, a report from Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF) has found.

• Investors press politicians to facilitate more low-carbon investment

  04 June 2018

  Leading institutional investors have called on national governments to act more urgently to spur private sector capital into low-carbon investments.

• Greenko expands with Orange Renewables acquisition

  04 June 2018

  India's Greenko Group has expanded its Indian portfolio with the acquisition of Orange Renewables.