News

• Time is ripe for pensions to increase climate focus, says law firm

  23 April 2018

  The "time is ripe" for pension fund trustees to move climate risk up their investment agenda, a report by law firm Pinsent Masons has said.

• Australian investors offered access to 'light green' corporate bonds

  23 April 2018

  An investment vehicle giving access to the bonds of companies with 'sound' performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, has been launched in Australia.

• Eurizon's first green bond fund kicks off with €100m

  23 April 2018

  Italy's Eurizon green bond fund currently stands at €100 million ($122.2 million) and its managers told Environmental Finance they have a screening process to spot 'greenwashing' phenomena.

• Glennmont eyes offshore wind projects with third fund

  23 April 2018

  Glennmont Partners is eyeing up investment opportunities in the offshore wind arena with its third fund.

• Framework launched to help investors assess their dependencies on natural capital

  23 April 2018

  Natural capital is no longer a "niche" consideration, it was claimed today, as a framework was launched to help investors assess their dependencies on these factors.

• HSBC is latest bank to withdraw from coal and tar sands

  20 April 2018

  HSBC pledged to stop lending to most coal-fired power stations and to stop financing oil from tar sands, but "missed the chance to join the green banking leaders", according to one NGO.

• EIB prepares sustainability bond

  20 April 2018

  The European Investment Bank (EIB) is preparing to issue a sustainability awareness bond to support projects in the water, health and education sectors.

• Fixed income investors need more ESG products, says Japan's GPIF

  20 April 2018

  Institutional investors are being constrained because of a lack of environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused products for fixed income investors, a report co-published by the GPIF has claimed.

• People moves: Loomis Sayles, APG Asset Management, Axa Investment Managers and NatureBank Asset Management

  20 April 2018

  Loomis Sayles has appointed Kathleen Bochman as director of environmental, social and governance (ESG).

• EIB prices $1.5bn climate awareness bond

  20 April 2018

  The European Investment Bank (EIB) has priced a $1.5 billion Climate Awareness Bond (CAB), in which Folksam Group and Barclays were among the investors.