News

• Sustainalytics boosts emerging markets expertise with Solaron deal

  19 March 2018

  Sustainalytics has bolstered its emerging markets expertise with the acquisition of Solaron Sustainability Services, as the arms race in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data space continues to escalate.

• Companies sluggish to act on TCFD, report finds

  19 March 2018

  Just one in 10 companies provide incentives for board members to manage climate-related risks and opportunities, representing a failure to act on the recommendations of the FSB's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a report has found.

• IFC and Amundi close world's largest green bond fund

  16 March 2018

  The world's biggest green bond fund was officially launched today, having raised $1.42 billion to buy paper from banks in emerging markets.

• People moves: Legal & General Capital, Vigeo Eiris, Lekela and NIB

  16 March 2018

  Legal & General Capital (LGC) has recruited former RBS group treasurer John Cummins as its managing director of urban regeneration and clean energy.

• SPP creates European fossil-free fund

  16 March 2018

  Swedish pension provider SPP has created a European fossil-free fund to add to its existing portfolio of three climate funds.

• ISS expands ESG offering with Oekom acquisition

  15 March 2018

  Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has continued to build out its capabilities in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data arena, with the acquisition of Oekom Research, arguably the last of the independent second party opinion providers in the green bond market.

• $3trn of investors launch pilot group on TCFD

  15 March 2018

  Nine investors representing around $3 trillion of assets have joined forces to promote climate transparency.

• London tops global index of green financial centres

  15 March 2018

  London has been named the world's leading green finance centre, according to the first Global Green Finance Index (GGFI), although Paris, Frankfurt and New York are expected to quickly gain ground thanks to policy changes.

• Green bond round-up, 14 March 2018

  14 March 2018

  The European Investment Bank (EIB), the biggest single issuer in the green bond market, has tapped two of its outstanding Climate Awareness Bonds (CAB) within days of each other.

• Australian carbon market lauded for 'full compliance' of largest carbon emitters

  14 March 2018

  The first full year of reporting under Australia's national carbon emissions reduction scheme has been hailed a success after 100% of large emitters met their legislated limits.