News

• People moves: La Banque Postale, Grant & Eisenhofer

  13 October 2017

  Luisa Florez has joined La Banque Postale Asset Management as the company's head of sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) research.

• Foresight buys 117MW of Australian solar assets

  13 October 2017

  UK-based investment manager Foresight has ramped up its exposure to the Australian solar market, purchasing a 117MW portfolio from renewables company Canadian Solar.

• More than 800 companies failing to price in carbon risk, CDP says

  12 October 2017

  More than 800 laggards are potentially at risk from future regulatory changes for carbon emissions because they don't have a plan to use internal carbon pricing, a report by CDP has found.

• Green bond round-up, 11 October 2017

  11 October 2017

  Fiji looking at green bonds, says economy minister Fiji is considering using green bonds to help boost the country's renewable energy resources, according to a senior minister quoted in the local press.

• Green Bonds Americas – last chance to book!

  11 October 2017

  Registrations for Environmental Finance's agenda-setting Green Bonds Americas conference will close on Monday 16 October.

• BNP Paribas says 'non' to oil and gas from shale and tar sands

  11 October 2017

  BNP Paribas today pledged to stop doing business with companies focused on oil and gas from shale and tar sands.

• Investors pay up for DKB's green bond

  11 October 2017

  German bank Deutsche Kreditbank's (DKB) return to the green bond market appears to have attracted favourable terms, according to underwriters.

• Mexican and Canadian pension funds buy $1.35bn of Enel renewables

  11 October 2017

  Canadian institutional investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (La Caisse) and a consortium of Mexican companies have paid $1.35 billion for a majority share in eight Enel wind and solar assets.

• ABP says SDGs help it manage long-term risk

  10 October 2017

  Dutch civil service pension fund ABP says a customised taxonomy for investing in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will help it navigate long-term risk and return issues.

• Finnish fund Elo joins IIGCC to strengthen engagement

  10 October 2017

  Finnish pension fund Elo has joined the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) to reinforce its new climate change strategy.