News

• NRG Yield attracting interest from several potential bidders

  16 August 2017

  Private equity groups, infrastructure investors, a power utility and a sovereign wealth fund are said to be among the potential bidders for NRG Yield and other assets to be sold by US energy company NRG.

• Clean 200 energy efficiency companies outperform benchmark

  16 August 2017

  The world's 200 largest publicly listed companies by total clean energy revenues outperformed their industry benchmark index by 18.1% in 2017, according to the latest Carbon Clean 200 list.

• NZ Super moves $10bn passive equities to low-carbon

  16 August 2017

  New Zealand Super Fund has shifted its NZ$14 billion ($10 billion) global passive equity portfolio into a low-carbon strategy.

• Philippines government cedes cat risks to global reinsurers

  16 August 2017

  The Philippines government has agreed a reinsurance programme that will cover national government assets, as well as 25 participating provinces, from up to $206 million in losses from major typhoons and earthquakes.

• Environmental standard launched to support SDGs

  16 August 2017

  A standard to measure the progress of emission reduction projects toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been launched by Gold Standard.

• Trucost launches TCFD reporting tool

  15 August 2017

  A tool that helps companies report in line with the FSB's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations has been launched by Trucost, part of S&P Dow Jones Indices.

• Fannie Mae returns to green MBS market

  15 August 2017

  Fannie Mae, which provides liquidity to mortgage providers in the US, has issued its second green mortgage-backed security (MBS).

• Time for investors in Asia's meat and dairy industries to 'step up to the plate'

  14 August 2017

  Investors in Asia's meat, seafood and dairy industries "face a range of badly managed sustainability risks with significant potential to derail returns," a report has warned.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 14 August 2017

  14 August 2017

  A mixed week for carbon as it spent time in both negative and positive territory before, as expected, ultimately ending the week flat at €5.40.

• CBA to face shareholder resolution on climate commitment

  14 August 2017

  A shareholder resolution will be lodged against Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to protest against its climate change position statement, which was branded a failure that "falls well short" of the bank's climate commitments.