News

• Conservation finance 'sees $8.2bn of private capital'

  12 January 2017

  The private sector has committed $8.2 billion of capital into conservation investments between 2004 and 2015, a report has found, with "dramatic growth" coming in the last two years.

• Investors with assets worth over £2trn back transition to low-carbon economy

  11 January 2017

  Eighteen institutional investors with assets totalling £2.07 trillion ($2.6 trillion) have launched an initiative to support the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) call for investors to assess whether their portfolio companies are positioning themselves to transition to a low-carbon economy.

• Environmental concerns dominate WEF's risk report

  11 January 2017

  Environmental concerns are "more prominent than ever" in the annual catalogue of risks threatening the world, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).

• IMO lobbies against inclusion of shipping in EU ETS

  11 January 2017

  The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has added its weight to the campaign against plans to include shipping in the European Union's Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).

• ERAFP selects asset managers for €350m of funds

  11 January 2017

  The French public services additional pension scheme (ERAFP) has awarded two private equity mandates with a combined value of approximately €350 million ($370.5 million), which will be in fitting with the firm's low-carbon socially responsible investing (SRI) approach.

• Green Bond Round Up - 11 January 2017

  11 January 2017

  Yunnan Water has issued a privately placed RMB1.8 billion ($260 million) green bond.

• CBI certifies first green loan for Strasser Capital

  11 January 2017

  German private equity firm Strasser Capital has secured the first loan certified under the Climate Bond Initiative's (CBI) standards.

  

• Impax reaches record £5bn AUM

  10 January 2017

  Environmentally-themed investment manager Impax Asset Management saw its assets under management (AUM) rise to £5.06 billion ($6.16 billion) after a record quarter of inflows.

• Enel issues first green bond of the year

  10 January 2017

  Italian utility Enel has issued the first green bond of 2017 – a €1.25 billion ($1.32 billion) inaugural offering.

• IIGCC appoints Damgaard Jensen new chair

  10 January 2017

  The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has appointed PKA CEO Peter Damgaard Jensen as its new chair.