News

• US carbon market falls following elections

  10 November 2016

  The US carbon market fell following the victory of Donald Trump in the Presidential election. Prices of carbon in both the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and the California cap-and-trade scheme dropped the day after the results were been announced.

• Solactive and Oekom to help divestment policy of Berlin's pension funds

  10 November 2016

  The state of Berlin, one of Germany's 16 federal states, has chosen index provider Solactive and specialist research firm Oekom to help it implement a long-term divestment strategy for its public pension funds.

• Sustainable investors see the bright side in the Trump shock

  09 November 2016

  Sustainable investors are optimistic that Donald Trump's victory will not be as negative for their portfolios as many of the headlines suggest.

• Trump's election threatens an additional 3.4 billion tonnes of carbon emissions

  09 November 2016

  Donald Trump's election victory could overturn the US's plans to reduce carbon emissions. Independent emerging technologies research firm Lux Research estimates an eight year Trump presidency could result in as much as 3.4 billion metric tonnes extra US carbon emissions compared with than a Clinton one.

• Green Climate Fund is 'considering issuing green bonds'

  09 November 2016

  The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is contemplating issuing green bonds to help expand its activities, Environmental Finance understands.

• Trump's shock win casts doubt over US climate policy

  09 November 2016

  Donald Trump's shock win in the US Presidential elections has cast a poll of doubt over the Paris climate agreement amid fears he will dismantle the country's existing climate change policies.

  

• PRI appoints its first ever COO

  08 November 2016

  The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has appointed Peter de Graaf as Chief Operating Officer (COO), a newly created position in the organisation.

• World Bank issues green bond for Morocco

  08 November 2016

  The World Bank (the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) has issued a green bond that was exclusively bought by the Bank Al-Maghrib, the Central Bank of Morocco.

• Masen issues Morocco's first green bond

  07 November 2016

  Masen (the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy) has issued the country's first green bond, raising MAD1.15 billion ($153 million) as Marrakesh prepares to host the UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22).

• LGIM launches green tilt fund with £1.85bn from HSBC

  07 November 2016

  Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched the Future World Fund, a multi-factor global equities index fund with a 'tilt' to address climate change investment risks.