News

  • TIAA-CREF and Nuveen launch ESG strategies for Europe and Asia

    19 October 2015

    TIAA-CREF will offer three new environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies aimed at investors in Europe and Asia.

  • Asia Green Capital appoints Standard Chartered for fundraising

    19 October 2015

    Asia Green Capital Partners has appointed Standard Chartered as its financial advisor to help with a forthcoming fundraising.

  • Allianz leads call for stock exchanges to step up sustainability efforts

    16 October 2015

    Allianz Global Investors, along with 85 other firms, is urging stock exchanges around the world to become a "driving force" in making financial markets more sustainable.

  • Hawaii to issue $35m green bond

    16 October 2015

    The State of Hawaii is set to issue a $35 million green bond to acquire land for conservation.

  • ABP to double sustainable investments by 2020

    16 October 2015

    Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds (ABP), the third-largest pension fund in the world, has pledged to double its sustainable investments in an overhaul of its responsible investment strategy.

  • SMBC becomes Japan's first corporate green bond issuer

    16 October 2015

    Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has become Japan's first corporate green bond issuer with its inaugural $500 million offering.

  • DBJ prices €300m sustainability bond

    16 October 2015

    Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has issued a €300 million ($340 million) 'sustainability bond' that will help finance efficient buildings and loans to green companies.

  • Impax sells wind farm portfolio to ERG Renew

    15 October 2015

    Impax Asset Management is to sell a 206MW portfolio of French and German wind farms to ERG Renew.

  • DC Water green bond raises $100m

    15 October 2015

    District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) has raised $100 million in its second green bond, announced last month.

  • Eiris downgrades VW

    14 October 2015

    Volkswagen (VW) has been downgraded by environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating firm EIRIS, owing to its "egregious" emissions scandal, Environmental Finance has learned.