FTSE Russell launches climate-risk adjusted EU government bonds index
Index provider FTSE Russell has launched a climate-risk adjusted version of its European government bond index.
Index provider FTSE Russell has launched a climate-risk adjusted version of its European government bond index.
Chicago-based Northern Trust Asset Management - which manages $975 billion of investor assets - has launched its Emerging Markets Quality Low Carbon Strategy. The strategy claims to invest with an eye to balancing low-carbon yet high-quality firms.
Environmental Finance is inviting nominations for its annual awards to honour leaders in the green, social and sustainability bond markets.
This year's Global Risks Report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has for the first time identified environmental and climate change-related concerns as all of the top five most likely risks.
Annual investment in renewable energy needs to double in order to scale up the energy source and secure the "pathway to climate safety", according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) has approved a commitment of $15 million to the Food Securities Fund, developed by Swiss investment advisor Clarmondial.
Moody's Investors Service believes the short-term sovereign and state-level credit impact of the Australian bushfires will be "limited", but said the rising frequency and severity of the climate change-related natural disasters will "test" issuers.
The European Commission has outlined the role for private finance in its Green Deal Investment Plan, including by encouraging €45 billion ($50 billion) of blended finance through a Just Transition Mechanism.
Rathbone Greenbank Investments has identified biodiversity, climate change and regulation as the top three environmental, social and governance (ESG) themes for 2020