News

• IIGCC urges EU to vote for "appropriate" clean energy framework

  27 November 2017

  Investors managing assets worth more than €21 trillion ($25 trillion) have called on European leaders to introduce "an appropriate policy framework" on the continent's long-term decarbonisation plan.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 27 November 2017

  27 November 2017

  If the EU Allowance price remains above €7, despite bearish headwinds, then it is likely to re-test €8 as the lower auction volumes of December approach, says Louis Redshaw.

• £100m UK sustainability fund looks to seize Brexit opportunity

  27 November 2017

  A fund aiming to invest £100 million ($134 million) in UK sustainability projects has been launched to try to exploit post-Brexit opportunity in the country, with backing from the co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown.

• UBS finds fresh evidence that sustainability can boost performance

  27 November 2017

  UBS has found fresh evidence that sustainability factors can enhance returns, adding that large asset managers are "uniquely positioned" to convince asset owners that incorporating sustainability is in line with their fiduciary duty.

• SocGen offers ESG analysis service to institutional investors

  27 November 2017

  Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has launched a service to enable investors and asset managers to measure the impact of their investments on the environment and society.

• SDGs 'uproar' opens the door for more impact investing, AXA IM says

  24 November 2017

  The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are causing "uproar" in the world of responsible investment and create a doorway to more impact investing, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) says.

• Climate risk increasingly important for ratings, says S&P

  24 November 2017

  Corporate credit ratings are increasingly impacted by environmental and climate (E&C) concerns, S&P Global Ratings claims in its latest report.

• Thames Tideway 'super sewer' issues £450m green bonds

  24 November 2017

  £450 million ($599 million) worth of green issues from London 'super sewer' developer Tideway has helped it overtake Unilever as the largest corporate issuer of sterling-denominated green bonds.

• Zurich raises impact investment commitment to $5bn

  23 November 2017

  Zurich Insurance Group has more than doubled its impact investment target to $5 billion, as it broadens its remit beyond green bonds.

• Lloyd's issues call to arms to insurers on climate change

  23 November 2017

  A call to action was issued to the insurance sector to step up its efforts to deal with climate change, as it comes to terms with what is expected to be the most costly year on record for natural disasters.