News

• EU's fund EcoLabel 'should look beyond green bonds'

  17 January 2020

  The proposed EU EcoLabel for bond funds will limit itself to "green pockets" of the market if it focuses solely on 'green bonds', Triodos Investment Management has warned.

• Microsoft announces 2030 carbon negative plan

  17 January 2020

  Software giant Microsoft has announced targets to become carbon negative by 2030 and to "remove" all carbon the company has emitted since its founding by 2050.

• Framework for SDG disclosures unveiled by accounting bodies

  17 January 2020

  Broad recommendations for disclosures based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been billed as "a new approach to address sustainable development issues".

• Moody's identifies rising sea levels as threat to sovereign credit

  16 January 2020

  Sea level rises are posing a long-term credit threat to a number of sovereigns, with Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and small island nations the most exposed.

• S&P scores Renewi an ESG sector leader

  16 January 2020

  S&P Global Ratings has evaluated the environmental, social and governance (ESG) profile of waste management firm Renewi as being "strong and above-peer average," helped by its strong focus on recycling.

• Technology holds key to impact reporting, UK Impact Investing Institute says

  16 January 2020

  The UK Impact Investing Institute has invited technology companies and data providers to drive the convergence of approaches to measuring and reporting impact, in its first report since it launched.

• FTSE Russell launches climate-risk adjusted EU government bonds index

  16 January 2020

  Index provider FTSE Russell has launched a climate-risk adjusted version of its European government bond index.

• Northern Trust launches low-carbon EM strategy

  15 January 2020

  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.

• Voting still open in Environmental Finance 2020 Bond Awards

  15 January 2020

  Environmental Finance is inviting nominations for its annual awards to honour leaders in the green, social and sustainability bond markets.

• WEF's global risk ranking dominated by environmental concerns

  15 January 2020

  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.