News

  • Singapore to launch $2bn green investment programme

    13 November 2019

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is to launch a $2 billion ‘green’ investment programme, as part of a raft of measures to stimulate green finance in the country.

  • GRESB and Verisk Maplecroft launch climate risk scorecard

    13 November 2019

    Real estate sustainability assessor GRESB and risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft have collaborated to create a Climate Risk & Resilience Scorecard.

  • Islamic Development Bank plans inaugural green sukuk

    12 November 2019

    The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) plans to issue its first green sukuk later this month under the terms of its newly finalised Sustainable Finance Framework.

  • InsuranceERM survey: CROs take the lead on climate risk management

    12 November 2019

    Survey of UK insurers reveal roles responsible for financial risks arising from climate change

  • WCI Carbon Market Update, 12 November 2019

    12 November 2019

    A modest rise in CCA prices last week suggests the market has not been badly shaken by the Trump administration's legal challenge to the WCI market, says Nicolas Girod*

  • UK-Indian renewables company receives $150m investment from Masdar

    12 November 2019

    Renewables firm Hero Future Energies (HFE) has received a $150 million investment from Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) to fund its expansion.

  • Oil Fund aims for 1% of investments in renewables by 2022

    12 November 2019

    The managers of the $1.1 trillion Norwegian sovereign wealth fund have set a target to invest about 1% of the fund’s value in renewables by 2022.

  • Brunel selects managers for £1bn emerging markets sub-fund

    12 November 2019

    Brunel Pension Partnership has selected Genesis Investment Management, Wellington Management and Investec Asset Management to run a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) emerging markets sub-fund.

  • EU carbon market update, 11th November

    11 November 2019

    Lower auction volume and colder temperatures are likely to provide support for EU Allowance prices this week, says Louis Redshaw*.

  • New framework needed for assessing ESG within ABS

    11 November 2019

    A new framework is needed to help assess environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations within asset-backed securitisations (ABS), according to Hermes Investment Management