News

• Pension funds 'lag corporates' in understanding ESG

  28 April 2016

  Many corporations understand environmental social and governance (ESG) issues, but their pension funds often lag behind, according to one large fund.

• People Moves

  27 April 2016

  The latest peoples moves, including changes at Pegasus Capital, TerraForm Power, LSE, Calvert and RobecoSAM

• Green bonds have more impact than estimated, says KfW

  26 April 2016

  The two green bonds issued by German development bank KfW in 2014 had significantly more environmental and social impact than previously estimated, the bank has revealed.

• Gold Standard launches forestry and land use working group

  26 April 2016

  Voluntary carbon market certification company Gold Standard has launched a working group that aims to update its standards for sustainable forestry, agriculture, land use and water management.

• Asset manager names three sustainable themes for a low-growth future

  26 April 2016

  Three sustainability themes were named as having the potential to boost returns for investors facing the 'new reality' of a low-growth environment.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 26 April 2016

  26 April 2016

  Large gains on Thursday and Friday propelled the EUA price 9% higher to close the week at €5.96, a rise of 51c and just shy of the €6.00 level.

• EF BRIEFS: UK infrastructure, Islamic leaders on climate action, TRIG, NDB, Alliander

  25 April 2016

  The UK's Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP) has reached the first close of its PIP Multi-Strategy Infrastructure fund, having raised £125 million ($181 million).

• Vigeo Eiris 'severely' downgrades Mitsubishi Motors

  25 April 2016

  Environmental social and governance (ESG) ratings agency Vigeo Eiris has 'severely' downgraded Mitsubishi Motors, after the latter admitted to falsifying the emissions tests of 625,000 vehicles.

• Investors eye €1bn for European energy efficiency projects

  25 April 2016

  A network of investors is being put together to help channel more than €1 billion ($1.1 billion) to energy efficiency projects in the European property sector.

• ESG momentum is better indicator of return than absolute scores, says investor

  25 April 2016

  Incremental changes in companies' performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are a better indicator of future investment performance than absolute scores, says Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners (NN IP).