News

• EU green bond standard ‘likely to kill’ second party opinions

  07 August 2019

  The proposed EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) “is likely to kill the second party opinion format as we know it”, according to French investment bank Natixis CIB.

• Lombard Odier hires Kaminker

  07 August 2019

  Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has recruited Christopher Kaminker for the newly created role of head of sustainable investment research & strategy.

• Pimco looks to emerging markets for sovereign green bonds

  06 August 2019

  Fixed income investment giant Pimco has encouraged international financial institutions (IFIs) to ramp up support for emerging market sovereigns to issue green bonds.

• Winners of Environmental Finance’s Sustainable Investment Awards revealed

  06 August 2019

  The winners of Environmental Finance’s inaugural Sustainable Investment Awards have been announced.

  

• KGAL exits five Spanish solar farms

  06 August 2019

  German investment manager KGAL has sold two solar farms in Spain to Helia Renovables II, a fund managed by Spanish renewables investor Plenium Partners Asset Management, and will sell a further three to it in the last quarter of the year. The price of the sales was not disclosed.

• EU GBS-compatible Climate Bonds Standard gets CBI sign-off

  05 August 2019

  An updated version of the Climate Bonds Standard framework has been published that acts as a ‘universal adaptor’ for international green debt standards including the EU’s Green Bond Standard (GBS).

• Marfrig's sustainable cattle bond attracts new ESG investors

  05 August 2019

  Beef producer Marfrig Global Foods was able to attract additional environmental, social and governance (ESG) investors for its $500 million Sustainable Transition Bond issued earlier this week.

• People Moves: Citi, BlackRock, ClientEarth

  02 August 2019

  Eckhart retires from Citi, O'Flynn appointed BAI Head of Sustainable Investing and more

• Canadian securities regulators issue climate disclosure guidance

  02 August 2019

  Canada’s securities regulators have published guidance to help companies improve their disclosure of material risks posed by climate change.

• Morgan Stanley Investment Management fund identifies plastics as engagement priority

  02 August 2019

  The reduction of plastic waste has been identified as an engagement theme by the managers of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM)’s Global Sustain fund.