Climate Action – how the bond market can finance the fight
The green bond market and the carbon markets could be combined to help decarbonise the economy, suggests Mark Leahy.
Carbon,Debt,Green Bonds,Policy
Results for BHP Billiton
The green bond market and the carbon markets could be combined to help decarbonise the economy, suggests Mark Leahy.
Carbon,Debt,Green Bonds,Policy
The Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency (LuxFLAG) has appointed Sachin Vankalas as general manager.
People
The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) – an asset-owner led initiative backed by more than $9.3 trillion…
Equity,Investors
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has named the companies it regards as leaders and laggards…
ESG,Equity,Investors
Rio Tinto will face mounting pressure at its annual general meeting (AGM) as investors with a combined…
Carbon,Investors
Danish pension fund PKA has said divestment is a possibility for 64 oil and gas companies with which…
Investors,Policy
A set of three simple principles has been proposed to help investors align their portfolios with a low-carbon…
Stranded Assets
BHP Billiton said it would withdraw from the World Coal Association (WCA) over differences regarding…
Carbon
German investment manager Union Investment has grown the assets in its sustainable funds to €30 billion…
Green Bonds,Investors
Three international organisations have come together to encourage the use of innovative private sector…
ESG,Green Bonds,Investors
BMO Global Asset Management will exclude all companies with fossil fuel reserves from its Responsible…
Carbon,Equity,Investors
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has raised $152 million for its "first-of-its-kind" forestry…
Carbon,Debt,Green Bonds,Investors
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched a "first-of-its-kind" forestry bond that allows…
Carbon,Debt,Green Bonds,Investors
Norges Bank's latest responsible investment report shows environmental issues are still the key driver for engagement and divestment. Sophie Robinson-Tillett reports.
Corporate,Investors
Few miners are stress testing their business for a 2°C scenario, says James Hulse
Carbon,Stranded Assets,COP
The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) has elected Paul Dawson, head of regulatory affairs…
Carbon,People
A group of 14 leading industrial companies have called on negotiators at the UN climate change talks…
Carbon,Policy
Pepsi, Royal Bank of Canada and Cisco Systems have been kicked out of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices…
Equity,Investors
Two socially responsible investment (SRI) funds run by New Zealand state-owned Grosvenor Financial Services…
Investors,Stranded Assets
In the second part of a round table on 'stranded assets', organised by Environmental Finance with support from HSBC, the Carbon Tracker Initiative and Climate Change Capital, participants discussed whether engagement or divestment is the best approach for institutional investors to deal with this risk.
Stranded Assets
ESG in Fixed Income featuring Green bonds Europe
Insurance & Climate Risk EMEA 2018
Green Equities 2018
Green Bonds Americas 2018
Conservation finance may appear to be one of the most esoteric investment niches, but experimentation and innovation is giving way to proof of concept – attracting a growing number of institutional investors along the way. Mark Nicholls reports
Is managed decline the only way?