Mark Carney targets 500 TCFD backers before autumn
The Governor of the Bank of England has set a goal for 500 companies to commit this year to implement…
Investors,Policy
Results for Bank of England
The Governor of the Bank of England has set a goal for 500 companies to commit this year to implement…
Investors,Policy
A working group to advance the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD)’s guidance on…
Investors,Policy
Insured losses arising from natural disasters soared to $138 billion last year, almost three-times as…
Investors,Policy,Water
The idea of raising capital requirements on assets with high sustainability risks, by means of a so-called…
Debt,ESG,Policy
Climate change poses a significant threat to banks. How big is their exposure to climate risks, and what are they doing to mitigate them, asks Peter Cripps
Debt,Stranded Assets
An industry taskforce has urged the UK Government to boost the growth of green finance by enforcing the…
ESG,Green Bonds,Investors,Policy
Numerous developments are helping to drive improvements in corporate reporting of non-financial issues and to raise investor expectations, says Adams Koshy.
ESG,Policy
Developing an international market in asset-backed securities (ABS) based on Chinese green loans is one…
ESG,Green Bonds,Policy
Banks’ attempts to adapt to the risks and the opportunities presented by climate change have been criticised…
Debt,Stranded Assets
A call to action was issued to the insurance sector to step up its efforts to deal with climate change,…
Investors,Policy,Stranded Assets
Many investors are turning out at COP23 in Bonn to explain to ministers and delegates the importance of financial disclosures in line with the TCFD recommendations, says Peter Damgaard Jensen
Investors,COP
Investors are increasingly focusing on how lenders are managing climate risks, says Alexander Erzini Vernoit
Debt
The TCFD has challenged companies to up their game on reporting climate-related risks. But how will the market respond, asks Peter Cripps
Carbon,ESG,Policy
The UK government has announced a taskforce of senior financiers to help accelerate the growth of green…
ESG,Investors,Policy
Financial regulators in Europe can oversee the way companies are dealing with climate risk without changing…
Policy
A key update in the final recommendations of the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related…
Equity,Investors,Policy
The Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has…
ESG
The Bank of England (BoE) has outlined its response to climate change in a new report that is hoped will…
Investors,Policy
Purchases of corporate bonds by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England, as part of their…
Green Bonds,Policy,Stranded Assets
Insurance companies have been warned again about the risk of their assets becoming 'stranded' in the…
Stranded Assets,Insurance
Green Bond Symposium: Financing America's Fight Against Climate Change
Green Bonds Americas 2017
Green Equities 2017
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?