France's largest insurers looking for climate-conscious asset managers

Three mandates totalling €500m open for tender

No oil & gas company aligned with 2°C pathway, says TPI

None of the 50 largest oil and gas companies have aligned their emission intensity with a pathway that…

ESG,Investors,Policy

EDF signs ‘sustainable’ RCFs worth a combined €600m

EDF has agreed two ‘sustainability-indexed’ revolving credit facilities (RCFs) worth a combined €600…

Debt

Green and sustainability loans: the growth accelerates

The green and sustainability-linked loan market grew exponentially last year. The next growth spurt could be driven by emerging markets, Michael Hurley writes

MSCI launches carbon transition indexes

Data provider MSCI has launched a new series of ‘low-carbon transition’ indexes, as it extends its range…

ESG,Equity

Sustainable loan principles ‘key to unlocking gargantuan financing needs’

Recently-launched Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles (SLLPs) are ‘key to supplying the gargantuan…

Debt

UK pension investor acquires £50m onshore wind farm portfolio

UK infrastructure investor Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) has acquired a £50 million ($65.5 million)…

ESG,Equity,Investors,Renewables

Sustainability-linked loan principles launched

The launch of a set of Sustainability Linked Loan Principles has been hailed as a “critical development”…

Debt,Policy

Corporates converge to increase sustainable finance influence

A group of Europe’s largest corporate issuers of green and sustainable bonds has created a forum to help…

ESG,Policy

Credit Agricole closes first Chinese green loan

Credit Agricole CIB’s China subsidiary has closed a green loan with EDF Lingbao worth RMB122 million…

Debt

Set climate targets, power sector told by investors with $11trn in assets

Twelve of Europe’s highest-emitting power companies have been instructed to set out Paris-aligned transition…

Investors,Policy,Stranded Assets

EDF signs €4bn ESG-indexed revolving credit facility

French electricity utility EDF has signed a green revolving credit facility (RCF) worth €4 billion ($4.5…

Debt,ESG

EU carbon update, 10 September 2018

A further rise in the price of EU Allowances is likely this week, but the only certainty is more volatility,…

EU carbon update, 03 September 2018

September is often a bearish month for the carbon market but this is no ordinary year, so a 'neutral'…

Carbon,Policy

Renewables investors failing to assess risk adequately, says Amundi

Investors in renewables assets often fail to assess risk adequately in a race to beat competition to…

Investors,Renewables

PGGM acquires half of a 332 MW renewables portfolio

Dutch asset manager PGGM will buy a 50% interest of a US wind and a solar project by EDF Renewables North…

Renewables

Amundi/EDF fund secures €500m in equity finance

Amundi Energy Transition (AET), a 60:40 joint venture between French asset manager Amundi and utility…

Equity,Investors,Renewables

Dalmore Capital and pension fund invest £700m in wind farms

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform, in partnership with Dalmore Capital, has paid £701 million ($925)…

Equity,Investors,Renewables

Actiam New Member of the ICMA Executive Committee

The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) announced Foppe-Jan van der Meij of Actiam as its…

Green Bonds

LGIM announces exclusions from its £5bn Future World Funds

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has named the companies it regards as leaders and laggards…

ESG,Equity,Investors