'Tremendous' growth in investor interest in US offshore wind - S&P

Renewables

LGIM and PIC invest a combined €342m in Spanish solar parks

UK institutional investors Legal & General and Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) have committed a combined…

Debt

S&P integrates Trucost data into analysis and research tools

S&P Global Market Intelligence has integrated climate data from Trucost into its portfolio analysis and…

Carbon,Water

Treasurers call for help to overcome ESG bond nervousness

Ongoing nerves among corporate treasurers about issuing green, social and sustainability bonds could be settled by helpful engagement with fixed income investors. Ahren Lester hears the views of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Debt,Green Bonds

S&P: Global sustainable debt to pass $400bn in 2020

Financial information giant S&P Global has forecast that the global sustainable debt sector will pass…

Green Bonds

"Pitfalls" in ESG ratings requires investor caution

Investors should be cautious when using the growing number of environmental, social and governance (ESG)…

Carbon,Equity,Green Bonds

S&P's proposed Paris-aligned index outperforms EU benchmark

S&P's 'conceptual' version of an EU low-carbon index outperformed its EU benchmark over the past year,…

Equity,Policy

S&P scores Renewi an ESG sector leader

S&P Global Ratings has evaluated the environmental, social and governance (ESG) profile of waste management…

Carbon,Equity,Renewables

S&P Global completes RobecoSAM ratings unit acquisition

S&P Global has completed its acquisition of the environmental, social and governance ratings unit from…

Carbon,ESG

S&P adds agriculture, forestry and waste to its green bond evaluation tool

S&P has updated its Green Evaluation tool by adding the agriculture, forestry and waste industries to…

Green Bonds

Trucost launches climate change physical risk analytics tool

Trucost has launched an analytical tool to help companies assess their exposure to physical climate risk,…

Stranded Assets

S&P swoops on RobecoSAM’s ESG ratings business

Financial services giant S&P Global has snapped up RobecoSAM’s environmental, social and governance (ESG)…

ESG,Equity,Investors

Enel's sustainability-linked bonds to be first of many, says Moody's

Moody's believes Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-linked bonds, such as Enel's recent €2.5 billion…

Green Bonds

Monoline-wrapped renewables project financing could be a game-changer

The application of insurance-wrapped debt to renewable-energy project financing is likely to emerge as a valuable addition to the green capital markets toolkit, writes Keith Mullin

Renewables,Insurance

Citigroup, Shell and 3M removed from DJSI World

S&P Dow Jones Indices (DJI) and RobecoSAM have reviewed the companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability…

Debt,ESG

ESG: fixed for good

ESG investing has taken time to gain a foothold in the fixed-income market. But things have changed: ESG considerations have come to the fore and they're probably here to stay, says Corinne Bendersky.

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds,Investors

Bond round-up: Societe Generale, Ferrovie, Posco, BKW Group and more...

New York State Housing Finance Agency has issued a preliminary statement announcing its intention to…

Green Bonds

Dai-Ichi Life invests $200m in green and sustainability bonds

Dai-ichi Life Insurance has invested JPY21.6 billion ($200 million) in green and sustainability bonds…

Green Bonds,Investors,Insurance

FTSE Russell to launch climate government bond index

FTSE Russell will next month launch what it believes to be the first sovereign bond index to specifically…

ESG,Green Bonds

The ESG data files - introduction

ESG data has gone 'mainstream'. But how good is it, and in what ways does it need to improve? Environmental Finance is today launching a series of features to answer these questions. Peter Cripps reports

ESG,ESG Data,Investors