Golding raises €65m for impact strategy

Golding Capital Partners has raised €65 million ($66 million) for its first impact fund, toward a €300…

IMPACT,Investment

IMF: Debt-for-climate swaps 'can be superior' to other debt relief instruments

Asia Pacific,Debt,Green Bonds,Investment

$8.9trn investors back sustainable water initiative

64 global institutional investors, representing $8.9 trillion assets under management, have committed…

Natural Capital,Stranded Assets,Water

GFANZ-backed agriculture decarbonisation path launched

Financial institutions will for the first time have access to pathways to net zero for the agriculture,…

ESG,Natural Capital

Commission asks EU regulators for 'greenwashing' risk reports

The European Commission has asked the European Supervisory Agencies (ESAs) to provide reports within…

ESG,ESG Data,Investment,Policy

BlackRock acquires Australian energy storage firm

BlackRock Real Assets has acquired a 100% equity stake in Australian energy storage developer, Akaysha…

Asia Pacific,Investment,Renewables

Greater green loan discounts needed for retrofitting, says Octopus

Commercial real estate developers can improve their 'impact' credentials by offering "material" green…

IMPACT,Investment

No place for deep sea mining in blue bonds, say investors

Blue bonds should not be issued to finance deep sea mining, said investors at Nuveen and Franklin Templeton.

IMPACT,Investment

ESG data analysis platform in development in Singapore

Asia Pacific,ESG Data

A new breed of interconnector is set to boost energy resilience

Despite the complexities, interconnectors will not only facilitate our journey to net-zero, but also provide a social benefit by improving communities and levelling up, says Nathalie Lemarcis

Investment,Renewables

Foresight buys Scottish afforestation sites

Investment

Biodiversity COP and finance

Ahead of the COP15 biodiversity conference in December, Thomas Cox asks financial experts their hopes for the event

Natural Capital

ESG could boost pensions investment in property development finance

Debt,ESG,Investment

Carbon offsets 'hotter than ever' despite growing weather risk concern

Demand for carbon offsets is higher than ever before despite extreme weather ravaging parts of some nature-based…

Carbon

NZAOA-sponsored decarbonisation roadmap published

ESG

German companies hampered by Rhine water level

Natural Capital,Stranded Assets,Water

Gresham House acquires 20MW solar farm

Investment,Renewables

Malaysian stock exchange to launch carbon market

Bursa Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia's stock exchange, is to launch a voluntary carbon market in late 2022.

Asia Pacific,Carbon

South African central bank publishes climate stress testing model review

ESG Data,Policy

Half of European ESG leveraged loans have 'weak' target promises

Half of all European leveraged loans proposed in the second quarter of 2022 had "weak" environmental,…

Debt,ESG,ESG Data