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  • Overlooking ESG breaches fiduciary duty, says Generation

    20 May 2015

    The former vice-president of the US, Al Gore, has condemned investors that disregard the stranded assets debate as "absurd", and his company is calling for sustainability assessments to be part of investors' fiduciary duty.

  • France's Hollande welcomes green bonds, decarbonisation initiatives

    20 May 2015

    French president Francois Hollande has hailed the importance of green bonds and portfolio decarbonisation initiatives in the run up to the UN climate change summit in December.

  • Why the Paris climate summit will boost REDD+

    20 May 2015

    An agreement in Paris could build on the achievements of the Warsaw Pact for REDD+ Action, and could prove a game changer for forestry, argues Mariama Vendramini

  • Shell, Statoil commit to improving disclosure of climate change risks

    20 May 2015

    Shareholders of Shell and Statoil have overwhelmingly passed resolutions committing the companies to improve disclosure of their climate change strategies and to aim for an 'A' rating in the CDP Leadership Performance Index.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 18 May 2015

    18 May 2015

    Market sentiment in the EU carbon market is generally positive, but an auction of Polish allowances this week and possible changes in exchange rates, could create some downward pressure on EU allowance prices, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Eurosif proposes sustainability as 6th pillar of EU Capital Markets Union

    13 May 2015

    Sustainability should be added to the proposed principals behind the EU's Capital Markets Union (CMU) initiative.

  • Paris climate summit to strengthen green bond market, says HSBC

    12 May 2015

    The rapidly growing green bond market could receive a further boost from a strong climate change agreement in December, a report by HSBC's climate change centre has claimed.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 11 May 2015

    11 May 2015

    Following the political agreement on the Market Stability Reserve, the price of EU emission allowances is likely to be driven mainly by fundament factors in the near term, says Louis Redshaw

  • CTX launches spot exchange for RGGI carbon allowances

    07 May 2015

    A spot exchange for trading emission allowances issued by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has been launched by Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX).

  • ETS reform could see carbon price treble by 2020, say analysts

    06 May 2015

    The price of EU emission allowances (EUAs) could rise to more than €20 ($22.5) by 2020 from their current level of about €7.5, as a result of an agreement to curb the excess supply of allowances, analysts said.