Archive

  • Consultation on TEG's draft Taxonomy receives 6,900 responses

    06 December 2019

  • UK-Indian renewables company receives $150m investment from Masdar

    12 November 2019

    Renewables firm Hero Future Energies (HFE) has received a $150 million investment from Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) to fund its expansion.

  • ESG data files: Part five - the impact of the EU's taxonomy

    04 October 2019

    Will the EU's sustainability taxonomy reduce the reporting burden on companies, or could it be another weight on their shoulders? Michael Hurley reports

  • Sovereign wealth funds get advice on climate risks

    29 July 2019

    Advice on how sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) can integrate climate change into their investment processes and governance has been produced by the Sustainable Finance Programme, a research group at the University of Oxford.

  • ‘Watershed moment’ for NGFS as international standard setters join

    24 July 2019

    The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) have agreed to become observers of the Central Banks and Supervisors’ Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).

  • Is Climate Action 100+ pushing hard enough?

    19 July 2019

    The heavyweight investor engagement initiative has won some victories with fossil fuel giants. But should it be demanding more, asks Elena K Johansson.

  • Australian pension fund buys minority stake in Swiss impact firm

    01 July 2019

    Australian pension fund Christian Super has bought a “significant” minority stake in ResponsAbility Investments, a Swiss impact asset manager.

  • RepRisk to integrate SASB framework

    08 May 2019

    Zurich-based RepRisk is the latest company to apply the Sustainability Accounting Standard Board’s (SASB) framework on financial materiality to its risk management and compliance products and services.

  • Bonds round-up: ICBC, Banque Postale, ABN Amro, ERG, Yorkshire Water, Woolworths, Shinhan Bank, IADB, Chile, Otto, Arizona State University, NYC Housing, OPIC, Nomura, Trianon

    17 April 2019

    La Banque Postale has issued its first green bond, raising €750 million ($849 million).

  • Green bond round-up: ICO, Klabin, Reykjavik Energy, Midsummer, IBRD, Fabege, Housing New Zealand, Argosy Property and Vasakronan

    03 April 2019

    Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), a state-owned Spanish bank, has issued a €500 million ($562 million) green note that matures in 2024.