Archive

  • People Moves

    23 November 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at PRI, IEA, MSCI, Vigeo and Arise.

  • Leading insurers make progress on climate change action, says PwC

    23 November 2015

    The 30 major insurers that form the ClimateWise initiative have made significant progress in responding to the threats and opportunities arising from climate change in the past year, according to PwC.

  • FSB calls for task force on climate risk disclosure

    09 November 2015

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has called for the creation of an industry-led task force to work on the disclosure of climate-related risks.

  • Investors push for mandatory ESG reporting

    29 October 2015

    Calls for companies to be forced to report non-financial indicators have been growing, and IOSCO and the WFE now need to take concerted action to drive the agenda forward, argues Tracey Rembert

  • Abu Dhabi helps push ReNew Power's equity raise to $655m

    28 October 2015

    India's ReNew Power Ventures has secured $265 million of equity from three investors in its latest round of fundraising.

  • BNG Bank prices €650m sustainability bond

    27 October 2015

    Bank Nederlandse Gemeente (BNG) has priced its second sustainability bond, in a transaction that is set to raise €650 million ($717.5 million).

  • Tool invented to assess water risk in corporate bonds

    08 September 2015

    A tool launched today will make it easier for investors to incorporate water risk into their corporate bond credit risk analysis.

  • Investors worth $1.5trn launch infrastructure sustainability benchmark

    07 September 2015

    Investors representing $1.5 trillion of assets have teamed up with the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) to launch a similar framework for infrastructure assets.

  • Real estate sector boosts on-site renewables use

    02 September 2015

    The global real estate sector increased its use of on-site renewable energy last year by 50%, and achieved a 3% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to an industry survey.

  • AIB launches €5m clean-tech start-up fund

    29 June 2015

    Irish bank AIB has launched a €5 million ($5 million) equity fund to invest in sustainable technology start-up companies.