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  • Kairos Partners launches long-short fund based on ESG index

    15 November 2019

    Kairos Partners SGR has launched an actively managed, long-short fund that will use an ESG index as its underlying benchmark.

  • Heathrow Airport, Pension Protection Fund, DEFRA, Danone, Swedfund, UN PRI confirmed to speak at Green Equities + Natural Capital Investment conferences

    05 November 2019

    Key investment industry participants will gather in London on 25 November for Environmental Finance's Green Equities and Natural Capital conferences.

  • Hagibis may hit insurers for $16bn warns AIR Worldwide

    23 October 2019

    Industry insured losses from typhoon Hagibis, which devastated large parts of Japan earlier this month, will range from JPY865 billion to JPY1.73 trillion ($8 billion to $16 billion), catastrophe risk modeller AIR Worldwide has predicted.

  • Insurers face up to $9bn bill from typhoon Faxai

    30 September 2019

    Insured losses from Japanese typhoon Faxai could reach between $5 billion and $9 billion, according to catastrophe modelling firm RMS.

  • Dorian and Faxai could cost insurers up to $15.5bn, say modellers

    16 September 2019

    Catastrophe risk modelling firms have released forecasts totalling up to $15.5 billion for the combined insured losses arising from Hurricane Dorian and Typhoon Faxai.

  • Meat, fish and dairy producers not addressing sustainability risks, says FAIRR

    04 September 2019

    The vast majority of meat, fish and dairy producers have not meaningfully addressed basic sustainability risks, according to a report by investor network FAIRR.

  • Cofco signs $2.1bn sustainability loan in first for China

    17 July 2019

    Cofco International has agreed a $2.1 billion sustainability-linked loan with a consortium of 20 banks, in what is believed to be the first such deal by a China-based company.

  • Green and sustainability loans: the growth accelerates

    01 July 2019

    The green and sustainability-linked loan market grew exponentially last year. The next growth spurt could be driven by emerging markets, Michael Hurley writes

  • Institutional investors call for sea change in fish farming

    05 June 2019

    Climate change, pollution and antibiotic resistance could sink the fast-growing fish farming industry, the investor network FAIRR has warned.

  • Airlines confirm commitment to carbon trading

    03 June 2019

    International airlines have re-confirmed their support for the emissions trading programme that aims to ensure no increase in carbon emissions from the sector after 2020.