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  • UK natural capital impact fund has 'massive potential'

    13 February 2018

    A proposed impact fund to boost private sector investment in natural capital in the UK has "massive potential", according to a government official.

  • ICAO under pressure to 'improve' rules on aviation's carbon market

    12 February 2018

    Transport & Environment (T&E), a European NGO, is urging national governments to demand "an improvement in the environmental effectiveness" of the aviation industry's forthcoming carbon market.

  • Insurers face up to €1.6b losses from Storm Eleanor

    15 January 2018

    Insured losses caused by Storm Eleanor will range between €1.1 billion and €1.6 billion ($1.3 billion - $1.9 billion), according to modelling firm AIR Worldwide.

  • US food companies must do more to prevent 'antibiotics apocalypse'

    01 December 2017

    Investors are beginning to wake up to the dangers posed by antibiotic immunity, argues Maria Lettini

  • 'Best-in-class' sustainability index planned for Europe

    28 November 2017

    A 30-stock European index of 'best-in-class' sustainability performers is due to be launched on 1 December.

  • Moody's expects at least $120bn of green bonds by end of 2017

    10 November 2017

    Green bond issuance reached fresh highs in the third quarter and is on track to set a new record of at least $120bn in 2017, according to Moody's Investors Service.

  • JP Morgan is top green bond underwriter in Q3, with a string of EM deals

    13 October 2017

    JP Morgan seized the bragging rights to the green bond underwriting market in the third quarter of 2017, helped by a series of benchmark-sized issues in emerging markets.

  • September smashes records with a dozen mini-benchmarks

    04 October 2017

    September set a new monthly record for the value of green bonds issued, with $16.1 billion of deals having settled in the month.

  • Insured losses from Hurricane Maria could reach $85 billion, says AIR

    26 September 2017

    Insured losses inflicted by Hurricane Maria will be between $40 billion and $85 billion, according to catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide.

  • French insurer to double green investments

    22 September 2017

    BNP Paribas Cardif is to double its green investments to €2.4 billion ($2.9 billion) by 2020, largely through the purchase of green bonds.