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Emerging markets investors 'set to benefit' from G7 risk mitigation work
25 February 2022Work by rich nations to implement new risk off-take strategies could be set to benefit investors searching for yield in emerging market climate-themed investments, Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income event heard.
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Real estate decarbonisation standard under construction
18 January 2022A global standard for the real estate sector to set 'science-based' targets that help restrict global temperature rise to 1.5°C is set for release in April, it has been revealed.
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APG, LGIM in big SDG-themed listed equities index investments
08 September 2021APG Asset Management has made an "initial investment" of about €1 billion ($1.2 billion)...
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'Transition' firms preferring sustainability-linked over transition bonds
12 April 2021Sustainability-linked bonds are proving more popular for carbon-intensive issuers than transition bonds, and experts are worried the 'transition' label is adding unnecessary confusion in the market. Ahren Lester and Christopher Marchant report
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Environmental Finance's webinar - Renewable energy: mapping out the next investment push
21 July 2020Join our webinars each Tuesday 10:00 EF / 15:00 BST
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APG and Axa buy big in €60bn Covid-19 bond market
22 May 2020APG Asset Management has invested €554 million ($604 million) in 'Covid-19 bonds' in recent weeks, a market it estimated could already be as large as €60 billion.
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ESG engagement really does work, say investors
20 May 2019Investors have proved that they have the power to bring about changes in company behaviour, when they engage with them on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and they even have the potential to influence national governments, a panel at an MSCI conference heard.
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People moves: Loomis Sayles, APG Asset Management, Axa Investment Managers and NatureBank Asset Management
20 April 2018Loomis Sayles has appointed Kathleen Bochman as director of environmental, social and governance (ESG).
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Green bond round-up, 7 June
07 June 2017Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has issued a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) affordable housing bond, its first in the social bond market.
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KommuneKredit joins Scandi green bond party
24 May 2017Danish institution KommuneKredit has priced its inaugural green bond, making it the last of Scandinavian local government funding agencies to tap the market.