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  • CBA, Samsung and Bayer dropped from DJSI World index

    13 September 2018

    S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM have excluded Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Samsung Electronics and healthcare company Bayer from the widely-followed Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World).

  • World Bank issues sustainability-linked notes for UBS clients

    12 September 2018

    The World Bank has partnered with UBS to offer a bond linked to a sustainability index to help raise funds for its sustainable development work.

  • Could blockchain save the planet?

    24 April 2018

    Cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, are notoriously energy-intensive. But the blockchain technology they rely on could give a boost to environmental markets, experts believe. Graham Cooper reports.

  • Franklin Templeton launches its first climate change fund

    06 March 2018

    Franklin Templeton Investments has repurposed one of its products as its first fund focused on climate change goals.

  • Impax fund outperforms benchmark by 2% despite missing out on Tesla boom

    03 August 2017

    Environmental-themed asset manager Impax's flagship investment trust has outperformed its benchmark by 2.6 percentage points in the first six months of the year.

  • How to eliminate child labour from the battery business

    29 March 2017

    A multi-stakeholder collaboration is needed to stamp out the use of child labour in the mining of cobalt for lithium-ion batteries, says Benedikt Sobotka.

  • World Bank welcomes carbon pricing moves and plans further action

    23 September 2014

    Putting a price on carbon emissions now has support from national and regional governments responsible for more than 54% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to the World Bank.

  • Three-quarters of semi-conductor makers rated sub-prime for ESG

    28 January 2014

    Three-quarters of the biggest semi-conductor manufacturers were rated sub-prime after their businesses were analysed for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, a report has revealed.

  • Fund consortium backs US solar developer

    05 September 2013

    A consortium of funds has invested $67.3 million in a US solar company to finance the development of utility-scale solar projects.

  • SunEdison spins off semiconductor business to focus on solar

    23 August 2013

    SunEdison, a US solar and semiconductor developer, has announced it will spin off its semiconductor business in an initial public offering (IPO) and use the proceeds to finance its solar business.