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  • 'Investment-grade' carbon pricing for power sector launched

    25 May 2017

    CDP – formerly known as Carbon Disclosure Project – and low-carbon business coalition We Mean Business have partnered to create an "investment-grade" carbon pricing range for the power sector.

  • Standard Life plans impact investment funds

    10 May 2017

    UK asset manager Standard Life Investments hopes to launch global and UK-focussed impact investment funds this year.

  • Exxon board fights climate resolution

    25 April 2017

    ExxonMobil's board has refused to support a climate change resolution backed by investors with over $10 trillion in assets under management (AUM).

  • ESG is correlated to performance in fixed income, study finds

    19 April 2017

    There is a clear correlation between environmental, social and governance data and credit default swap spreads and credit ratings, research has found, although neither fully price-in the risks implied by this data.

  • Introducing the Principles for Positive Impact Finance

    19 April 2017

    The Principles have been designed to help meet the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. But how will they be implemented? Peter Cripps reports

  • Investors start to weigh water risks

    18 April 2017

    Investor interest in corporate water risk is increasing fast. A range of tools and services are being developed to help companies respond. Graham Cooper reports

  • Financiers praise 'Positive Impact' Principles

    30 January 2017

    The Principles for Positive Impact Finance were hailed as "an important step in ... overcoming the funding gap for sustainable development" at their launch today in Paris.

  • Investors' fiduciary duty includes 'transition to low-carbon economy'

    26 January 2017

    Supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy is part of an investor's fiduciary duty, according to a new report that calls for 'more forceful' advocacy on climate change from financiers.

  • CDP partners with business leaders to determine carbon price that aligns with 2°C scenario

    17 January 2017

    Environmental non-profit CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, has partnered with We Mean Business to launch an initiative designed to determine a carbon price that is consistent with a 2°C scenario.

  • TERP sells 365MW solar portfolio for £470m

    06 January 2017

    US-listed yieldco TerraForm Power (TERP) has agreed to sell a solar photovoltaic (PV) portfolio in the UK to an Egyptian investment bank for £470 million ($580 million).