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  • Wilmar seals sustainability-linked loan with OCBC

    15 June 2018

    Singapore agribusiness giant Wilmar has signed a deal with OCBC Bank to link the interest rate on its loan to the company’s sustainability performance.

  • ABP, ERAFP, and First State Super among scenario analysis leaders

    15 June 2018

    Many leading global asset owners have already begun to perform scenario analysis and apply key findings to their climate strategies, a report by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has found.

  • Danish pension fund PKA engaging with 64 oil and gas giants on climate

    09 February 2018

    Danish pension fund PKA has said divestment is a possibility for 64 oil and gas companies with which it is currently engaging on climate-related issues.

  • COP blog: Why food companies are engaged

    10 November 2017

    It's time for food companies to participate in the next agricultural revolution – to low-emissions, argues Julie Nash

  • Legal challenges for sovereign green bonds

    17 February 2017

    Issues from France and Poland have highlighted the potential for countries to tap the market. But a lack of common definition and legal framework are potential obstacles, argues Robert Follie.

  • Ilmarinen's new climate policy to double sustainable solutions in listed equities

    05 December 2016

    Finnish pension fund Ilmarinen has a new climate policy that includes targets to double the share of its listed equity investments which generate sustainable solutions from 6% to 12% by 2020.

  • EF BRIEFS: Duke Energy, Statkraft, NEP

    09 September 2016

    Norway's sovereign wealth fund has divested its holdings in US utility Duke Energy, pointing to the company's risk of "severe environmental damage".

  • Global supply chain 'slow to react to climate change'

    29 January 2016

    Suppliers of major global companies are being slow to respond to the challenges posed by climate change, a report has warned.

  • 13 US corporations pledge $140bn in new investments to cut emissions

    27 July 2015

    A group of 13 major US corporations have pledged to make $140 billion of investments to reduce their carbon emissions.

  • Governments and companies in joint pledge to halt forest loss

    24 September 2014

    More than 30 national governments, 40 companies and numerous NGOs and regional governments have pledged to work to halt deforestation globally by 2030.