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Water sustainability is investor ‘blind spot’, study suggests

Water sustainability is a ‘blind spot’ for most large institutional investors, a survey of 20 large Netherlands-based investors has suggested.

Pension scheme supervisors to get international ESG guidelines

More than 80 international private pension supervisors are to receive guidance on the application of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the supervision of pension fund investment.

Bearing the standard for green bond growth

As the green bond market has grown, a plethora of national and regional standards has sprung up. What do they bring to the market and are they necessary, ask Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps

Green bonds round-up, 1 August 2018

Moody's Investors Service has lowered its expectations for green bond issuance this year, in light of slower growth in the first six months.

AllianzGI invests in IDB bond for Uruguayan solar plants

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has invested, on behalf of unnamed clients, in a private placement refinancing of two solar photovoltaic plants in Uruguay owned by clean power generator Atlas Renewable Energy.

Lessons from the Nordics

The Nordic countries are in the vanguard of the green bond market, leading the march in areas such as impact reporting. Michael Hurley asks what lessons the rest of the world can learn

Green bonds round-up, 18 July 2018

Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first time, with a €750 million ($872 million) offering maturing in July 2023.

Credit Agricole tops H1 social bond chart

Credit Agricole was the biggest underwriter of labelled social bonds in the first half of 2018.

Green bond round-up, 11 July 2018

The anatomy of a taxonomy

The European Commission has a highly ambitious target - to develop a taxonomy to define what is green and act as a compass for sustainable finance. But there's a long and rocky road ahead for this controversial initiative, find Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps