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ESG reporting key to ride 'wave' of social housing investment

M&G and Insight Investment are among organisations that have drawn up draft criteria for social housing sustainability reporting, as they suggest "we are at the early stages of what may be a wave of equity investment in affordable housing".

UK housing association signs £75m sustainability-linked loan

Financial regulators already have powers to oversee climate risk, says ex-Bank of England director

Financial regulators in Europe can oversee the way companies are dealing with climate risk without changing any laws, Paul Fisher, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee said.

The legal risks of reporting climate risks

The Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures' recommendations were widely welcomed by the market. But are there legal risks attached to their implementation, asks Hamza Ali

Looking back at 2015, and looking ahead to 2016

It has been a landmark year for environmental investment themes. Hamza Ali looks back at some of the key developments of 2015 and asks what the following year will bring

Two fossil fuel giants investigated over claims they lied over climate change

US oil giant ExxonMobil and Peabody Energy are being investigated by the New York state attorney-general over claims they lied to their shareholders and the public about climate change risk.

California passes bill to force state pension funds to divest from coal

California's two state pension funds, the largest in the US, look increasingly likely to be forced to divest from coal after a bill requiring them to do so was passed by the State Assembly.

Coal companies to be sold by Norway's oil fund revealed

A list of coal companies expected to be ditched by Norway's oil fund as a result of its new divestment policy has been published.