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UOB, Singapore launch SME-focused sustainability-linked finance programme

BSI readies natural capital accounting standard as investors seek impact 'baseline'

A forthcoming accounting standard for natural capital could help investors grappling with the problem of assigning a financial value to preservation and improvement of nature.

CDP announces 179 'A list' leading climate action companies

CDP has named over 170 firms as being global leaders for transparency and action on climate change for 2019.

A healthy investment opportunity

There is no shortage of opportunities for investors who want to target SDG3 – good health and wellbeing – but measuring impact can be a challenge

Green bonds round-up, 3 October 2018

Getlink said its inaugural green bond had been "comfortably oversubscribed", helping it raise €550 million ($635 million) rather than the €500 million originally envisaged.

Carbon is 'most suitable metric for smart beta ESG'

Investors deemed carbon as the most suitable environmental, social, governance (ESG) metric for inclusion in a smart beta investment strategy, according to a study. Seventy-four percent of investors selected carbon as being suitable for inclusion into smart beta, followed by other ESG metrics like water (21%), waste (20%) and gender diversity (18%).

North American electricity utilities trail European counterparts in transition to low-carbon economy

Electricity utilities are, on average, not reducing emissions fast enough to be in line with a scenario that would limit climate change to the Paris Agreement's 2°C target, a Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) study has found.

Green bond proposed for flood prevention in UK

Green bonds could be an efficient, cost effective, way to fund flood protection measures in the UK county of Cumbria, advocates say.

Green bond comment - August

The green bond market could see $100 billion of issues this year.

Green bond market gets its first 'panda' issue

A Hong Kong-based water company has issued what it claims is the first green 'panda bond'.