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  • The impact of Covid-19 on sustainable finance

    02 June 2020

    Sustainalytics CEO Michael Jantzi argues that social considerations have risen up the agenda as a result of the pandemic, and he does not believe that the 'genie will go back in the bottle'

  • Proposed UK carbon market will be 'more ambitious' than EU system

    02 June 2020

    The UK government has outlined plans for a domestic cap-and-trade market in carbon emissions, which it says will show "greater climate ambition" than the EU carbon market.

  • Dredging firm Van Oord signs first green loan for LNG ships

    02 June 2020

    Dutch offshore contracting firm Van Oord has secured its inaugural green loan to finance three liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled dredging vessels in a bid to reduce the emissions of its fleet.

  • ESG data providers taking impact data seriously - ISS ESG

    02 June 2020

    Specialist sustainability data providers including ISS ESG are aware of the "enormous demand" for products that focus on assessing positive and negative impact of investments, according to the company.

  • Blue like an Orange raises $200m for Latin America impact fund

    02 June 2020

    Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital has raised $200 million at final close of its inaugural impact fund, which will target positive social impact in Latin America via private lending.

  • EU carbon market update: 2 June 2020

    02 June 2020

    The short-term outlook for EU Allowances is bearish, despite some bullish technical signals, says Tom Lord*

  • Less than half of green bond funds are ESG leaders, says MSCI

    01 June 2020

    Less than half of green bond funds were ranked as leaders in terms of their environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials, according to MSCI ESG Fund Ratings.

  • Guernsey launches green private equity principles

    01 June 2020

    The British territory of Guernsey has launched a set of voluntary green private equity principles, which, it says, are aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the EU Taxonomy on Sustainable Finance.

  • WCI Carbon Market Update, 1 June 2020

    01 June 2020

    In light of many allowances remaining unsold in the May auction, new supply-side mechanisms could be introduced which could be bullish for prices, says Nicolas Girod*.

  • Australian impact investments set to grow five-fold by 2025 - RIAA

    01 June 2020

    Exponential growth in Australian investments targeting positive social and environmental impact as well as financial returns could propel the overall size of the market to more than AUD100 billion ($67.3 billion) by 2025, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA).