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  • Asian finance sector demands greater role in global ESG policy

    04 March 2020

    Asian financial institutions should have more influence on international policies on environmental and sustainability issues, according to a regional trade association.

  • Major shareholder Jupiter supports Barclays fossil fuel funding resolution

    03 March 2020

    Jupiter Asset Management has joined the swelling ranks of investors supporting a shareholder resolution calling on Barclays to phase out its funding for fossil fuel firms.

  • Coronavirus expected to trigger pandemic cat bonds

    03 March 2020

    The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is likely to trigger payouts from pandemic catastrophe bonds issued by the World Bank's Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF), according to ratings agency DBRS Morningstar.

  • Green Bond Principles sets up three new workstreams

    03 March 2020

    The Green and Social Bond Principles has established a workstream to explore whether to review its guidelines for external reviewers.

  • NN launches corporate green bond fund

    03 March 2020

    NN Investment Partners has launched a corporate green bond fund amid significant growth in the level of issuance from companies in 2019.

  • Energy storage fund raises £30m in oversubscribed share issue

    03 March 2020

    The market volatility triggered by the coronavirus outbreak failed to stop an energy storage fund raising money from investors.

  • CPR launches social impact fund

    03 March 2020

    CPR Asset Management has launched what it claims is a first-of-its-kind impact fund to invest in listed companies that help tackle social inequality.

  • EU carbon market update: 2 March 2020

    03 March 2020

    The outlook for EU Allowance prices is bearish, with volatility likely to remain high due to the influence of the Coronavirus, says Tom Lord.*

  • ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure

    03 March 2020

    With its broad scope from airports to hospitals, wind farms to oil pipelines, assessing ESG data in the infrastructure sphere comes with a wide array of challenges. Christopher Marchant spoke to experts in the sector about the ongoing push for in standardisation and disclosure.

  • WCI Carbon Market Update, 2 March 2020

    02 March 2020

    The outlook for CCA prices remains bullish, despite slight weakness last week, says Nicolas Girod*.