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  • WCI carbon market update, 20 May 2019

    21 May 2019

    After last week's market rally, all eyes are on the outcome of the 14 May auction, says Nicolas Girod*

  • Infrastructure for plastics recycling is ‘biggest growth opportunity'

    21 May 2019

    Investment in infrastructure for recycling is where the growth opportunity for reducing plastic waste is most evident, according to Morgan Stanley.

  • AllianceBernstein launches two SDG funds

    21 May 2019

    Insurance clients particularly interested in Sustainable Global Thematic Credit Portfolio fund

  • EU carbon market update – 20 May 2019

    21 May 2019

    Despite just four auctions last week, EU allowances (EUAs) ended the week down 62c (-2.4%) at €24.98. The EUA price bounced around between €25 and €26 for most of the week, with moves below €25 finding support in the form of pent-up compliance buying and moves above €26 exhausting industrial and utility buying and finding speculative sellers.

  • Low-carbon energy investment has stalled, IEA says

    21 May 2019

    Global energy investment has stabilised at $1.8 trillion after three years of decline, but investment in low-carbon energy has stalled, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

  • ESG engagement really does work, say investors

    20 May 2019

    Investors have proved that they have the power to bring about changes in company behaviour, when they engage with them on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and they even have the potential to influence national governments, a panel at an MSCI conference heard.

  • ESG data must be forward-looking, say panellists

    20 May 2019

    Investors must have forward-looking environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to be able to assess whether companies are able to tackle challenges they face during times of change, delegates at a conference of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) heard.

  • Democrats call for up to $50bn of sovereign US green bonds for new bank

    20 May 2019

    Several Democrat senators are calling on the US Treasury to issue $10 billion of green bonds to set up a federal green bank.

  • Almost all ‘responsible' investors looking to increase impact, says KBI

    20 May 2019

    Some 94% of institutions in KBI Global Investors’ universe of ‘responsible’ equity investors aim to increase their allocation to impact investments over the next 1-3 years.

  • People Moves: BNP Paribas Asset Management, Calvert, AllianzGI, Aberdeen Standard Investments, Kempen and EY

    17 May 2019

    BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has announced Rob Gambi as global head of investments.