-
AIIB issues $2.5bn sustainability-themed bond
10 May 2019The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has issued its first 'global bond', worth $2.5 billion, to finance environmentally friendly infrastructure investment and promote environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing across Asia.
-
UNEP FI and investors release study on climate risk reporting
10 May 2019A major study has been issued looking at the different ways that investors can measure and report climate risks.
-
Multi-asset sustainable portfolios outperform regular portfolios, says Heartwood
09 May 2019Two sustainable portfolios run by Heartwood Investment Management (HIM) have outperformed their regular non-sustainable counterparts over a three-year period.
-
Folksam Life cuts carbon footprint of equities holdings by a fifth
09 May 2019Swedish insurer reduces exposure to carbon heavy industries as it halves the number of companies it holds shares in
-
Blackstone launches impact investment platform
09 May 2019Private equity giant Blackstone has ramped up its impact investing activities with the launch of a platform dedicated to the field.
-
Green bond round-up: Orsted, Starbucks, Azure, Wapda, Greenworks ... and more
08 May 2019Danish wind energy company Orsted plans to return to the green bond market with a multi-tranche transaction denominated in Sterling.
-
Norwegian pension fund manager divests from coal companies
08 May 2019Norwegian mutual insurance company KLP, which manages the pension funds of municipal employees, has sold NOK3.2 billion ($365 million) of exposure to 46 companies profiting from coal-based operations.
-
Comment: Climate action leadership is within UK's grasp
08 May 2019The UK government needs to act on the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change, argues Fiona Reynolds
-
RepRisk to integrate SASB framework
08 May 2019Zurich-based RepRisk is the latest company to apply the Sustainability Accounting Standard Board’s (SASB) framework on financial materiality to its risk management and compliance products and services.
-
ANZ hails ‘new trend’ of using loan market for green finance
08 May 2019The use of loans to finance decarbonisation, is a welcome “new trend”, ANZ’s head of sustainable finance told a conference in Melbourne.