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City of London sets Green Finance Institute launch date
29 March 2019The City of London Corporation’s Green Finance Institute will be launched on 2 July, it has been revealed.
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Sustainability taxonomy passes through EU Parliament
28 March 2019The EU’s taxonomy of sustainable activities has been approved by the European Parliament, paving the way for its adoption into regulation later this year.
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Japanese insurers get to grips with ESG
28 March 2019Three major Japanese insurers – Tokio Marine Group, MS&AD Insurance Group, and Nippon Life Insurance – are beginning to integrate climate risks and environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their strategies, each with its own focus area. Elena K. Johansson reports.
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London and Amsterdam top index of world’s green financial centres
28 March 2019European cities dominated an index of the world’s top green financial centres, with London and Amsterdam outperforming their peers.
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Soil: the missed opportunity under investors' feet
27 March 2019The health of soil has been overlooked by the financial sector but is material to returns, argues Andrew Voysey.
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Green bonds round-up: IBRD, Folksam Group, Electrolux, Interstate Power & Light, Pace Funding Group, EBRD
27 March 2019The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank Group, has tapped the €600 million ($675 million) green bond it issued in November to raise a further €250 million.
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Australia launches HLEG-style sustainable finance initiative
27 March 2019A group of leaders and senior executives at Australia’s major banks, superannuation funds and insurance companies has been assembled to devise a sustainable finance ‘roadmap’.
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Dutch pension fund allocates €5.8bn to SDG index
27 March 2019A Netherlands-based pension fund has allocated €5.8 billion ($6.5 billion) – more than a quarter of its entire portfolio – to a newly-created ‘sustainable’ benchmark index.
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Natixis poaches Pictet water fund managers to create thematics arm
26 March 2019Natixis Investment Managers has made two hires from rival Pictet to co-manage a newly-created water fund.
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€100m African 'new tech' impact fund launched
26 March 2019An impact fund with a target size of €100 million ($113 million), which will invest in companies using new technologies such as blockchain, has been launched at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda.