Archive

  • Environmental Approval Regulations: Why investors should take note

    28 December 2018

    A legal ruling in Germany could set a precedent that accelerates European coal divestment, argues Kim Schumacher

  • Fast food, long-term problems

    28 December 2018

    Investor focus on fast food companies is set to grow as a result of climate change and other environmental risks, say Brooke Barton and Aarti Ramachandran

  • EU Council agrees position on low-carbon benchmarks and disclosure requirements

    21 December 2018

    The Council of the EU has agreed its position on low-carbon benchmarks and sustainability-related disclosure requirements, signalling the start of discussions with the European Parliament to thrash out the final text.

  • Banks eye opportunities in the circular economy

    21 December 2018

    Several recent initiatives suggest the financial sector is starting get to grips with the concept of a ‘circular economy’, says Graham Cooper

  • Governance quality could drive green bond outperformance, says Nomura

    21 December 2018

    Green bonds have consistently outperformed non-green bonds in the secondary market, according to a study by Nomura Asset Management.

  • Allianz buys its second solar farm in Portugal

    21 December 2018

    Bringing its equity investments in the renewable energy sector to nine solar farms and 83 wind parks

  • Set climate targets, power sector told by investors with $11trn in assets

    20 December 2018

    Twelve of Europe’s highest-emitting power companies have been instructed to set out Paris-aligned transition plans by a group of investors with $11.5 trillion in assets under management (AUM), as they warn of the ‘potentially catastrophic’ effects of climate change.

  • Barclays plans to double green bond investments to £4bn

    20 December 2018

    Barclays plans to grow its investments in green bonds to £4 billion ($5 billion), having already broken through its original target to commit £2 billion.

  • Green Bonds round-up, 19 December

    19 December 2018

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated THB5 billion ($152 million) to buy the whole of a two-tranche green bond offering from Thailand's B. Grimm Power.

  • Profile: James Gifford

    19 December 2018

    UBS's impact expert talks to Peter Cripps