Archive

  • Green bond comment, December: Investors in Mexico airport bond adopt brace position!

    06 December 2018

    Moody's has downgraded its Green Bond Assessment (GBA) on the $6 billion of bonds from Mexico City Airport Trust, from GB1 (the top score) to GB5 (the bottom score).

  • Green bond round-up, 5 December 2018

    05 December 2018

    HSBC sees price tighten on €2.25bn green bond

  • The argument for green bonds from 'pureplays'

    05 December 2018

    Bond issuers that make 100% of their revenues from green activities should be considered as being in compliance with the Green Bond Principles, argues Suzanne Buchta

  • Tokio Marine hits back at coal involvement claims

    04 December 2018

    Using clean technologies preferable to singling out coal, insurer says

  • Insurance & Climate Risk EMEA conference: It's no longer about the obstacles but about the opportunities

    04 December 2018

    ESG investment needs to be more forward looking, panellists warn

  • Spike in fire risk claims was partly due to global warming, says AIG

    04 December 2018

    AIG partly attributed a doubling in the proportion of European claims it received stemming from fire damage to the effects of climate change.

  • Insurance market is 'broken' when it comes to climate change, says Aviva

    04 December 2018

    The insurance market is currently "broken", in terms of its incentivisation to address climate change, Aviva has argued.

  • CISL to launch open-source tool to assess infrastructure transition risk

    04 December 2018

    The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is preparing to launch a modelling tool to assess how the transition to a low-carbon economy will impact the financial performance of infrastructure investments.

  • Environmentalists slam US insurers for backing coal

    03 December 2018

    Asia-Pacific firms fare slightly better; Swiss Re and Axa earn top marks

  • California survey reveals rise in insurers divesting from thermal coal

    30 November 2018

    Californian insurers’ coal policies aligned with counterparts in Europe