Archive

  • S&P adds ESG sections in credit rating reports

    01 February 2019

    S&P Global Ratings has started to include a dedicated environmental, social and governance (ESG) section in credit rating reports for companies.

  • France prepares fifth tap of green bond at auction

    01 February 2019

    France plans next week to tap its ground-breaking green bond, for the fifth time.

  • People Moves: Lazard Asset Management, BlackRock, Pensions Infrastructure Platform, PGGM, Carbon Market Institute and St. James's Place

    01 February 2019

  • BP to support CA100+ shareholder resolution

    01 February 2019

    Oil and gas giant BP is set to broaden its corporate reporting to describe how its strategy is consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement, after it committed to supporting a Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) shareholder resolution.

  • Finland’s Varma tightens screws on coal industry

    01 February 2019

    Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Finland’s largest private investor, has put added emphasis on climate change mitigation in the latest update of its responsible investment principles.

  • No ‘greenium’ for energy efficient buildings, says advisor

    01 February 2019

    Investors looking for a premium from investments in energy efficient real estate are likely to be disappointed, a director of a specialist investment management and advisory firm has claimed.

  • Suncorp best-placed insurer to ride out APAC climate risk, Sustainalytics says

    31 January 2019

    Suncorp has been identified by Sustainalytics as the best-positioned property and casualty insurers to ride out climate risks in the volatile Asia-Pacific region.

  • Morningstar launches low carbon risk indexes

    31 January 2019

    Morningstar has launched the first low-carbon indexes based on Sustainalytics' Carbon Risk Rating.

  • CPR and CDP launch disclosure-focused climate fund

    31 January 2019

    CPR Asset Management and CDP have launched a ‘climate fund’ to invest in global equities that best manage climate change-related risks, based on company disclosures.

  • Bondholders ‘fail to engage on climate change’

    31 January 2019

    Bondholders have little appetite to engage with companies on climate change, and are relying on governments to step in to resolve the problem, a study has argued.