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  • UK pensions advised to pursue decarbonisation with climate risk checklist

    26 April 2018

    A checklist for pension fund trustees to consider climate risk in their investments has been launched which encourages UK schemes to adopt targets for reducing carbon-intensive holdings and consider divestment.

  • Voting begins for EF's Deals of the Year awards

    25 April 2018

    A new category of 'Loan of the Year' has been added to Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.

  • Climate-related risk will dent oil company valuation by 2020, fund managers predict

    25 April 2018

    About 90% of fund managers expect that the valuation of international oil companies (IOCs) will drop 'significantly' within two years because of energy transition risks such as new legislation, a survey of organisations with more than $13 trillion in combined assets has found.

  • Green bond round-up, 25 April

    25 April 2018

    More than $3.3 billion of green bonds have settled in the first three days of this week*, with announcements suggesting that a strong pipeline of issuance of green and social bonds can be expected in coming weeks.

  • Newton IM launches second sustainable fund of 2018

    25 April 2018

    Newton Investment Management (Newton IM) has expanded its sustainable offering with the launch of a new fund.

  • Morgan Stanley commits $250bn to low-carbon solutions

    25 April 2018

    Morgan Stanley has committed to help provide $250 billion in low-carbon solutions by 2030, including sustainable bonds, renewable energy and clean-tech financing.

  • Deutsche Bank launches 'big data' tool to rate companies' ESG profile

    25 April 2018

    A tool that uses 'big data' to rate 5,000 companies' performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has been launched by Deutsche Bank.

  • Could blockchain save the planet?

    24 April 2018

    Cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, are notoriously energy-intensive. But the blockchain technology they rely on could give a boost to environmental markets, experts believe. Graham Cooper reports.

  • Renewables investment by oil majors is 'incremental rather than radical', Fitch says

    24 April 2018

    Public pressure is driving renewables investments by oil majors but this will not be a radical step in the transition away from traditional business, Fitch Ratings says.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 23 April 2018

    24 April 2018

    A volatile week is in prospect after last week's sell-off and a further decline in EU Allowance prices is likely, says Louis Redshaw