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  • UK should 'go beyond TCFD' and lead world in disclosure, say industry leaders

    28 March 2018

    An industry taskforce has urged the UK Government to boost the growth of green finance by enforcing the voluntary recommendations of the FSB's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in law.

  • Partners Group's new strategy will focus on SDGs

    27 March 2018

    Partners Group has launched a new investment strategy focused on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 26 March 2018

    26 March 2018

    EU Allowance prices could well remain high this week, as auction volumes fall and the compliance deadline approaches, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Investors wake up to collective engagement clout

    26 March 2018

    Climate-related resolutions at Exxon and Shell garnered the support of the world's largest investors. Now asset managers and owners are massing together to move entire sectors, writes Michael Hurley.

  • EIB teams up with Piraeus Bank to support green investments in Greece

    26 March 2018

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has joined forces with the largest Greek bank to launch a €100 million ($124 million) initiative to back energy efficiency investments.

  • Olam secures Asia's first sustainability-linked club loan facility

    26 March 2018

    Agri business Olam has signed a three-year sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, aggregating $500 million of loans.

  • 'Green Finance Centre' aims to strengthen UK-China links

    26 March 2018

    Co-operation between the UK and China on sustainability issues is to take a further step forward with the creation of a UK-China Green Finance Centre, funded by a mix of public and private sources.

  • Macron calls for European carbon price floor

    23 March 2018

    French President Emmanuel Macron pushed for a European minimum price on carbon as he backed the European Commission's action plan on sustainable finance.

  • People moves - AIIB and NextEnergy Capital

    23 March 2018

    Courtney Lowrance has left Citi to join the recently-established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a principal environment specialist.

  • The EU's action plan on sustainable finance 'should help renewables developers more'

    23 March 2018

    The European Commission's action plan on sustainable finance, launched this month, does not go far enough to promote the build-out of renewables or energy efficiency, a conference heard.