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  • More work planned to boost investor demand for integrated reporting

    17 October 2017

    Further work to boost investor demand for integrated reporting (IR) of financial and non-financial data is among the key action points resulting from a consultation about the International IR Framework that was released in 2013.

  • Rabobank and UN Environment in $1bn sustainable food initiative

    16 October 2017

    Rabobank and UN Environment have launched a $1 billion fund to boost sustainable agriculture and halt deforestation.

  • $500m pair of green bonds receive highest S&P evaluation

    16 October 2017

    Two labelled green bonds with a combined value of $500 million have received the highest score in S&P's green evaluation system.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 16 October 2017

    16 October 2017

    An increase in the number of EU Allowances (EUAs) coming to auction this week would suggest that a further softening in prices is more likely than gains but, so far, support around €6.80 has been firm, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Sustainability investing on the rise in Asia

    16 October 2017

    After a series of meetings with asset owners in Asia, Masja Zandbergen gives her assessment of the progress being made in implementing ESG in the continent

  • Impax measures equities impacts alongside SDG alignment

    16 October 2017

    Impax Asset Management avoided 6,260 tonnes of carbon dioxide (tCO2) emissions for every $10 million invested in its Specialists listed equities strategy in 2016, an impact report has shown.

  • Hong Kong considers possible green investment bank

    16 October 2017

    Hong Kong is stepping up its challenge to Singapore as a centre of green finance in Asia with the launch of a 'concept paper' on the possibility of setting up a green investment bank.

  • Five key reasons to invest in the SDGs

    13 October 2017

    There are five key reasons why investors should embrace the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a report argues.

  • JP Morgan is top green bond underwriter in Q3, with a string of EM deals

    13 October 2017

    JP Morgan seized the bragging rights to the green bond underwriting market in the third quarter of 2017, helped by a series of benchmark-sized issues in emerging markets.

  • People moves: La Banque Postale, Grant & Eisenhofer

    13 October 2017

    Luisa Florez has joined La Banque Postale Asset Management as the company's head of sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) research.