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  • Impax to acquire sustainable investment firm Pax

    18 September 2017

    UK-based asset manager Impax is to acquire US firm Pax World Management, for an initial sum of $52.5 million, to grow its sustainable investment portfolio.

  • Don't use legal risk as an excuse not to report under TCFD, says Picot

    15 September 2017

    Fear of legal action should not be used as an excuse for companies to refuse to report their climate risks, according to Russell Picot, a special advisor to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • People Moves: B&CE, MSCI, Liontrust, Sarasin

    15 September 2017

    Nico Aspinall has been appointed chief investment officer at UK not-for-profit firm B&CE.

  • Green bond round-up, 13 September 2017

    13 September 2017

    Canada's Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank has doubled the size of its latest green bond transaction to $1 billion, after demand swelled to more than $2 billion.

  • Folksam buys more green bonds and doubles investment target

    13 September 2017

    Sweden's Folksam has acquired $350 million of green bonds from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank.

  • Insurers count the cost of Harvey and Irma

    13 September 2017

    Insurers and their shareholders are breathing a sigh of relief after Hurricane Irma's change of course over Florida resulted in less damage than had been feared.

  • Food firms need to improve response to climate change, says Ceres

    12 September 2017

    Many food companies are poorly prepared to deal with the likely impacts of climate change, according to Ceres, a US-based industry and investor network.

  • How private finance can raise efficiency in conservation markets

    12 September 2017

    Private finance can provide efficient net gains in biodiversity through the OTC offset market, say Jenni Laininen and Brent Matthies.

  • EU carbon market weekly update, 11 September 2017

    11 September 2017

    Some of the 'froth' from last week's 21% leap in EUA prices is expected to come out the market this week, amid higher auction volumes, says Louis Redshaw.

  • SEB recruits Powell from IFC

    11 September 2017

    Swedish bank SEB has recruited IFC's head of funding and Treasury market operations, Ben Powell, to join its sustainability team.