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  • Ratings agencies 'don't sufficiently factor-in climate risk'

    27 April 2017

    Sovereign credit ratings do not adequately factor-in long-term risks from climate change and other environmental factors, according to one assessment provider.

  • Asset owners with $12.5trn of AUM warned on climate change

    27 April 2017

    Asset owners with $12.5 trillion of assets under management (AUM) are still failing to demonstrate they are taking action to mitigate climate risk, and have been warned "the time may be approaching when it is too late to avoid portfolio losses".

  • Energy efficiency needs historic level of public-private cooperation

    27 April 2017

    With the support of the public sector, over the next two to three years energy efficiency will rise up the corporate investment agenda and become more of a mainstream financing activity, writes Stephen Hibbert

  • Total outstanding green bond issuance speeds past $200bn

    26 April 2017

    A record breaking first quarter helped total outstanding green bond issuance smash the $200 billion figure, according to the Green Bond Database published by Environmental Finance.

  • LuxFlag to launch 'Green Bond' label

    26 April 2017

    The Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency (LuxFlag) will launch a 'Green Bond' label later this year, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Green bond round-up, 26 April 2017

    26 April 2017

    Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, a subsidiary of California-based health provider Kaiser Permanente, is gearing up to issue its inaugural green bond.

  • S&P launches beefed-up green bond evaluation tool

    26 April 2017

    S&P Global has launched its long-awaited Green Evaluation Tool after beefing-up the list of mitigation projects it can assess.

  • Northam to head GIB as Kingsbury leaves role

    25 April 2017

    Shaun Kingsbury will step down as CEO of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) following its acquisition by a consortium led by Australian bank Macquarie Group for £2.3 billion ($2.9 billion).

  • Exxon board fights climate resolution

    25 April 2017

    ExxonMobil's board has refused to support a climate change resolution backed by investors with over $10 trillion in assets under management (AUM).

  • Axa's investment arm follows insurer in coal divestment

    25 April 2017

    Axa Investment Managers (IM) has followed in the footsteps of its insurance arm by committing to divest its holdings in companies that derive 50% or more of their revenues from coal.