Archive

  • Wind 2017: Khalladi Wind Project

    30 June 2017

    Developer Acwa Power's 120MW Khalladi Wind Project in Morocco will sell 80% of the power it produces to three large cement companies.

  • People moves: GIIN, CMIA, Church Commissioners, GCF

    30 June 2017

    The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has promoted Giselle Leung to managing director.

  • Report points to difficulties in assessing insurance impact of climate change

    30 June 2017

    The build-up of greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere is expected to lead to more frequent and intense weather events, but there remains a good deal of uncertainty about the forecasts, according to AIR Worldwide.

  • Mirova to buy Althelia Ecosphere

    29 June 2017

    Sustainable investment specialist Mirova has agreed to buy conservation finance specialist Althelia Ecosphere as it looks to gain a leadership position in natural capital, which it describes as "the next frontier of impact investment".

  • Mark Carney: It doesn't matter whether the G20 supports the TCFD

    29 June 2017

    The recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will gain traction even if they are not officially backed by the G20, Mark Carney has claimed.

  • Link remuneration to climate risk, says TCFD

    29 June 2017

    A key update in the final recommendations of the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is a call to link climate-related risks and disclosure play in remunerations.

  • Final TCFD report supported by investors with $25trn

    29 June 2017

    The Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has released its final report, with the public support of investors with roughly $25 trillion in assets under management. Other businesses with a combined market capitalisation of approximately $3.5 trillion have also supported the recommendations.

  • WHEB to manage Australian sustainability fund

    29 June 2017

    WHEB Asset Management will take over the management of an Australian sustainability fund.

  • Solactive and Candriam launch responsible indexes

    28 June 2017

    Index provider Solactive and asset manager Candriam have developed sustainable and responsible indexes and funds trading them.

  • Green bond round-up, 28 June 2017

    28 June 2017

    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to issue its fourth green bond this year, hoping to raise $500 million, which will make it the largest municipal issuer in the world.