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  • EU carbon market weekly update - 12 June 2017

    12 June 2017

    EU Allowance prices show no sign of breaking out of the €4.90 - €5.20 range this week, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Consultation aims to strengthen finance sector guide on natural capital

    12 June 2017

    Rory Sullivan and Mark Gough call for feedback on draft guidance which aims to help identify, measure and value natural capital within banking, investment and insurance activities

  • Utilities that are renewables leaders have competitive advantage - S&P

    12 June 2017

    European utilities companies that are market leaders in renewables have a clear competitive advantage as the sector transforms, according to a report by S&P.

  • Investors dominate latest RGGI auction, as prices slip further

    12 June 2017

    Carbon prices slipped to a new three-year low in the latest auction of emission allowances by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), with investment firms buying more than half of the allowances on offer.

  • CalSTRS to sell remaining holdings in coal companies

    12 June 2017

    The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) has committed to sell all of its remaining shares in companies that produce coal for power generation by 1 July.

  • France taps its €7bn sovereign green bond, raising a further €1.6bn

    09 June 2017

    The Republic of France has tapped its record breaking €7 billion ($7.9 billion) sovereign green bond, raising a further €1.632 billion.

  • HSBC appoints Clarke as EMEA head of sustainable bonds

    09 June 2017

    HSBC has appointed Victoria Clarke as head of sustainable bonds for debt capital markets in the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

  • North American electricity utilities trail European counterparts in transition to low-carbon economy

    09 June 2017

    Electricity utilities are, on average, not reducing emissions fast enough to be in line with a scenario that would limit climate change to the Paris Agreement's 2°C target, a Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) study has found.

  • Transition Pathway Initiative grows to £3trn of AUM

    09 June 2017

    New investors have joined the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), which can now claim to be supported by £3 trillion ($3.88 trillion) of assets.

  • Why asset owners should take heed of the transition to a low-carbon economy

    08 June 2017

    Addressing the energy transition is a necessary long-term strategy, but it may throw up risks in the shorter-term as well, say Richard Folland and Shuen Chan