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  • Annual Market Rankings winners revealed

    09 December 2016

    Environmental Finance is proud to announce the winners in its 17th Annual Market Rankings.

  • Axa's green bond fund grows by a third in first year

    09 December 2016

    Axa Investment Managers' green bond fund has seen its assets grow by more than a third in its first year, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • TCFD's four major disclosure recommendations revealed

    09 December 2016

    Details of the four major disclosure recommendations from Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) have emerged ahead of the report's launch next week.

  • BNDES launches new ESG approach

    08 December 2016

    Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has committed to play an active role in pushing environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns in its portfolio companies, as it looks to catalyse foreign investment.

  • Poland reveals details of landmark green bond framework

    08 December 2016

    The Republic of Poland has revealed details of its green bond framework, as its begins to roadshow what may become the first sovereign green notes to hit the market.

  • Low levels of disclosure hinders sustainable investment

    08 December 2016

    Low levels of disclosure are standing in the way of massive demand for sustainable investing, according to a new report by HSBC.

  • Green bonds round-up

    07 December 2016

    Colombia-based financial services provider Bancolombia has issued the country's first green bond, raising COP1.5 billion ($115 million) from the sole investor, International Finance Corporation (IFC).

  • Green bond comment: November

    07 December 2016

    November has been a blockbuster month for the green bond market, with multiple record breaking issues.

  • Protection gap for climate change risks grows to $100bn

    07 December 2016

    Climate change related risks have dramatically reduced insurers' ability to underwrite certain assets, a report has found.

  • Investing in a changing climate

    06 December 2016

    Insurers are increasingly factoring climate change into their investment decisions. But they are only at the start of a long learning process, finds Peter Cripps. This is the second part of a three-part series on how insurers are dealing with climate change