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  • Investors 'are increasingly demanding that real estate obtains green certification'

    28 April 2017

    Investors are beginning to view real estate developments that lack a sustainability certification as an increased risk, according to one certification company.

  • Comment: Insurers need to move from climate talk to climate action

    28 April 2017

    Could Axa's decision this week to stop underwriting coal projects be copied by the rest of the insurance sector, asks Peter Bosshard

  • NY Green Bank signs $40.6m worth of deals in in Q1

    28 April 2017

    New York Green Bank has closed six financing transactions in the first quarter of 2017 totalling $40.6 million.

  • People: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, PRI

    27 April 2017

    Former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres has been appointed to the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves' Leadership Council.

  • Lombard Odier launches global ESG equities fund

    27 April 2017

    Lombard Odier Investment Managers (IM) has launched a global environmental, social and governance (ESG) focused equities fund, as it ramps up its of impact investment offerings.

  • 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.