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  • Sweden plots 2020 green bond issuance

    19 July 2019

    Sweden’s government has unveiled plans to issue a green bond next year, following a lengthy process of deliberation about whether to enter the market.

  • €40bn planned climate endowment to invest in 'green industrial revolution'

    10 June 2019

    A planned "climate endowment" fund hopes to raise between €20 billion ($22.6 billion) and €40 billion to enable institutional investors to invest in "the champions of the green industrial revolution".

  • France green bond supports 7% reduction in residential sector emissions

    30 November 2018

    France's ground-breaking sovereign green bond contributed to a projected 7% reduction in the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of the country's residential homes sector, the first report on the bond's impact has revealed.

  • Mats Andersson's report urges Sweden to issue green bond

    12 January 2018

    Sweden has been urged to follow in France's footsteps and issue a sovereign green bond, by a government-commissioned report into how it can nurture the green bond market.

  • Three institutional investors join $800bn Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition

    15 December 2017

    Three institutional investors managing about $376 billion in combined assets have joined the UN's Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition (PDC).

  • ESG indexes: in the sweet spot

    20 September 2017

    Billions have flowed into funds tracking ESG indexes or low-carbon indexes in recent months. What are the innovations that will drive further growth, asks Peter Cripps

  • Green bonds round-up

    21 December 2016

    Foresight Group has reached the first financial close of its unlabelled green bond fund, raising some €80 million ($83 million).

  • Personality of the Year 2016: Mark Carney

    23 March 2016

    2015 could be seen as the year in which mainstream investors began to wake up to the concept of carbon risk. Mark Carney was arguably the most influential protagonist in this movement.

  • Mats Andersson to step down as AP4 CEO

    02 March 2016

    Mats Andersson is to step down as the CEO of Sweden's AP4 pension fund, meaning the pension sector will lose one of its leading advocates for sustainability.

  • Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition: One Year On

    09 February 2016

    Having attracted $600 billion of commitments, the coalition has made great strides but portfolio-wide decarbonisation is still in its infancy and faces significant challenges, argue Rory Sullivan and Lisa Petrovic