Ahren Lester

Assessing Asian green bonds

Reporting of environmental and social impact is 'patchy' among Asian green bonds, finds a report, which recommends eight priorities for the market. Ahren Lester reports

Healthcare impact investing webinar: Investment need accelerating but data dearth hampers storytelling

American Century Investments explains how impact investing in healthcare can pay social and financial dividends, but that data shortfalls make the story harder to tell. Ahren Lester reports.

Bloomberg launches its own 'fully transparent' ESG scores

Bloomberg has launched proprietary, company-level environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores, marking a significant expansion of the sustainability data available on its terminals.

UniCredit plans 2028 coal sector exit in updated policy

UniCredit has taken a harder line against thermal coal, pledging to stop financing its mining or burning entirely by 2028, as the exodus from the carbon-intensive fuel by global lenders continues.

ESG ETF assets could hit over 3% of market by 2029, Morgan Stanley

Rapid growth of assets in environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) could see them hit almost $600 billion - equivalent to around 3.2% of the total market - by 2029, according to Morgan Stanley.

Fulcrum launches £70m Paris-aligned equity fund

Fulcrum Asset Management has launched a global equity fund which is aligned to the climate goal of the Paris Agreement.

Industry standard for tailings dam management launched

A global industry standard on how to manage tailings dams from construction through to closure has been launched, described as an "important milestone" towards ensuring zero harm to people and the environment following a series of disasters.

Circular economy webinar: Integration and data are key to development

Accelerating investment in the circular economy requires banking innovation as well as increasingly holistic thinking and transparent data, the speakers at an Environmental Finance webinar said, with current progress leaving plenty of reasons to be upbeat. Ahren Lester reports.

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Swire Properties, Adecoagro, Murra Wara II

ISS ESG launches transition bond second party opinion service

ISS ESG has updated its second party opinion (SPO) methodology to support issuers of transition bonds ahead of guidance being published later in 2020.