Ahren Lester

NBIM urges Japan to adopt global human rights disclosure standards

The manager of the NOK11.9 trillion ($1.2 trillion) Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has urged Japanese policymakers to encourage companies to provide human rights disclosures...

US natural capital strategy will 'ease' corporate de-risking, reporting

Investors have been urged by Jefferies to watch US national natural capital accounting developments closely, with the recently published US government strategy set to 'ease' ...

Aegon focuses £490m short-dated bond fund on 'climate transition'

Chinese firms 'must improve ESG' in APAC listing pivot from US

Chinese companies delisting from the US may need to improve their environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach if they wish to shift their secondary listing to Hong Kong or Singapore...

Shrinking sovereign greenium 'can no longer be taken for granted'

Worsening market liquidity is shrinking the size of the 'greenium' for sovereign, sub-sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) green bond issuers...

US states target ESG investment as US SIF hits back at 'political' attacks

Politicians in two US states have launched anti-environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment policies, whilst the US SIF has published an 'ESG Truths' website amid growing "politically motivated and simplistic attacks" on ESG in the country.

Loan round-up: RPT Realty, Shoprite, CHG-Meridian, Vena Energy ... and more

UN Race to Zero readies 'compliance mechanism'

UN-backed climate campaign Race to Zero (RTZ) has confirmed further information on its 'compliance mechanism' will be published in September, with a major partner welcoming plans to remove members who fail to meet its strengthened criteria.

Bond round-up: EIB, Massachusetts, Barloworld, KBC, NN ... and more

Sustainable bonds take record market share

Sovereign green bond issuance helped labelled debt secure a record share of the European bond market in the second quarter, Ahren Lester writes