Christopher Marchant

Articles by Christopher Marchant

  • Green bonds: Assessing the external reviewers

    26 February 2020

    Sustainalytics continued to dominate the market for external reviewers in 2019, writes Christopher Marchant

  • JetBlue strikes aviation industry's first sustainability-linked loan

    25 February 2020

    US airliner JetBlue has signed a $550 million, sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with BNP Paribas - believes to be the first loan of its kind in the aviation industry.

  • Best Performing Funds of 2019: RobecoSAM Smart Energy

    25 February 2020

    After a tumultuous 2018 for the alternative energy sector, an emphatic rebound for RobecoSAM's Smart Energy fund suggests the future remains bright. Christopher Marchant reports.

  • IIRC seeking feedback as it revises the International Framework

    24 February 2020

    The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) is updating its International Framework, calling for market feedback on specific themes that will inform the nature and direction of the revision.

  • Lloyds excludes Arctic oil and gas exploration

    24 February 2020

    Lloyds Banking Group has pledged to not support oil and gas exploration in the Arctic and Antarctic territories.

  • PRI joins investors in creating expectations for aviation industry

    21 February 2020

    The UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has laid out investor expectations for the aviation sector in the transition to a low carbon economy.

  • People Moves 21 February: FTSE Russell, Actis, UKSIF, Renewables Consulting Group

    21 February 2020

  • HSBC identifies bio-energy and waste as investment opportunities

    20 February 2020

    Bio-energy and waste are the most attractive investment opportunities in the climate sector in the first quarter of 2020, according to analysis by the HSBC Climate Radar.

  • SUSI Partners raises €275m for second energy efficiency fund

    19 February 2020

    Swiss fund manager SUSI Partners has raised €275 million ($297 million) in investor commitments for its SUSI Energy Efficiency Fund II (SEEF II).

  • Standards being prepared for collateral for green covered bonds

    18 February 2020

    The European Covered Bond Council (ECBC) is devising standards to define assets that are eligible for the collateral pools for energy-efficiency covered bonds.