Christopher Marchant

New initiative to evaluate the impact of ESG on infrastructure investing

08 October 2019

French investment bank Natixis has partnered with academic researcher EDHECinfra to launch a three-year research initiative to examine how sustainability impacts infrastructure investing.
Norway's largest pension fund to exclude oil sands companies

07 October 2019

Norwegian public sector pension fund KLP has pledged to exclude companies that make more than 5% of their revenue from oil sands.

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Sovereign debt engagement 'not comparable' with corporates, says Aegon AM

03 April 2025

Engagement with sovereign sustainable debt issuers is still "not comparable" with corporate issuers, Aegon Asset Management told attendees at an Environmental Finance conference, highlighting particular difficulties over reputational risk.
EDF 'open' to exploring debt for nature swaps

03 April 2025

French energy giant EDF is 'open' to exploring a debt for nature swap transaction if the concept becomes available for corporate issuers, an Environmental Finance conference has heard.
Two-year delay to CSRD reporting approved, in 'step toward full exemption'

03 April 2025

EU lawmakers have approved a two-year delay to corporate sustainability reporting for companies that were set to comply from next year, in a vote one observer said was the first step...
EU Green Bond Standard set to fuel debate on overhauling DNSH, says Mirova

03 April 2025

The first deals aligned with the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) suggest the regulation will fuel the debate on overhauling the EU's criteria to ensure investments 'do no significant harm' (DNSH) to sustainability objectives, Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt EMEA conference heard.
Step-downs are essential for our SLB, says Slovenia

03 April 2025

While the structure of Slovenia's sustainability-linked bond (SLB) is yet to be decided, the inclusion of a coupon step-down is "essential", its Treasury head told a conference.