Elena K. Johansson

Articles by Elena K. Johansson

  • Corporate green bond issuers 'should have transition strategies'

    07 March 2019

    Investors should base decisions about whether to invest in corporate green bonds on their issuer's forward-looking and low-carbon transition strategy, said panelists at a conference of NGO Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • 79% of green bonds report post-issuance

    06 March 2019

    79% of the green bond market, according to value, is reporting on its use of proceeds (UoP) and impact, according to NGO Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • Green bond round-up: BNP Paribas; NYSERDA; Nigerian first; Konan Ultra Power

    06 March 2019

    BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market, with a €750 million ($850 million) transaction.

  • JP Morgan launches high-yield corporate ESG bond index

    05 March 2019

    JP Morgan has created an environmental, social and governance (ESG) tilted, high-yield corporate bond index.

  • BMO launches SDG engagement fund

    04 March 2019

    BMO Global Asset Management has launched an equity fund that will actively engage with investee companies、 using the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework.

  • ISS ESG launches tools to tailor-make ESG indices

    04 March 2019

    ISS ESG, the responsible investment-focused arm of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), has launched tools that allow investors to create their own customised environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexing strategies.

  • ESG scores may never standardise, argues LGIM

    01 March 2019

    “We may never reach a point where environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores across providers are standardised or uniform”, a Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) index specialist has argued.

  • SEK6.5bn SDG fund makes final close

    01 March 2019

    Swedish private equity firm Summa Equity has grown its SDG fund to SEK6.5 billion ($704 million) at final close, after it was launched three years ago.

  • People moves: SASB, J.P. Morgan AM, Chronos, Ramboll

    01 March 2019

    Madelyn Antoncic has been named chief executive of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Foundation.

  • Norway's Government Pension Fund divests from agricultural companies to combat deforestation

    28 February 2019

    Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund with $1 trillion of assets, has divested from four major agricultural companies to combat deforestation.