Elena K. Johansson

Articles by Elena K. Johansson

  • HSBC offers Walmart suppliers sustainability-linked finance

    18 April 2019

    HSBC is to offer Walmart's suppliers cheaper finance if they improve their sustainability performance.

  • Morgan Stanley to underwrite more bonds in battle against plastic waste

    18 April 2019

    Morgan Stanley Global Capital Markets plans to underwrite more bonds to reduce plastic waste, as part of a new initiative to tackle the global problem.

  • Bonds round-up: ICBC, Banque Postale, ABN Amro, ERG, Yorkshire Water, Woolworths, Shinhan Bank, IADB, Chile, Otto, Arizona State University, NYC Housing, OPIC, Nomura, Trianon

    17 April 2019

    La Banque Postale has issued its first green bond, raising €750 million ($849 million).

  • NGO aims to raise $1.6bn from blue bonds to protect oceans

    17 April 2019

    An environmental NGO has set out to raise $1.6 billion from blue bonds, in an attempt to protect the world's most biodiversity-critical ocean habitats.

  • Nomura launches 'positive impact' equity fund

    16 April 2019

    Nomura Asset Management (NAM) has launched its first sustainable equity fund, which aims to make a “positive impact” on the environment and society.

  • Polish banks join European energy-efficient mortgage pilot scheme

    15 April 2019

    A European initiative to explore the benefits of offering favourable mortgage conditions for energy efficient homes has expanded into Poland.

  • UK pension investor acquires £50m onshore wind farm portfolio

    15 April 2019

    UK infrastructure investor Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) has acquired a £50 million ($65.5 million) onshore wind farm portfolio by Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), a venture capital and growth equity firm with $1 billion of assets under management.

  • GPIF: ESG's Hiro

    12 April 2019

    Japan's GPIF has embraced ESG integration. Elena K. Johansson looks at the evolution of its strategy

  • People Moves: Deka Investment, RCG, E3G and Actis

    12 April 2019

    Deka Investment, a subsidiary of German DekaBank with €282.9 billion (€320 billion) assets under management, has appointed Ingo Speich as head of sustainability and corporate governance.

  • S&P launches ESG evaluation tool

    11 April 2019

    S&P Global Ratings has launched its long-awaited environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluation tool, in a move that will throw it into direct competition with existing sustainability rating providers such as MSCI.