Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • Equator Principles revision under fire from investors and NGOs

    28 August 2019

    A proposed revision of the Equator Principles does not go far enough in respecting the rights of indigenous peoples affected by major investment projects, according to more than 50 institutional investors.

  • Amazon fires cast spotlight on finance for natural capital

    27 August 2019

    The current squabbling between G7 countries and Brazil about how to tackle the thousands of fires raging through the Amazon rainforest is a tragic, but timely, reminder of the need for a sharp increase in finance for projects that protect or enhance natural capital assets.

  • Bonds round-up: New York MTA, SNCF, Tideway, CalSTRS, Kenya, Colombia ... and more

    21 August 2019

    New York MTA returns with 11th green bond, SNCF Reseau goes long with 100-year green bond and more

  • Most ASEAN banks still financing coal power and deforestation, says WWF

    21 August 2019

    The vast majority of banks in south-east Asia are still financing ‘unsustainable’ activities such as coal-fired power and deforestation, says WWF.

  • Coeli launches climate-focused Energy Transition hedge fund

    20 August 2019

    Swedish asset manager Coeli has launched an equity hedge fund designed to exploit opportunities arising from the transition to a low-carbon energy sector and the increasingly short project cycles in the sector.

  • EU Carbon Market Update, 19 August 2019

    19 August 2019

    Technical analysis suggests we will see further falls in the EUA price this week, says Louis Redshaw, although the market fundamentals should provide support.

  • Bonds round-up: Porsche, Sun Life, Owens Corning, QIC and more

    14 August 2019

    Automaker Porsche claims largest green Schuldschein, Sun Life deal marks first for life insurance company and more

  • Sustainability reports should be mandatory, say investors

    14 August 2019

    More than 80% of investors “support legal mandates requiring companies to issue sustainability reports” and two-thirds of company executives agree with them, according to a survey by consultancy McKinsey & Co.

  • Japanese regulator to review stewardship code for institutional investors

    13 August 2019

    Japan’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), is to review the Japanese stewardship code to solicit more effective stewardship activities by institutional investors, according to commissioner Toshihide Endo.

  • ING launches sustainability-linked swap contract

    13 August 2019

    ING has structured an interest rate swap in which the payments by the client will be determined, in part, by an assessment of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) achievements.