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UK, Chinese finance groups reveal plans to boost environmental disclosures
12 September 2018Details have been released of three-year action plans to improve disclosure of environmental information by a group of Chinese and UK financial institutions.
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UN talks make slow progress on key carbon market questions
10 September 2018Delegates returning from last week's UN climate change talks in Bangkok reported modest progress but numerous sources of disagreement on how market mechanisms could help achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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RGGI allowance price jumps to two-year high in latest auction
10 September 2018Emission allowances in the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) hit a two-year high clearing price of $4.50 in the latest quarterly auction.
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Green bonds round-up, 5 September 2018
05 September 2018German real estate bank, Deutsche Hypothekenbank, has issued its second €500 million ($580 million) green Pfandbrief.
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Green bond round-up 29 August 2018
29 August 2018Second deal makes SSE biggest UK corporate issuer
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Santander, Bunge and TNC bid to boost sustainable soy production
29 August 2018A novel financing mechanism to reduce the environmental impact of increased soy production has been developed by Santander Brasil, agribusiness giant Bunge and The Nature Conservancy (TNC).
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Pimco wins AUD440 million ESG fixed income mandate
29 August 2018Australian pension fund Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded Pimco a mandate to manage AUD440 million ($322 million) of fixed-income securities according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
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Green bond round-up, 22 August 2018
22 August 2018Bank Australia has raised AUD125 million ($92 million) from its inaugural sustainability notes.
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SDGs provide 'ideal framework' to analyse impact, says asset manager
21 August 2018The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide "an ideal framework" to analyse the social and environmental impacts resulting from engagement with investee companies, investors have been told.
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EU carbon prices could double in five years, says thinktank
21 August 2018The price of carbon emissions in the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) is set to double to between €35 and €40 ($40-$46) in the next five years, according to Carbon Tracker, a UK-based thinktank.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
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Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference round-up
20 September 2024Another hugely successful Environmental Finance event in New York highlights the progress that continuous innovation and improvement is providing sustainable debt markets - with plenty more to come. Ahren Lester reports
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Investors must move beyond 'lip service' on biodiversity, says Nuveen
20 September 2024Investors must move beyond "lip service" and actually be willing to look at nature and biodiversity investment opportunities, Nuveen has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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Dow Chemical could issue second green bond in the future
20 September 2024Dow Chemical has not ruled out issuing a second green bond in the future, although any decision will not be made until after the US election in November.
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Brazilian development bank to fund next wave of renewable technology
19 September 2024The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) wants to fund the next wave of renewable technology in the country, but there is a need for more blended finance, according to Luciana Costa, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change managing director at BNDES.
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Sovereign SLBs challenging due to the nature of the issuer
19 September 2024Sovereigns across the world have embraced the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) instruments, with issuance increasingly being considered, but the nature of sovereigns creates some challenges for investors, the audience at Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 heard.