Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • UK, Chinese finance groups reveal plans to boost environmental disclosures

    12 September 2018

    Details have been released of three-year action plans to improve disclosure of environmental information by a group of Chinese and UK financial institutions.

  • UN talks make slow progress on key carbon market questions

    10 September 2018

    Delegates 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.

  • RGGI allowance price jumps to two-year high in latest auction

    10 September 2018

    Emission allowances in the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) hit a two-year high clearing price of $4.50 in the latest quarterly auction.

  • Green bonds round-up, 5 September 2018

    05 September 2018

    German real estate bank, Deutsche Hypothekenbank, has issued its second €500 million ($580 million) green Pfandbrief.

  • Green bond round-up 29 August 2018

    29 August 2018

    Second deal makes SSE biggest UK corporate issuer

  • Santander, Bunge and TNC bid to boost sustainable soy production

    29 August 2018

    A 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).

  • Pimco wins AUD440 million ESG fixed income mandate

    29 August 2018

    Australian 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.

  • Green bond round-up, 22 August 2018

    22 August 2018

    Bank Australia has raised AUD125 million ($92 million) from its inaugural sustainability notes.

  • SDGs provide 'ideal framework' to analyse impact, says asset manager

    21 August 2018

    The 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.

  • EU carbon prices could double in five years, says thinktank

    21 August 2018

    The 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.