Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • Dublin chosen to promote sustainable finance in Europe

    17 August 2018

    Dublin has been selected as the European hub of the Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) network.

  • Investors call for tougher sustainability standards for palm oil

    16 August 2018

    Global investors managing about $6.7 trillion have called on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to adopt a more robust and effective standard for production of the widely-used vegetable oil.

  • Green bond round-up, 15 August 2018

    15 August 2018

    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to return to the green bond market with its eighth issue, and its first of 2018.

  • GIG makes first Asian acquisition

    14 August 2018

    The UK's Green Investment Group (GIG) has made its first acquisition in the Asian renewables market with the purchase of a portfolio of solar energy assets from Conergy.

  • World Bank plans 'blockchain bond'

    13 August 2018

    The World Bank is planning to launch what it claims will be the first global bond to be "created, allocated, transferred and managed ... using distributed ledger technology".

  • Last chance to vote in poll of voluntary carbon market!

    03 August 2018

    Voting in Environmental Finance's annual survey of the voluntary carbon market closes on 10 August.

  • ‘Heat stress’ will hit Asian and African economies hard by 2045, say analysts

    03 August 2018

    The economic cost of climate change is likely to be felt most acutely over the next 30 years in Africa and South East Asia, according to risk analysis firm Verisk Maplecroft.

  • Green bonds round-up, 1 August 2018

    01 August 2018

    Moody's Investors Service has lowered its expectations for green bond issuance this year, in light of slower growth in the first six months.

  • Impax attracts £286m from UK wealth manager

    01 August 2018

    Impax Asset Management has been selected by UK wealth manager St James's Place to manage its £286 million ($376 million) Sustainable and Responsible Equity fund.

  • Rabobank and EIB expand 'impact loan' programme to €600m

    31 July 2018

    Rabobank is to make an additional €250 million ($293 million) available to 'environment-conscious' companies in the Netherlands, in the form of 'impact loans' with preferential interest rates.