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Dublin chosen to promote sustainable finance in Europe
17 August 2018Dublin has been selected as the European hub of the Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) network.
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Investors call for tougher sustainability standards for palm oil
16 August 2018Global 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.
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Green bond round-up, 15 August 2018
15 August 2018New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to return to the green bond market with its eighth issue, and its first of 2018.
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GIG makes first Asian acquisition
14 August 2018The 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.
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World Bank plans 'blockchain bond'
13 August 2018The 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".
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Last chance to vote in poll of voluntary carbon market!
03 August 2018Voting in Environmental Finance's annual survey of the voluntary carbon market closes on 10 August.
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‘Heat stress’ will hit Asian and African economies hard by 2045, say analysts
03 August 2018The 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.
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Green bonds round-up, 1 August 2018
01 August 2018Moody's Investors Service has lowered its expectations for green bond issuance this year, in light of slower growth in the first six months.
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Impax attracts £286m from UK wealth manager
01 August 2018Impax 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.
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Rabobank and EIB expand 'impact loan' programme to €600m
31 July 2018Rabobank 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.
- 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.