Hamza Ali

• TCFD could help companies deal with first mover risk when it comes to climate disclosure

  03 March 2017

  The Financial Stability Board's Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendation that companies should use scenario analyses in their reporting could reduce the competitive risks attached to revealing strategically sensitive data.

• MIDIS and Santander provide Banks Renewables £210m debt package

  03 March 2017

  Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions (MIDIS) and Santander have provided a £210 million ($258 million) debt package to Banks Renewables, the renewable energy division of property and energy business, Banks Group.

• World's first green bond ETF launches

  01 March 2017

  The world's first green bond index-linked exchange traded fund (ETF) is set to be launched is set to be listed on the Euronext Paris Thursday, after it received the green light from EU regulators.

• Green bond round-up, 1 March 2017

  01 March 2017

  National Australia Bank (NAB) has issued a €500 million ($526 million) green bond, the largest from an Australian issuer.

• Investors call on companies to commit to halting deforestation

  01 March 2017

  A coalition of investors with $617.5 billion of assets under management, led by Green Century Funds, has called on companies to sign up to 'zero deforestation' commitments specific to Latin America.

  

• AP3 more than doubles green bond investments in 2016

  28 February 2017

  Sweden's third national pension fund, AP3, has more than doubled its green bond investments in 2016, from SEK4.5 billion ($500 million) to SEK9.5 billion.

  

• PRI launches sustainable infrastructure workstream

  27 February 2017

  The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has launched a sustainable infrastructure workstream.

• NRW prepares to issue record-breaking sustainability bond

  27 February 2017

  The German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is gearing up to issue the biggest sustainability bond on the market, Environmental Finance can reveal.

• EDP emissions reduction plan approved by Science-Based Targets

  27 February 2017

  Portuguese utility EDP's emissions reduction plan has been confirmed as in-line with the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming well below 2°C, by NGO Science-Based Targets (SBT).

  

• Québec gears up to issue green bond

  24 February 2017

  Québec is gearing up to roadshow a Canadian dollar-denominated green bond, in its inaugural issue.