Joe Schroeder

Articles by Joe Schroeder

  • South Africa enacts carbon tax to help meet Paris goals

    29 May 2019

    South Africa, the largest contributor to fossil fuel emissions in Africa, has enacted a new carbon tax to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with targets laid out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.

  • Solactive invests in European advisory firm Minerva

    28 May 2019

    German index provider Solactive has made an equity investment in proxy voting and investment advisory firm Minerva.

  • BNP Paribas launches first circular economy ETF

    23 May 2019

    BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has launched what they believe to be the first circular economy exchange traded fund (ETF).

  • Bonds round-up: TenneT, Philips, NWB, LBBW, Avangrid and more...

    22 May 2019

    SFIL, a state-owned lender to French local authorities, has issued a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) social bond, following a similar transaction by its Caffil subsidiary in February 2019.

  • BP climate change resolution passes with 99% support

    22 May 2019

    A shareholder resolution calling on BP to prepare a business strategy consistent with the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change secured 99.14% of votes at the oil giant's annual general meeting.

  • Generation Investment Management closes $1bn impact investing fund

    22 May 2019

    Generation Investment Management LLP (GIM) has closed its $1 billion impact investment fund, Sustainable Solutions Fund III.

  • Financial firms should press for deeper cuts in ship emissions, says ShareAction

    17 May 2019

    Investors and banks should press the shipping industry to aim for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to the campaigning UK charity ShareAction.

  • Aquila Capital aims to raise €300m for latest renewables fund

    15 May 2019

    German asset manager Aquila Capital plans to raise €300 million ($336 million) from a London Stock Exchange listing of a new renewables fund.

  • Goldman Sachs to offer derivatives based on Stoxx ESG indexes

    14 May 2019

    Stoxx Ltd, a subsidiary of Deutsche Boerse, has licensed three of its European indexes with an environmental, social and governance (ESG) focus to Goldman Sachs, which will use them to create a series of leveraged financial products.

  • CDP names its 43 A rated cities, to spur greater ambition

    13 May 2019

    Forty-three cities have received an 'A' rating from CDP for their work in combating climate change, including London, Paris and Hong Kong.