Joe Walsh

Articles by Joe Walsh

  • SUSI and South Pole launch €250m Southeast Asia renewables fund

    11 July 2017

    Swiss asset manager SUSI Partners and South Pole Group have launched a €250 million ($285 million) fund targeting renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Southeast Asia.

  • Delayed action on energy transition could double stranded assets, says IRENA

    11 July 2017

    Delaying new policy measures to curb global warming to 2030 will cost an extra $10 trillion in stranded assets, compared to an accelerated deployment of renewables and energy efficiency starting now, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

  • GIIN partners with Deloitte to speed up development of impact investing

    10 July 2017

    The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has appointed Deloitte Consulting as its advisor for a programme to accelerate the development of the impact investing market.

  • Natixis issues first green CMBS

    07 July 2017

    Natixis has issued the world's first green commercial mortgage backed securitisation (CMBS) in collaboration with real estate investors Ivanhoé Cambridge and Callahan Capital Properties, raising $72 million.

  • ESG integration still seen as 'nice to have' rather than 'must have', says PRI

    07 July 2017

    Integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in credit risk analysis is still perceived as 'nice to have' rather than 'must have', by investors and credit rating agencies, according to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) association.

  • Bridges closes £220m property fund

    30 June 2017

    Sustainable and Impact investor Bridges Fund Management has closed its latest social and environmental property fund on £220 million ($285 million).

  • People moves: GIIN, CMIA, Church Commissioners, GCF

    30 June 2017

    The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has promoted Giselle Leung to managing director.

  • Link remuneration to climate risk, says TCFD

    29 June 2017

    A key update in the final recommendations of the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is a call to link climate-related risks and disclosure play in remunerations.

  • Final TCFD report supported by investors with $25trn

    29 June 2017

    The Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has released its final report, with the public support of investors with roughly $25 trillion in assets under management. Other businesses with a combined market capitalisation of approximately $3.5 trillion have also supported the recommendations.

  • Green bond round-up, 28 June 2017

    28 June 2017

    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to issue its fourth green bond this year, hoping to raise $500 million, which will make it the largest municipal issuer in the world.