Joe Walsh

Articles by Joe Walsh

  • East Capital launches Sustainable Emerging Market Fund

    27 June 2017

    Swedish asset manager East Capital is set to launch a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) aligned emerging market fund.

  • Pension funds' response to climate risk is glacial, says Mercer

    26 June 2017

    Ahead of the much anticipated final release of a report by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a survey by consultancy firm Mercer has found that only 5% of European pension funds consider the investment risk climate change poses to their portfolios.

  • EEFIG launches energy efficiency investment framework

    23 June 2017

    A framework has been launched to encourage financial institutions to embrace energy efficiency investments.

  • Marguerite makes first investments in Sweden and Portugal

    22 June 2017

    European infrastructure fund Marguerite has acquired a 46.8MW wind project in Sweden and two 15MW biomass plants in Portugal, marking its first investments in the countries.

  • South Pole sells carbon tool to ISS

    22 June 2017

    South Pole Group has sold its investment climate data advisory tool, Climate Neutral Investments (CNI), to governance consultancy firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS).

  • Oil & gas companies risk $2.3trn in stranded assets

    21 June 2017

    $2.3 trillion of future upstream investments by 69 oil & gas companies is at risk of becoming stranded assets, according to a new report by Carbon Tracker Initiative and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • Green bond impact tool launched at Environmental Finance's conference

    20 June 2017

    Asset manager Lion's Head Global Partners has launched Carbon Yield, a tool to help green bond investors calculate the environmental impact of their investments.

  • LuxFlag launches green bond label as investors seek more transparency

    20 June 2017

    The Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency (LuxFlag) has launched its Green Bond label as 'investors [are] looking for more transparency'.

  • Social bonds are a 'distraction' from green bonds

    19 June 2017

    Social bonds are a 'distraction' from green bonds, as most mainstream investors are just getting used to the latter, Ulf Erlandsson, senior portfolio manager at Swedish pension fund AP4, told Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Europe Conference.

  • BoE outlines climate change response

    16 June 2017

    The Bank of England (BoE) has outlined its response to climate change in a new report that is hoped will encourage other financial institutions to follow.