Joe Walsh

Articles by Joe Walsh

  • Clean-tech in China: time to smell the air

    14 March 2017

    East Capital has refocused its China strategy on the environment. François Perrin tells Joe Walsh why.

  • Climate change an 'engagement priority' for BlackRock

    13 March 2017

    Disclosure on climate risks will be prioritised by BlackRock as an issue it will engage with its portfolio companies on over the coming financial year.

  • Shareholder pressure forces climate reporting

    13 March 2017

    A Fortune 500 company has bowed to shareholder pressure to start reporting on the risks its business faces from climate change.

  • Volkswagen stock reacts positively to guilty plea

    13 March 2017

    Volkswagen stock has reacted positively following the company's guilty plea to criminal charges in relation to the emissions scandal.

  • Circular economy can save 11% of world's water demand

    10 March 2017

    Circular economy solutions have the potential to save 400 billion cubic metres of water annually, 11% of the world's water demand, according to a new report.

  • UK budget defers green economy decisions for later in the year

    09 March 2017

    The UK budget offered very little for the green economy with major decisions deferred for later in the year, according to one environmentally themed fund manager.

  • CEFC backs green property fund with A$100m

    08 March 2017

    Australia's green bank has invested A$100 million ($76 million) into a green property fund

  • BlackRock launches Japanese ESG ETF

    06 March 2017

    BlackRock has launched an exchange traded fund (ETF) targeting Japanese companies with the highest environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating, as determined by index provider MSCI.

  • Water potential is in Africa rather than China

    03 March 2017

    Africa, rather than China, is where growth potential in water lies, according to a manager of one of the leading water funds.

  • Iberdrola upsizes green bond to €1bn

    02 March 2017

    Spanish utility Iberdrola has priced its second €1 billion ($1.06 billion) green bond. The bond, its fifth green issuance in total was upsized from an initial €750 million.