Joe Walsh

Articles by Joe Walsh

  • World Bank concludes PAF with $13m carbon auction

    12 January 2017

    The World Bank concluded the pilot phase of its climate change auction initiative after it agreed to buy $13 million of carbon credits in a reverse auction.

  • Investors with assets worth over £2trn back transition to low-carbon economy

    11 January 2017

    Eighteen institutional investors with assets totalling £2.07 trillion ($2.6 trillion) have launched an initiative to support the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) call for investors to assess whether their portfolio companies are positioning themselves to transition to a low-carbon economy.

  • ERAFP selects asset managers for €350m of funds

    11 January 2017

    The French public services additional pension scheme (ERAFP) has awarded two private equity mandates with a combined value of approximately €350 million ($370.5 million), which will be in fitting with the firm's low-carbon socially responsible investing (SRI) approach.

  • IIGCC appoints Damgaard Jensen new chair

    10 January 2017

    The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has appointed PKA CEO Peter Damgaard Jensen as its new chair.

  • 2017 to see more complex green finance, says SICM

    09 January 2017

    The coming year will see more complex financial green offerings and more environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues enter the world of fixed income products, according to one US-based investment firm.

  • Former PRI executive director joins UBS

    09 January 2017

    Swiss bank UBS has recruited the founder and former head of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), James Gifford, as senior impact investing strategist.

  • Cicero is biggest second opinion provider in 2016 - despite bumper year for Sustainalytics

    06 January 2017

    The Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (Cicero) was the biggest second opinion provider in the green bond market in 2016, but Sustainalytics is breathing down its neck after signing up more new business than any of its competitors.

  • TERP sells 365MW solar portfolio for £470m

    06 January 2017

    US-listed yieldco TerraForm Power (TERP) has agreed to sell a solar photovoltaic (PV) portfolio in the UK to an Egyptian investment bank for £470 million ($580 million).

  • Water fund manager eyes second fundraise

    05 January 2017

    A US-based wastewater treatment company has revealed that it is considering raising a second fund, just weeks after it announced the first investment from its inaugural investment vehicle.

  • EU ETS needs further reform to prevent drastic price falls

    04 January 2017

    Ambitious reform is urgently needed to rescue the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from further falls in prices, which some analysts warn could sink as low as €2.50 ($2.60) a tonne by the end of 2017.