Madeleine Jenkins

People Moves: HSBC, Santander, Engine No.1 and more

Sustainability-linked and green loan round-up: EIB issues first SLL, and more...

Apex partners with i80 for ESG and loan services

Apex Group, a financial services provider, is partnering with the i80 Group, an investment firm, to provide loan administration and ESG ratings & advisory services, in addition to its existing fund administration services.

FSB releases roadmap to accelerate climate data disclosure

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has released a roadmap for addressing climate-related financial risks, focussing on four main areas...

Blackstone to acquire ESG data provider Sphera for $1.4 billion

Bank of Italy to integrate ESG into investments

Italy's central bank has released a Responsible Investment Charter committing it to the promotion of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles

$6.8trn investors sign up to Net Zero Asset Managers

Forty-one new signatories worth $6.8 trillion have committed to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative

$7trn of investors tell governments to adopt carbon 'price corridor'

The Net-zero Asset Owner Alliance has proposed a 'price corridor' for carbon-pricing mechanisms, arguing that current carbon prices need to almost treble by 2030...

Governance number one ESG factor for NBFI ratings, says Fitch

Fitch says governance is "by far the single most important ESG factor" for its ratings of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) - and governance issues are increasingly likely to be reflected in credit ratings.

People Moves 2 July: IGCC, Green Investment Group and more