Michael Hurley

Articles by Michael Hurley

  • ESMA urges EU Commission to increase sustainability regulation

    14 June 2019

    The European Commission has been urged by an EU supervisory authority to introduce regulation, rather than non-binding guidelines, in areas such as requiring sustainability-related disclosures and accreditation of green bond second opinion providers.

  • Pimco, AfDB, Iberdrola and ING elected to GBP executive committee

    13 June 2019

    US investment management giant Pimco and Dutch bank ING are among four institutions to have been elected to the executive committee of the Green Bond Principles (GBPs) and Social Bond Principles (SBPs).

  • GBPs map 'green' project eligibility against other taxonomies

    13 June 2019

    A mapping of how the influential Green Bond Principles' (GBPs) judgment of "greenness" corresponds with that of other standards and taxonomies has been published.

  • Green bond round-up, 12 June 2019

    12 June 2019

    The US Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) plans to enter the green bond market with a new commercial mortgage-backed security programme.

  • RGGI carbon allowance prices rise as $74m raised at auction

    10 June 2019

    The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon trading scheme of nine northeastern US states has raised a combined $74 million at its second auction in 2019.

  • Confidence in China’s emissions trading scheme rockets in IETA survey

    06 June 2019

    Confidence that carbon trading in China will begin before 2021 has almost doubled since last year, a survey of organisations in the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading market has revealed.

  • Bond round-up: SGP, ESB, EIB, and more...

    05 June 2019

    California's State Treasurer has called for the state to become a model issuer of green bonds, by setting stringent requirements to ensure that "green bonds marketed to investors truly are green".

  • TCFD update exposes low level of climate strategy disclosure

    05 June 2019

    “Much work remains” for organisations to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), particularly when it comes to disclosing strategies to manage their role in the energy transition, a survey has revealed.

  • May is record month for green, social and sustainability bond issuance

    03 June 2019

    Combined issuance from the green, social and sustainability bond markets in May soared to $32.6 billion – the highest total yet for a single month.

  • Aquila raises €154m from renewables fund IPO

    03 June 2019

    German asset manager Aquila Capital’s European Renewables Income fund has raised €154 million ($172 million) by listing on the London Stock Exchange.