Michael Hurley

Articles by Michael Hurley

  • Robeco steps up palm oil engagement with exclusions

    11 March 2019

    NN Investment Partners (NN IP) and Actiam have joined Robeco in urging palm oil producers to improve the sustainability of their operations, as the latter steps up plans to exclude investments in the worst-performing companies.

  • EU agrees sustainable investment disclosure rules

    08 March 2019

    Agreement on a set of rules designed to increase harmonisation of sustainability-related investment disclosures has been reached by the EU Parliament and Council.

  • China’s NDRC includes ‘clean coal’ in new green guidelines

    08 March 2019

    The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China has indicated that it deems ‘clean coal’ projects as eligible to receive funding under new guidelines on green finance.

  • Double down on data to defeat greenwashing, MSCI says

    08 March 2019

    An increase in ‘greenwashing’ can be curbed if asset managers increase the availability of sustainability data of investment portfolios, MSCI has claimed.

  • Sustainability by proxy - Part four: PIRC

    07 March 2019

    In the final part of a series on highly influential proxy voting providers, Michael Hurley asks what PIRC is doing to develop the guidance it provides investors on environmental issues

  • BlackRock launches six sustainable ETFs

    07 March 2019

    BlackRock has launched six 'sustainable' exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as it predicts a 20-fold increase in assets in this space over the next decade.

  • Draft EU green bond standard published

    06 March 2019

    Proposals for an EU green bond standard (EU GBS) have been published, which endorse regulating second opinion providers and requiring post-issuance impact reporting.

  • Green bond round-up: BNP Paribas; NYSERDA; Nigerian first; Konan Ultra Power

    06 March 2019

    BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market, with a €750 million ($850 million) transaction.

  • Airlines failing investors on carbon disclosure, TPI warns

    05 March 2019

    None of the world’s 20 largest publicly listed airlines has set a target that clearly specifies how it will reduce its flight emissions after 2025, according to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).

  • CPR unveils smart beta credit ESG fund

    04 March 2019

    Paris-based CPR Asset Management has launched a ‘smart beta’ credit fund that excludes the worst-performing companies, based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.