Michael Hurley

Articles by Michael Hurley

  • NY Green Bank adds $65m in Q2 deals

    20 August 2018

    NY Green Bank has committed to invest an additional $64.9 million in clean energy projects, its second quarter results show.

  • Private sector lagging on climate disclosure, report claims

    17 August 2018

    Private sector asset owners tend to be less prepared than their public sector counterparts to make voluntary public statements and disclosures related to climate change, a report has claimed.

  • Private equity must improve transparency to reap green benefits, says investment manager

    16 August 2018

    Private equity firms must do more to improve their transparency if they are to embrace the low-carbon transition investment opportunity, according to Earth Capital Partners (ECP).

  • Green bond round-up, 15 August 2018

    15 August 2018

    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is set to return to the green bond market with its eighth issue, and its first of 2018.

  • MEAG and Luxcara structure debt and equity deal for wind farm

    14 August 2018

    Asset managers MEAG and Luxcara have structured a debt and equity deal to finance construction and commissioning of a Norwegian wind farm, it has been revealed.

  • One-third of PRI signatories submit TCFD-themed reporting

    13 August 2018

    About one third (30%) of Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatories have voluntarily reported according to a Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-style framework.

  • Tipping the scales: A look at Natixis' 'green weighting factor'

    13 August 2018

    French bank Natixis plans to apply a 'green weighting factor' to its portfolio of financing deals by 2019. Michael Hurley asks why now?

  • UK pension fund forum urges greater climate action from 16 firms

    10 August 2018

    The UK Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) issued several climate-related voting alerts to ramp up pressure on 16 oil and gas, mining and transport companies in the second quarter of this year.

  • Majority of Australian investments are ‘responsible’, report finds

    09 August 2018

    More than half of all professionally managed investments in Australia were labelled ‘responsible’ in 2017, according to a survey of asset managers.

  • ISO working group eyes standard for green loans

    06 August 2018

    An International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) working group currently developing a green bond standard has also launched plans to create a standard for green loans, Environmental Finance has learned.