Michael Hurley

Articles by Michael Hurley

  • Luxembourg Stock Exchange strikes green bond deal with Shanghai Clearing House

    28 March 2018

    An agreement to "close the information gap" between international investors and green bonds traded on the Chinese Interbank Bond Market has been signed by two of the market's key players.

  • UK should 'go beyond TCFD' and lead world in disclosure, say industry leaders

    28 March 2018

    An industry taskforce has urged the UK Government to boost the growth of green finance by enforcing the voluntary recommendations of the FSB's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in law.

  • Investors wake up to collective engagement clout

    26 March 2018

    Climate-related resolutions at Exxon and Shell garnered the support of the world's largest investors. Now asset managers and owners are massing together to move entire sectors, writes Michael Hurley.

  • Green Loan Principles could define "new shape of green finance"

    23 March 2018

    A newly-launched set of Green Loan Principles could prove a key catalyst to develop a robust green lending market, according to law firm White & Case.

  • Oil and gas transition laggards risk "run for green" in mid-2020s, says report

    22 March 2018

    Oil companies that invest in green assets before 2020 are likely to outperform peers and avoid a risk-intense "rush for green" in the 2020s, according to the results of a 2°C transition 'wargame'.

  • TPI hails watershed moment for investors in oil and gas

    21 March 2018

    A Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) study of disclosures by Shell, Total and Petrobras can "fundamentally change the game" for investors hoping to pressure oil majors into reducing their carbon emissions.

  • IFC urges emerging markets to be sovereign green bond 'gamechangers'

    20 March 2018

    The IFC has encouraged emerging market countries to follow Fiji in issuing a green bond, as it publishes guidance it hopes could attract a host of new issuers.

  • Aquila Capital sets €750m target for 'energy transition' fund

    20 March 2018

    Aquila Capital aims to invest €750 million ($925 million) in renewables projects with the launch of its Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund (ETIF).

  • Companies sluggish to act on TCFD, report finds

    19 March 2018

    Just one in 10 companies provide incentives for board members to manage climate-related risks and opportunities, representing a failure to act on the recommendations of the FSB's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a report has found.

  • People moves: Legal & General Capital, Vigeo Eiris, Lekela and NIB

    16 March 2018

    Legal & General Capital (LGC) has recruited former RBS group treasurer John Cummins as its managing director of urban regeneration and clean energy.