Nick Roumpis

Articles by Nick Roumpis

  • Sustainable banking principles to be launched in November

    01 June 2018

    Banks from five different continents have joined forces to redefine the sector's purpose, in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement.

  • Pennon Group signs impact loans worth £80m

    31 May 2018

    Water and waste firm Pennon Group and its subsidiary South West Water have become the latest companies to sign new impact loan revolving credit facilities.

  • Green bond round-up, 30 May

    30 May 2018

    The Asia-Pacific green bond market is poised for significant growth, with some $600 billion of new issues expected over the next five years, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML).

  • New food index finds most meat and fish companies are of ‘high risk’

    30 May 2018

    More than half of meat and fish companies are of ‘high risk’, according to the first index for global food companies launched by the $5.9 trillion investor network FAIRR.

  • Robeco targets SDG-positive bonds with new credit strategy

    29 May 2018

    Robeco and RobecoSAM have introduced a new fund that will be allocated to bonds issued by corporates in alignment with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Partners Group plans to invest A$700m in Australian renewable energy

    29 May 2018

    Partners Group has agreed to invest A$700 million ($527.4 million) in the development of a series of large-scale renewable energy projects in Australia.

  • Generali links credit facilities with ESG factors

    25 May 2018

    Generali has introduced environmental, social and governance (ESG) features into its revolving credit facilities, in the latest example of these so-called non-financial factors being incorporated into loans.

  • Green bond round-up, 25 May 2018

    25 May 2018

    Electricity transmission operator TenneT successfully launched its eighth green bond, raising €1.25 billion ($1.5 billion).

  • People moves: PPF, Platina Energy Partners and WSP

    25 May 2018

    The UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has appointed Claire Curtin as its head of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG).

  • Skeleton EU sustainability taxonomy unveiled

    24 May 2018

    The European Commission today revealed the first concrete proposals under its ground-breaking sustainable finance action plan, including the bare bones of a taxonomy, which will underpin much of the development to come.