Nick Roumpis

Articles by Nick Roumpis

  • Iberdrola revisits green hybrid market with €700m issue

    20 March 2018

    Iberdrola has made good on its promise to raise more green capital in 2018 by issuing its second green hybrid bond.

  • Sustainalytics boosts emerging markets expertise with Solaron deal

    19 March 2018

    Sustainalytics has bolstered its emerging markets expertise with the acquisition of Solaron Sustainability Services, as the arms race in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data space continues to escalate.

  • ISS expands ESG offering with Oekom acquisition

    15 March 2018

    Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has continued to build out its capabilities in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data arena, with the acquisition of Oekom Research, arguably the last of the independent second party opinion providers in the green bond market.

  • $3trn of investors launch pilot group on TCFD

    15 March 2018

    Nine investors representing around $3 trillion of assets have joined forces to promote climate transparency.

  • Green bond round-up, 14 March 2018

    14 March 2018

    The European Investment Bank (EIB), the biggest single issuer in the green bond market, has tapped two of its outstanding Climate Awareness Bonds (CAB) within days of each other.

  • Climatic Energy seeks to use green bonds to retrofit buildings in California

    13 March 2018

    A newly founded company in California is preparing to use credit-enhanced green bonds to retrofit up to 100 commercial buildings to make them more energy efficient.

  • Norway's wealth fund puts shipping and power under scrutiny

    12 March 2018

    The world's largest sovereign wealth fund is expected to expand its emissions exclusion criteria to cover more sectors.

  • SDGs are not a 'silver bullet' for investors, says Schroders

    12 March 2018

    Schroders has expressed its concern that the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are "misappropriated and misused", as "they were not designed for investors" in the first place.

  • People moves: Lightsource BP, Global Water Partnership and Committee on Climate Change

    09 March 2018

    Michael Bloomberg has been selected as the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Climate Action.

  • Swiss Re develops first ever parametric insurance policy for a coral reef

    09 March 2018

    The first ever parametric insurance policy for a coral reef has been developed by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the Mexican state government of Quintana Roo and Swiss Re.