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China and US ratification 'could see climate deal start this year'
05 September 2016China and the US have ratified the Paris climate deal, raising the possibility that it could come into force as soon as this year.
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Green bond comment - August
02 September 2016The green bond market could see $100 billion of issues this year.
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France plans to become first sovereign green bond issuer next year
02 September 2016France has reconfirmed its plan to become the first sovereign issuer of a green bond, after it revealed plans to tap the market next year with a multi-billion euro issue.
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Award-winning ESG analyst moves to new firm
02 September 2016An award-winning environmental, social and governance (ESG) analyst is to move to a new employer, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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EEX to launch wind futures product next month
01 September 2016The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will next month launch a futures product to help power traders hedge against the volatility of wind power production.
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Sustainable farming initiative could spawn Argentina's first green bond
01 September 2016A sustainable farming initiative which aims to regenerate degraded land in Argentina could lead to the country's first green bond.
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Insurers worth $1.2trn urge end to G20 fossil fuel subsidies
30 August 2016Insurers with $1.2 trillion in combined assets have urged G20 governments to commit to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020, ahead of next week's meeting in China.
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BlackRock launches fixed income impact fund
26 August 2016BlackRock has launched the first fixed income fund under its $200 billion 'impact' platform.
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Benchmark indexes 'should start incorporating ESG factors'
26 August 2016Benchmark equity indexes should start incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) data into their rules, a major insurer has said.
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$13trn of investors call on G20 to act on Paris agreement
24 August 2016An investor coalition representing $13 trillion of assets has urged the G20 to ratify the Paris climate agreement this year and take action to ensure that its targets are met.
- La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup
- France launches voluntary biodiversity credit market
- BNP Paribas targets $500m for developed markets forestry fund
- COP29: Financing Net Zero
- Artesian: Two-way coupons could 'reignite' SLB market
- Finance Earth plans for life after Federated Hermes following withdrawal from collaborations
- Converting Bridgerton to Bog Hall
- EU countries failing to transpose CSRD risk increasing costs of compliance, observers say
- EU countries reject move to weaken Deforestation Regulation
- Fight or flight: Contract and financing considerations for UK SAF projects
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Webinar: COP29 a missed opportunity to support private sector transition planning
22 November 2024A lack of progress on negotiations at COP29 is undermining hopes that countries could support the creation of an international framework that would support private sector transition planning, a webinar hosted by the IFC and Environmental Finance heard.
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Bahamas signs 'ground-breaking' $300m debt-for-nature loan deal
22 November 2024The Bahamas has signed a $300 million loan with Standard Chartered as part of a ground-breaking marine conservation-focused debt conversion transaction developed with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'
22 November 2024The nature financing gap remains concerningly wide, but the increasingly active debt-for-nature market offers hope that the tide is turning. Ahren Lester reports
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Scaling Biodiversity Credits
21 November 2024The International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity credits launched at COP16 a framework consisting of 21 High-Level Principles to ensure the high-integrity of the biodiversity credit market. Ingrid Kukuljan explains what they hope to achieve
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Account for nature on balance sheets, says Sustainable Markets Initiative
21 November 2024The public and private sectors have been encouraged to account for nature as an asset by the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) to deliver more accurate balance sheet information.