Thomas Cox

Australian 'responsible investment' grows while rest of market shrinks

Investments labelled as 'responsible' grew by AUD298 billion ($291 billion) between 2019 and 2020 while the rest of the market shrunk...

BMO REIT for care housing to list in London

A company managed by Bank of Montreal (BMO) Real Estate Partners that plans to rent out housing for the vulnerable is aiming to raise £250 million...

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Coles, Aligned, NSW Land Registry ... and more

CDP: Finance among sectors most harmful to water resources

Financial services are in the same "critical" category as fossil fuel suppliers in terms of their impact on water...

Bond round-up: Baidu, EnBW, IBRD, Genova, Sajida ... and more

UniSuper halves its fossil fuel exposure in a year

Australian superannuation fund UniSuper has reduced the fossil fuel exposure of its portfolio to 2.55% from 5.05% one year ago.

ClientEarth demands UK regulator investigate Just Eat

Food delivery company Just Eat and cruise ship firm Carnival have been referred to the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for investigation by NGO ClientEarth for poor climate risk disclosure.

Zero emissions proposal for GPFG is 'very significant'

An expert group's recommendation for Norway's sovereign wealth fund to target zero emissions by 2050 for its portfolio is potentially of great significance, an OECD economist has said.

Biodiversity COP delay confirmed

Final meetings in a UN summit to agree a global framework to promote biodiversity will be delayed until April 2022, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has said.

PNC pledges $20 billion in environmental finance

US bank PNC Financial Services has pledged $20 billion over five years for environmental finance across areas including sustainability-linked bonds and loans