Thomas Cox

BlueOrchard raises $200m for emerging markets impact fund

Swiss firm BlueOrchard Finance has raised $207 million at the second closing of its fund for helping emerging markets...

Fidelity International to vote against company management for climate inaction

From 2022, US asset management giant Fidelity International will vote against management at companies that fail to address the climate change crisis.

Bond round-up: Action Logement, RBC, Seaspan, Royalty Pharma, PPC, Thai Union ... and more

BlackRock votes against 255 directors for climate concerns

BlackRock Investment Stewardship voted against, or abstained from voting for, the re-election of 255 directors...

Bank of Russia recommends companies disclose ESG data

The Russian central bank has "encouraged" domestic public companies disclose environmental, social and governance (ESG) data in line with recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards

NN IP: Sovereign green bonds struggle for EU taxonomy alignment

Sovereign green bonds "generally underperform" with regards to their alignment with the EU taxonomy of sustainable activities, according to NN IP, one of the biggest green bond fund managers

Implied temperature rise disclosure could be gamed, CDP says

Corporations could manipulate their disclosure of the implied temperature rise associated with investments to make the data look better than the reality, the CDP has warned

EU investments classed 'sustainable' fall $1.8trn in wake of action plan

BOJ to fund climate projects in return for disclosures

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has said it will help fund financial institutions' projects addressing climate change ...

Technological advances lower barriers to entry for spatial finance, study finds

Financial institutions are increasingly using 'spatial finance' data to assess climate risk after technological advances