News

  • ISS: Data 'greatest' issue for climate risk methodologies

    04 August 2022

    Data gaps are the biggest barrier to banks as they look to understand climate risk, ISS ESG has said.

  • 'Game-changing' zero-deforestation soy finance initiative launched

    04 August 2022

    Three major UK supermarket chains have invested $11 million in a 'green bond'-backed soy farming finance initiative providing financial incentives for Brazilian farmers to commit to cultivating soy without engaging in deforestation or land conversion.

  • Loan round-up: Eni, BioMed Realty, HICL, Zegna, Esquel ... and more

    04 August 2022
  • Australian super fund NGS Super divests from oil and gas

    04 August 2022

    Australian fund NGS Super has divested from companies involved in oil and gas exploration and production.

  • Bond round-up: General Motors, Intel, NRW.Bank, Lenovo, M+ ... and more

    03 August 2022
  • BIS: Americas central banks building climate into reserves management

    03 August 2022

    Central banks in the Americas are "gradually" adding climate metrics into their risk management frameworks for international reserve investments, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has said.

  • Eiopa elaborates on how insurers can consider climate change in Orsas

    03 August 2022

    The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has published additional guidance on how insurers can assess climate change risks in their own risk and solvency assessments (Orsas).

  • NN IP corporate green bond fund crosses €1bn milestone

    02 August 2022

    The corporate green bond fund of NN Investment Partners (NN IP) has crossed the €1 billion ($1 billion) assets milestone less than three years after launching, becoming the second green bond fund at the Dutch asset manager to achieve this landmark.

  • CCLA: Clients would be 'surprised' by some of our holdings

    02 August 2022

    Some of the holdings of Churches, Charities and Local Authorities (CCLA) Investment Management might not be those expected of a responsible investor, an executive has said.

  • Forestry fund signs £30m sustainability-linked RCF

    02 August 2022

    The Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF) fund has signed a sustainability-linked revolving credit facility (RCF) of £30 million ($37 million).