News

  • Global sustainable inflows fall at fastest rate in three years

    04 May 2022

    Global sustainable fund inflows fell almost 36% in the first quarter of 2022, the sharpest quarterly slowdown in three years.

  • Carbon budgets dataset wins investor support

    04 May 2022

    The publication of a massive dataset outlining carbon budgets for companies across 12 sectors has the potential to boost the credibility of investor climate-related target-setting, and support regulation on reporting, observers have said.

  • EFRAG's proposed sustainability standards welcomed

    03 May 2022

    The release of draft European corporate sustainability reporting standards has been hailed as a "much needed strengthening of EU disclosure rules".

  • 50% of European bonds could be sustainable by 2026

    03 May 2022

    Half of all bonds issued in Europe could be labelled green, social or sustainability (GSS) bonds by 2026, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

  • Green bonds 'lead to more granular engagement'

    03 May 2022

    Green bonds typically lead to more granular discussions about projects than traditional bonds, a conference heard.

  • Tesco to consider social targets in SLBs

    03 May 2022

    UK supermarket firm Tesco would consider linking sustainability-linked bonds to social targets, an executive at the company said.

  • Climate change 'the ultimate systemic risk,' says BoE

    03 May 2022

    Climate change represents "the ultimate systemic risk ... [because] firms cannot diversify away from their exposure to the planet," a senior official at the Bank of England (BoE) has said.

  • Quadoro and aream launch renewable energy impact fund

    03 May 2022

    Quadoro and aream have launched an open-ended impact fund which will invest solely in renewable energy and which the fund managers said is one of the first of its kind in Germany.

  • Allianz to halt investments in new oil and gas fields

    03 May 2022

    And will require 'net-zero by 2050' commitment from hydrocarbon producers

  • Berlin Hyp readies first social bond

    02 May 2022

    German real estate lender Berlin Hyp is preparing to issue its maiden social bond, shortly after the prolific sustainable bond issuer described social debt as the "missing link" in its sustainable financing.