09/22/2021
Investors lap up green gilt issuance, but proof will be in the pudding
While issuance appears to be a resounding success, the proof will be in the pudding for the bonds eventual effectiveness.
09/22/2021
Why public finance for climate matters
The EBRD works across 38 economies in three continents with a unique mandate that focuses on promoting market-oriented economies and private and entrepreneurial initiative.
09/22/2021
Part of the answer might lie in time horizon posed by the survey: two years is a very short period of time.
09/22/2021
Environmentally-conscious savers would be ‘horrified’ to know they have invested in industries that are harmful to the planet
09/21/2021
New campaign urges investors to incorporate not-for-profits with allocation to Global Returns fund
‘Regenerative investment’
09/21/2021
A climate crisis could be the most serious threat faced by humanity, in both its consequences and longevity.
09/21/2021
This event focused on the best ways to assess the alignment of the economy and portfolios to the transition to net zero, as well as ways policymakers can best unlock institutional finance to support decarbonisation.
09/21/2021
BIS Warns of Green Bubble
Surprising criticism from the BIS of sustainable finance practices.
09/21/2021
Sustainable finance: More consistent EU action needed to redirect finance towards sustainable investment
In addition, the Commission needs to apply consistent criteria to determine the sustainability of EU budget investments and better target efforts to generate sustainable investment opportunities.
09/21/2021
Results of the survey conducted in the first half of 2021 by Societe Generale Securities Services
09/20/2021
On an annual basis, this implies Europeans would pay 150 billion euros ($176.7 billion) more for their electricity, according to think tank Bruegel’s Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann.
09/20/2021
BCG Partners with Leading Businesses in Groundbreaking Program Focused on Driving Transition to Clean Energy
09/20/2021
81 percent of Private Equity leaders surveyed by Apex Group agree that Private Equity funds and their portfolio should take greater responsibility for their carbon footprint.
09/20/2021
Groups calling on Boris Johnson for details of policies ahead of UN COP26 climate conference
09/19/2021
The feed will be available for purchase through Fitch Solutions from 24 September.
09/19/2021
UAE was the first country in the region to ratify and sign the Paris Accords and the first in MENA to set an economy-wide reduction in emissions by 2030
09/16/2021
The term ‘hard-to-abate sector’ refers to any sector for which the transition is not nearly so straightforward, because they either lack the technology or its cost remains prohibitive.
09/16/2021
The update also confirms plans for the bank to bolster its climate risk management framework and ramp up investment in clean infrastructure.
09/15/2021
The Isle of Man Treasury lists £400m sustainable bonds on TISE
The bonds are rated Aa3 by Moody’s and were offered under standalone documentation.
09/15/2021
Trigger warning: five ways to buy time for net zero and prepare for net negative
Turning off our carbon tap is what net zero is all about. If we are to have any hope of limiting