Follow Environmental Finance, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/Environmental-Finance Thu, 23 Sep 2021 23:19:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwd7bZz4xdrRpw In light of many allowances remaining unsold in the May auction, new supply-side mechanisms could be introduced which could be bullish for prices, says Nicolas Girod*.]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 16:57:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwd7bZz4xdrRpw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwe6RQGTqdGPkw Exponential growth in Australian investments targeting positive social and environmental impact as well as financial returns could propel the overall size of the market to more than AUD100 billion ($67.3 billion) by 2025, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA).]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 16:54:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwe6RQGTqdGPkw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdY6rILvVBlfg Sustainalytics has defended its decision to give a second party opinion to a green bond for general corporate purposes, reigniting the debate about whether so-called pure-play companies should be able to access the market.]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 16:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdY6rILvVBlfg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfIWEJ3wwCXRA The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has announced it will not invest in tobacco, coal, and controversial weaponry firms under its exclusions policy, though campaigners are pressing for the £68 billion ($84 billion) fund to divest from other fossil fuel firms.]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:15:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfIWEJ3wwCXRA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfOFJ_YhvJuPw Glennmont Partners has completed the sale of its Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant to Greencoat Capital, divesting the last remaining asset of its €437 million ($485 million) Clean Energy Fund I.]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 14:56:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfOFJ_YhvJuPw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwceIvb-ry4WJw US-based Tokio Marine HCC has completed its acquisition of GCube, a specialist underwriter of renewable energy risks. The price paid was not disclosed.]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2020 14:37:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwceIvb-ry4WJw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdc5_kKyHhyPw French supermajor Total has become the latest oil firm to face rising pressure from shareholders at its annual general meeting (AGM) over it environmental ambitions.]]> Fri, 29 May 2020 19:08:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdc5_kKyHhyPw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdIt70jpw5dCA ]]> Fri, 29 May 2020 16:49:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdIt70jpw5dCA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdtvO5dak3Jbw Spanish financial services company BBVA has priced a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) Covid-19 social bond, making it the first private financial institution in Europe to do so.]]> Fri, 29 May 2020 14:40:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdtvO5dak3Jbw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwc-eqH7o0EChw Chinese regulators propose to exclude controversial 'clean' fossil fuel projects from their list of eligible green bonds.]]> Fri, 29 May 2020 14:36:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwc-eqH7o0EChw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwcAb0qLNpcAjw Advances disinvestment from coal, total withdrawal by 2040]]> Fri, 29 May 2020 13:25:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwcAb0qLNpcAjw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdlij15TjrCqg Investors with a combined €6 trillion ($6.6 trillion) in assets have backed a call for the development of a methodology to assess physical impacts on biodiversity of investments and corporate behaviour.]]> Fri, 29 May 2020 11:51:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdlij15TjrCqg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxweg8ie5E4-MBQ The European Commission's €750 billion ($825 billion) Covid-19 recovery fund will be geared around climate action, including an expansion of the EU emissions trading scheme.]]> Thu, 28 May 2020 16:58:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxweg8ie5E4-MBQ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfWQ3hiCqsXSA US oil supermajors ExxonMobil and Chevron experienced significant investor pressure over their climate policies at their annual general meetings, with major investor BlackRock stepping up support for some proposals.]]> Thu, 28 May 2020 16:45:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfWQ3hiCqsXSA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwedjCIE9MKanw After delivering relative outperformance before and during the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, the "final test" for environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds will be how they perform during the ongoing rebound, says Candriam.]]> Thu, 28 May 2020 12:09:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwedjCIE9MKanw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfgoVkVl_eS1g Energy storage technologies that support the deployment of renewable energy currently offer the most attractive investment opportunities within the climate change theme, according to HSBC analysts.]]> Wed, 27 May 2020 16:39:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfgoVkVl_eS1g https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfI6fz3wTglTQ Cicero Shades of Green said its recently-launched equity assessment service looks to address "imperfect" ESG ratings of climate risk, as well as departing from the use of proceeds model typically used in the green bond market.]]> Wed, 27 May 2020 16:34:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfI6fz3wTglTQ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfmhTMfd4Db6A Asset manager DWS has announced stricter environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment criteria, focused on identifying and engaging with firms with high climate transition risk and violators of international sustainability standards.]]> Wed, 27 May 2020 16:29:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwfmhTMfd4Db6A https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwf3zwdCXw4P3A M&G and Insight Investment are among organisations that have drawn up draft criteria for social housing sustainability reporting, as they suggest "we are at the early stages of what may be a wave of equity investment in affordable housing".]]> Wed, 27 May 2020 16:25:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwf3zwdCXw4P3A https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdfFhDlP9Eq2g ]]> Wed, 27 May 2020 16:15:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/1Fdswx1oxwdfFhDlP9Eq2g