The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has joined an investor group of existing and potential green bond buyers calling on the green bond market to adhere to a set of principles that provide greater clarity on eligibility, disclosure, transparency, and impact reporting for green bonds.

According to Luisa Florez, analyst at AXA IM, It is often said that climate and carbon themes are not financially material risk factors in the short to medium term. As an illustration, to date there have not been any signals from carbon markets to suggest that climate change is being considered an immediate risk, as evidenced by the price per tonne of carbon at €6.69...

The aim of this ETF is to improve the stability of a portfolio of European equities, thereby optimising its performance. The index strategy is therefore founded on a two-pronged risk management approach that considers “qualitative risk” by filtering the investment universe in accordance with SRI criteria as well as “financial risk” via a selection process aimed at identifying low-volatility stocks.

During a recent visit to Canada, for the annual UN PRI signatory conference, I took the opportunity together with a few other investors to visit the oil sands operations in the Alberta region. What I heard and saw there made me realise that the Canadian oil sands industry needs stronger regulations...

The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, rated Aaa/AAA), announced a USD 5 million 10-year callable step-up green bond. This green bond was lead managed by J.P. Morgan (JPM) which has underwritten $565 million in IBRD green bonds to date.