09/28/2023
Sustainable Finance Week 2023 - Day One – Six Key Takeaways
Industry stalwarts are also collaborating with new companies to test the use of satellites and AI to collect and model data on future climate risks or Scope 3 emissions.
Planet SOS
09/27/2023
Ariel Re relaunches company’s clean-energy division
Ariel Re underwrites insurance and reinsurance products through its Syndicate 1910 at Lloyd’s of London.
09/27/2023
Vantage Group offers new protection for environmental risks
Vantage environmental coverages are written on a non-admitted basis nationwide
09/26/2023
Finance sector is urged to ‘channel inner Attenborough’
‘Channel your inner David Attenborough, but also let’s get commercial about this and find out what the real market opportunities are.
09/26/2023
Is your project riding the green wave?
Organisations need to constantly adapt and modernise while simultaneously addressing our planetary constraints.
09/22/2023
Conference urged to ‘work with nature, not against it’ on second day of Sustainable Finance Week
Discussion centred around externalities, with Richard saying: "We've known for a long time that social and environmental externalities matter from a risk perspective.”
09/22/2023
Guernsey: Captives could be a vehicle for carbon offsetting
Panellists taking part in the second session outlined a variety of new standards and disclosures in sustainable finance, and asked if this plethora of standards is driving investors towards net zero.
09/21/2023
Rewilding the environment and carbon offsets dominate discussions on first day of Sustainable Finance Week
"Solutions that run with the grain of nature are often cheaper, more durable, they work," he said.
09/20/2023
Guernsey Sustainable Finance Education Series Launched
The survey was released in February and was completed by a range of respondents across the finance sector, 64% of whom were board members or executive level management.
09/15/2023
ADB Approves Support To Expand Renewable Energy In Maldives
ADB will also provide transaction advisory support to develop public–private partnerships for solar independent power producer projects.
09/07/2023
Renewables provided 20% of peak energy demand in 2022
Statistics show the sharpest increase in peak energy demand occurred between 2016 and 2017, when it increased from 417MW to 488MW.
09/05/2023
Visits from HSBC senior team reinforce islands’ international and wealth strategy
During his visit he highlighted the islands alignment with the HSBC Group strategy in terms of international connectivity, digital innovation and ESG objectives, including supporting businesses with their transition to net zero.
09/04/2023
Building a sustainable future: HSBC’s commitment to ESG
HSBC’s ESG strategy has seen the bank place a great emphasis on combating climate change
09/01/2023
Push to start talks on shared energy future for Channel Islands
Environment Minister Jonathan Renouf and Assistant Minister Hilary Jeune, who has political responsibility for energy policy, also declined to comment.
08/21/2023
Carbon Literacy accreditation given to five at Skipton.
The term has had occasional use in scientific literature and casual usage but now is almost exclusively associated with The Carbon Literacy Project.
08/21/2023
Deloitte consultants lead Guernsey beach clean
With an estimated population of 67,334, the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a self-governing British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France.
08/16/2023
Bahamas moves on climate change infrastructure threat
“The Bahamas is one of the most vulnerable countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region to climate hazard events,” the IDB paper continued.
08/10/2023
Expert Panellists Announced for this year’s Guernsey Sustainable Finance Week
The final panel of the event will examine new sustainable asset classes beyond renewables such as technology, carbon and nature.
08/07/2023
Malta’s potential as a green financial hub – Steve Ellul
Country’s first-ever green bond issuance marks the beginning of a transformative journey towards a greener, more sustainable future
08/07/2023
Siemens Energy plunges into red, as turbine woes bite
Company takes €1.6 billion hit to fix problems with onshore wind turbines