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The Aldersgate Group is an alliance of leaders from business, politics and society that drives action for a sustainable economy.
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The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organisation providing a transformative global system for companies to measure, disclose, manage and share climate change information. Some 3,000 organisations across the world’s largest economies now measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and assessment of climate change risk and opportunity through CDP, in order that they can set reduction targets and make performance improvements. This data is gathered on behalf of 551 institutional investors, holding US$71 trillion in assets.
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The Climate Bonds Initiative - a joint project of the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets and the Carbon Disclosure Project - is an international network which promotes the development and use of Climate Bonds. These bonds provide for large scale issuance of long-term debt to overcome medium term investment barriers to achieving economies of scale in low-carbon industry sectors. The bonds can thus finance that global transition at speed and at scale.
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ClimateWise is the global insurance industry’s leadership group to drive action on climate change risk. Launched in 2007 by HRH The Prince of Wales, ClimateWise brings together insurers, reinsurers, brokers and risk modellers from Europe, North America, Asia & S.Africa. Members have all committed to embed the ClimateWise Principles in their core business operations and to collaborate to deliver learning, leadership and change on issues beyond the sphere of influence of any one organisation. ClimateWise members recently launched a call to increase opportunities to make low carbon fixed income investments, while also pointing to the risks of unintended consequences of financial regulation preventing insurers playing a meaningful role.
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Eurekahedge is world’s largest independent data provider and research house dedicated to alternative investments. Maintaining coverage of over 20,000 funds across all strategies and asset classes, Eurekahedge is the most widely used and quoted alternative research house worldwide. Eurekahedge has produced a market-leading research data suite from which its hedge fund and Islamic fund indices are derived; an array of region-specific hedge fund, private equity fund, Islamic fund, real estate fund, enhanced equity fund and SRI fund databases; as well as a collection of educational guides for both funds and investors.
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Eurosif (European Sustainable Investment Forum) is a pan-European group whose mission is to address sustainability through financial markets. Current member affiliates of Eurosif include pension funds, financial service providers, academic institutes, research associations and NGO's. The association is a not-for-profit entity that represents assets totalling over €1 trillion through its affiliate membership.
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Forum for the Future is a non-profit organisation working globally with business and government to create a sustainable future. Its aim is to transform the critical systems that we all depend on, such as food, energy and finance, to make them fit for the challenges of the 21st century. The Forum has 15 years’ experience inspiring new thinking, building creative partnerships and developing practical innovations to change our world. Its work on finance has three key strands: - to incentivise long-term thinking, rewarding businesses and investors for looking beyond short-term profits - to innovate financial models that drive investment towards sustainable activities - to inject fresh thinking, bringing in new ideas and players from outside the financial sector.
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IETA is a non-profit business organization of major companies, and the leading voice on emissions trading, whose goal is to ensure that the objectives of the UN Convention on Climate Change and ultimately, climate protection, are met. IETA upholds its principles by acting as a think tank, a market promoter and acting as a body that is able to drive market standards. IETA works for the development of an active, global GHG market, consistent across national boundaries. The organization has over 180 members globally, including leaders in oil, electricity, cement, chemical, banking, data verification and certification firms, brokering and trading, legal and consulting industries. Based in Geneva, IETA has offices in Brussels, Washington, San Francisco and Ottawa.
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IPFA is the largest and the only international, independent, not-for-profit association dedicated to promoting and representing the interests of private companies and public sector organisations in Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) throughout the world. An independent, not-for-profit association, established in 1998, IPFA's principal objectives are to encourage networking and dialogue between the public and private sector, to provide up-to-date information on best practice, industry trends and new developments that can be immediately applied to projects.
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UKSIF promotes responsible investment and other forms of finance that support sustainable economic development, enhance quality of life and safeguard the environment. It also seeks to ensure that individual and institutional investors can reflect their values in their investments.
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