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Major reporting standards launch streamlining project
09 November 2018Major reporting bodies have announced a project to align their frameworks, in an effort that could result into more comparable, robust and integrated data for sustainable investors.
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Alpha flows from alternative ESG data, says Schroders
09 November 2018Identifying long-term environmental, social and governance (ESG) winners is about creating an individual approach to sustainable investing und using alternative data, said a Schroders' portfolio manager.
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SDG tool highlights climate and ocean risks
07 November 2018A number of companies have scored badly for handling the negative impacts on certain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Should the TCFD be mandatory? Not yet, say investors
17 October 2018A panel at Environmental Finance's Green Equities conference was asked whether reporting in line with the recommendations of the Task Force of Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) should be made mandatory.
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BP CEO sparks row as he attacks scenario planning and divestment
12 October 2018BP chief executive Bob Dudley attacked scenario analysis as "increasingly unhelpful" and "confusing for investors", while also criticising the fossil fuel divestment movement.
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Orsted boosts presence in US renewables market
10 October 2018US investment manager D. E. Shaw has sold its 100% equity stake in offshore wind energy developer Deepwater Wind to Danish power company Orsted for $510 million.
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Generation forms long-term partnership with Canada’s CDPQ
09 October 2018Generation Investment Management has formed a novel partnership with a leading Canadian asset owner to pursue sustainable investment opportunities with a time horizon of eight - 15 years.
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AP1 and Arabesque to develop 'first of its kind' human rights risk score
04 October 2018Swedish buffer fund Första AP-fonden (AP1) is to plug into data from 'sustainability quant' firm Arabesque, and the companies will work together to devise a "first of its kind" human rights risk score.
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BMO starts examining companies' 'plastic footprints'
28 September 2018BMO Global Asset Management is working to introduce the concept of 'plastic footprints', similar to carbon footprints, to encourage companies to measure and disclose their plastic usage to investors.
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Aviva backs initiative to monitor corporate progress on SDGs
25 September 2018A coalition of public and private sector stakeholders, including UK insurer Aviva, have launched the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), with the aim of helping businesses do more to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).