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Green bonds provide easiest route to an ESG strategy, says Mirova

Green bonds offer investors the "easiest and most direct way" of starting an environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, according to Mirova portfolio manager Bertrand Rocher.

GPIF agrees to support KfW green bond programme

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has partnered with German development bank KfW to promote and develop the green bond market and to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) assessments into other fixed income investments.

European cities strengthen their lead in green finance

Investors warned about rate of change in ESG materiality

German court to rule on ISS ESG ratings report injunction

Meat industry "burying head in the sand" over climate risk

Many of the major global meat producers are failing to adapt to climate change challenges, a report has argued.

Explaining the concept of dynamic materiality

What is material today may not be tomorrow, and what is not material today may be tomorrow, argue Thomas Kuh, and Andre Shepley

Folksam divests from gaming companies

Gaming is the third sector excluded from Swedish insurer's investment universe

UBS: Oil price crash will encourage banks to back away from sector

The current oil price crash will encourage banks to reduce their exposure to the fossil fuels, UBS believes.

ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure, continued

As well as considering the ESG credentials of an infrastructure project, investors should also consider resilience. Christopher Marchant reports