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The ESG data files, part six: TCFD and the challenge of looking forward
18 November 2019Requests for strategic information about the risks and opportunities posed by climate change have proved a step too far for many. Joe Walsh and Peter Cripps report
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Kairos Partners launches long-short fund based on ESG index
15 November 2019Kairos Partners SGR has launched an actively managed, long-short fund that will use an ESG index as its underlying benchmark.
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BlackRock launches Europe's first ESG high-yield bond ETFs
14 November 2019Asset manager BlackRock has launched two high-yield environmental, social and governance (ESG) bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
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GRESB and Verisk Maplecroft launch climate risk scorecard
13 November 2019Real estate sustainability assessor GRESB and risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft have collaborated to create a Climate Risk & Resilience Scorecard.
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Oil Fund aims for 1% of investments in renewables by 2022
12 November 2019The managers of the $1.1 trillion Norwegian sovereign wealth fund have set a target to invest about 1% of the fund’s value in renewables by 2022.
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New framework needed for assessing ESG within ABS
11 November 2019A new framework is needed to help assess environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations within asset-backed securitisations (ABS), according to Hermes Investment Management
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Boston Common: Banks fail to tackle deforestation
11 November 2019Less than two-fifths of banks have demanded anti-deforestation policies from the companies they lend to, according to a report from Boston Common Asset Management (BCAM).
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Private banks double the number of sustainable funds offered
08 November 2019Private banks have doubled the number of sustainability-themed funds they offer, compared with a year ago, but they are still "far behind" when it comes to integrating sustainability into their business, a report argues.
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Green bond issuance could pass $250 billion in 2019, says Moody's
08 November 2019Moody's has upgraded its prediction for green bond issuance in 2019, to $250 billion, after a stronger than expected third quarter.
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Euronext launches green bonds section
06 November 2019European stock exchange group Euronext is to launch a green bond section across its six markets, basing the initiative out of Dublin.