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New UK Impact Investing Institute launches hunt for CEO
04 June 2019An Impact Investing Institute has been launched in the UK to help mobilise a new wave of capital to social challenges, and has announced the hunt for its first CEO.
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London Stock Exchange Group buys Beyond Ratings
03 June 2019The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has bought Paris-based Beyond Ratings, but will scrap its acquisition's fledgling credit rating agency business to focus on its capabilities in environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and analytics.
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France sets €10bn investment target for public-private initiative
31 May 2019The French government has unveiled a major public-private collaboration to leverage a total of €10 billion ($11 billion) of environmentally-themed investments.
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EXCLUSIVE: EU's TEG broadens taxonomy to include 'transition' activities
31 May 2019The EU's Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) has broadened the scope of its taxonomy to include activities that help transition to a net-zero economy by 2050, in a move that opens the door to some fossil fuels and internal combustion engines, Environmental Finance has learned.
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STOXX expands its range of ESG-X Indexes
30 May 2019STOXX has expanded its range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) themed indexes.
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Reaping an Earth Dividend
30 May 2019Earth Capital Partners has been tracking down investments that have a positive impact on the planet for more than a decade. Its CIO Gordon Power talks to Elena K. Johansson
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LGIM expands range of ESG funds
29 May 2019Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has added two sustainable investment funds to its £3.2 billion ($4.1bn) Multi-Index range.
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Standardise Sharia approach to ESG, says S&P
29 May 2019A standardised approach to Sharia interpretation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors should be developed that can boost existing growth opportunities for green sukuk, rating agency S&P has said.
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Solactive invests in European advisory firm Minerva
28 May 2019German index provider Solactive has made an equity investment in proxy voting and investment advisory firm Minerva.
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Japanese firms inaugurate TCFD consortium
28 May 2019A consortium of companies has been formed in Japan to help implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).