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ANZ hails ‘new trend’ of using loan market for green finance
08 May 2019The use of loans to finance decarbonisation, is a welcome “new trend”, ANZ’s head of sustainable finance told a conference in Melbourne.
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Axa and WWF call on G7 to act on biodiversity
07 May 2019French insurer Axa and non-profit organisation World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have called on the G7 group of advanced economies to launch a Task Force on Nature Impacts Disclosures to protect biodiversity.
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Moody's consults on proposed 'carbon transition assessments'
07 May 2019Moody’s is seeking feedback on a proposed scoring system for assessing carbon transition risk among publicly traded non-financial companies.
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ING's sustainability loans and bonds hit €21bn mark in Q1
03 May 2019Dutch ING bank has reached a total of €21 billion ($23.48 billion) in sustainable-linked loans and sustainable bonds finance activities in Q1 2019.
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Morningstar launches series of ESG managed portfolios
02 May 2019Morningstar has launched five environmental, social and governance (ESG) multi-asset managed portfolios.
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CDSB and SASB team up to deliver TCFD 'how-to' guide
01 May 2019The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) have jointly published a 'how-to' guide to help implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) into mainstream corporate reports.
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Investors in alternative assets eye opportunities from the SDGs
30 April 2019Almost 90% of investors in ’alternative’ assets such as real estate, infrastructure, private debt and hedge funds, expect the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create new investment opportunities, a survey by LGT Capital Partners has found.
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Oil firms unattractive without climate targets, say fund managers
30 April 2019Oil companies will no longer appeal to investors unless they adopt business models that support the Paris climate targets, says a report by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration, a group of charitable trusts.
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27 firms sign up to green finance principles for Belt and Road
29 April 2019A set of green financing guidelines for China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has received backing from 27 firms around the world.
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Credit where it's due: rating agencies' ESG play
26 April 2019Credit rating agencies have been ramping up their ESG capabilities in recent months. What are the implications for ESG data companies, Michael Hurley asks