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Gold Standard creates tool to cut cost of carbon offset impact reporting
09 February 2021Climate standard-setting and certification body Gold Standard has launched a tool it says can "more efficiently monitor, quantify and verify" an emissions offsetting project's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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'ESG Olympics' expose market failure on social impact - report
08 February 2021Investors' overreliance on data from external providers undermines their analysis of sustainability issues, particularly on social aspects, according to the results of a competition to identify best practice in the areas of impact and environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investing.
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Why are data providers flocking to impact? Part one: ISS ESG
08 February 2021How does ISS ESG help investors measure and report their impact, Michael Hurley asks
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TPG Rise joins Fidelity in $150m electric bike fundraise
05 February 2021TPG Rise, Fidelity and Morgan Stanley's Counterpoint Global have purchased a minority stake in US-based electric bike manufacturer Rad Power Bikes in a $150 million fundraising round.
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Bamboo Capital sells Bolivia microfinance stake
05 February 2021Bamboo Capital Partners has sold its stake in microfinance provider CONFIE to the Bolivian company's parent, FIE NGO.
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M&G allocates £5bn to impact strategy
05 February 2021M&G has created an investment team to which it has allocated £5 billion ($6.8 billion) to invest in private assets that have a positive social or environmental impact.
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Danone-backed fund targets €50m as water impact proof case
05 February 2021An impact fund with €10 million ($12 million) in backing from Danone hopes to prove the investment case for safe drinking water in emerging markets.
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Change on the horizon for green bond impact reporting
04 February 2021Proposals for an EU Green Bond Standard (GBS) and the pending launch of a platform designed to make it easier for investors to access data signal change for green bond impact reporting, according to participants of a webinar on the subject.
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Why renewable energy has come of age in 2020
04 February 2021What changed to make renewable energy such an investment success story in 2020, UBP's Mathieu Negre asks
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Eiffel Impact Debt fund raises €430m
02 February 2021A debt fund that links the cost of its lending to pre-agreed environmental and social impact 'key performance indicators' (KPIs) has attracted €431 million ($519 million) in commitments from 17 institutional investors.