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Regulators increasing focus on sustainability outcomes - First Sentier
01 December 2020Interventions from regulators across Europe are driving increased focus on the sustainability outcomes of investments, according to First Sentier Investors.
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Domini launches impact mutual fund
01 December 2020Domini Impact Investments has launched an international equities mutual fund targeting companies 'helping to address some of our greatest sustainability challenges'.
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ESG data provider involvement good for impact investing, says Triodos
27 November 2020Triodos has welcomed the increasing participation of large environmental, social and governance (ESG) data providers as a positive development for impact investors.
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KPMG, CISL launch impact measurement tool
26 November 2020KPMG and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) have jointly developed a tool to help asset managers measure and report the environmental and social impacts of their listed equity investments.
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NBIM opposes PRI 'change of direction' on outcomes reporting
26 November 2020Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has reaffirmed its opposition to proposals by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) to ask signatories to report on "real-world outcomes" of their investments and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Spanish central bank says social impact analysis of climate plans 'essential'
26 November 2020Banco de España's deputy governor has said measuring the social impact of investments and regulation, such as plans to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, "is essential in order for there to be genuine transparency".
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US DFC aims to catalyse $50bn in private impact investments
25 November 2020The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) says it will commit more than $25 billion as part of its first global impact development strategy - which it claims will help drive a further $50 billion in private impact investments.
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Evli launches forestry impact fund of funds
24 November 2020Finland's Evli Bank has launched a 'impact forest fund' that it says provides institutional investors and high net worth individuals "access to the world's leading forestry funds".
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Putting a number on impact
24 November 2020A system for scoring impact has led to the creation of impact weighted indexes, Impak's Paul Allard tells Michael Hurley
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'Seas impact fund' launched to invest in seaweed
24 November 2020A fund has been launched to invest in UK-based 'ocean plant production' such as seaweed, "which is set to become a multi-billion pound global industry" in coming decades, according to the fund manager.