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S&P to withdraw green evaluation from Mexico City airport bonds
10 December 2018The $6 billion programme of green bonds to finance construction of Mexico City's new international airport is to have its green evaluation report from S&P "removed from public circulation" no later than 31 January 2019.
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EU's Non-Financial Reporting Directive results in 'insufficient climate information'
30 November 2018The EU's Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) is not causing companies to adequately report key and material climate information needed by investors, a report argues.
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Investors welcome EU's plans to be carbon neutral by 2050
30 November 2018Investors have welcomed the EU Commission's plans to be carbon neutral by 2050.
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Storebrand makes 2026 pledge to ‘exit death spiral of coal’
30 November 2018Storebrand Asset Management has revealed a path to full divestment from coal in eight years’ time, in a strategy it says is in line with the goal to restrict climate change to a maximum of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
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Fidelity launches sustainable water and waste fund
29 November 2018A fund to invest in sustainable water and waste management products has been launched by $411 billion investment manager Fidelity International.
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Natixis Assurances to boost green assets to 10% of AuM
29 November 2018French insurer Natixis Assurances is to increase the proportion of its investments that qualify as green to 10% of its total assets under management (AuM) by 2030.
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Large food brands’ reporting failure raises their climate risk, says Ceres
28 November 2018The majority of the largest food and drinks brands in the US and Canada currently fail to report on emissions from their supply chain, raising their exposure to climate-related risk, Ceres has said.
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Aviva and L&G invest more than £750m in world's largest wind farm
28 November 2018Aviva Investors and Legal & General Investment Managers – Real Assets (LGIM RA) have lent more than £750 million ($957 million) to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) to purchase 50% of the UK's Hornsea One offshore wind farm.
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UNEP FI calls for impact-focussed business models
27 November 2018New business models which target social, economic and environmental impacts from the outset can help finance sustainable development at lower cost and with less risk than traditional approaches, according to a UN report.
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Insurers call for integration of climate science with cat modelling
27 November 2018Catastrophe risk modelling could be improved by integrating the latest climate science and a variety of technologies into the modelling framework, according to the Geneva Association.