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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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Sustainalytics joins the hunt for 'blue exposure'
06 November 2018Sustainalytics has issued a research note to help investors identify those companies that are best placed to benefit from the mounting concern about plastics pollution.
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Investors and corporates join forces in new plastics initiative
31 October 2018More than 15 major institutional investors and organisations representing several hundred companies have joined forces in support of a new initiative "to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at source".
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Boston Common backs ‘blue economy’ finance principles
30 October 2018Boston Common Asset Management has added its name to the growing number of financial institutions that have endorsed a set of principles for investing to support the world’s oceans.
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First sovereign blue bond launched
29 October 2018The Republic of Seychelles has issued a first-of-its-kind sovereign 'blue bond' to help conserve its marine environment, sparking hopes that the deal will kickstart a new market for ocean-themed bonds.
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Ceres preparing water stress test working group
24 October 2018A working group to develop guidance on conducting stress testing and scenario analysis of water risk in investment portfolios is to be established by US non-profit Ceres.
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Green finance must reach beyond low carbon
16 October 2018Decarbonisation is not the final word in the pursuit of clean growth and green finance argue Bruce Howard and Sarah Jane Chimbwandira.
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Development banks eye private capital to tackle plastics pollution
15 October 2018The European Investment Bank (EIB), Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) and Germany’s KfW are joining forces to support an initiative that they hope will ‘crowd-in’ private capital to reduce plastic pollution of the oceans.
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Axa IM invests in Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund
13 September 2018AXA Investment Managers (Axa IM) has committed to invest in the Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund, as the fund raised about $38 million at first close.
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NBIM urges better ocean sustainability management
07 September 2018Companies have been urged to take into account the challenges and opportunities related to sustainable use of the world’s oceans by the asset manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund.