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Work begins to build climate change lobbying framework
16 June 2020Chronos Sustainability is to create a framework enabling investors to assess whether corporate lobbying is aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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ESG engagement really does work, say investors
20 May 2019Investors have proved that they have the power to bring about changes in company behaviour, when they engage with them on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and they even have the potential to influence national governments, a panel at an MSCI conference heard.
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CA100+ investors welcome BASF, RWE climate lobbying pledge
03 May 2019Pledges by chemicals giant BASF and German utility RWE to review their lobbying activities on climate change have been welcomed by a group of investors including Union Investment, the Church of England Pensions Board and Sweden’s AP7 pension fund.
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Pension funds grill major companies on climate lobbying
29 October 2018A group of more than 50 major companies have been challenged on their approach to climate lobbying by investors with assets of about $2 trillion.
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Green bonds round-up, 17 October 2018
17 October 2018German commercial bank Berlin Hyp has raised €500 million ($578 million) from its third green Pfandbrief. This takes the total green debt issued by the bank to €3 billion.
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ABP, ERAFP, and First State Super among scenario analysis leaders
15 June 2018Many leading global asset owners have already begun to perform scenario analysis and apply key findings to their climate strategies, a report by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has found.
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AP7 awards green mandates to KBI and Impax
08 June 2018Swedish national pension fund AP7 has awarded two "green mandates" to KBI Global Investors and Impax Asset Management.
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Investors round on Rio Tinto's funding of fossil fuel lobby groups
27 April 2018Rio Tinto will face mounting pressure at its annual general meeting (AGM) as investors with a combined £1.8 trillion ($2.5 trillion) take aim at its policy on funding lobby groups that obstruct action to combat climate change.
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How to boost the flow of bankable water projects?
20 October 2017There are countless water infra projects that need funding and no shortage of potential investors. But how to bridge the funding gap and create bankable projects asks Aaron Vermeulen
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Kommuninvest issues largest ever SEK green bond
19 October 2016Swedish public sector lender Kommuninvest has priced the largest ever Swedish krona green bond, raising some SEK5 billion ($570 million).
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