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EU issues 'landmark' inaugural social bond to enormous demand
20 October 2020The EU has issued its maiden social bond to enormous investor demand, in what has been described a "landmark" issuance.
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APG invests $50m in 'racial equality' bond
08 October 2020Netherlands-based pensions asset manager APG has invested $50 million in Bank of America's $2 billion 'Equality Progress Sustainability Bond' that was issued last month.
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Biodiversity: lessons from the Dutch working group
31 July 2020A number of leading Dutch financial institutions have joined forces to boost knowledge about biodiversity within the financial sector. Merel Hendriks and Simon Zwagemakers outline some of the key developments
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Bank of America becomes third US lender to join carbon accounting initiative
30 July 2020Bank of America (BoA) has joined the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), the third major US lender to join the initiative in the past week, as pressure builds on financial institutions to tackle the emissions of their lending and investment portfolios.
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Environmental Finance's webinar - Renewable energy: mapping out the next investment push
21 July 2020Join our webinars each Tuesday 10:00 EF / 15:00 BST
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Private wealth firms encouraged to develop impact, ESG products
13 July 2020Managers of private wealth, including family offices and high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), have been encouraged to develop more products that focus on creating positive impact or that incorporate environmental, social or governance (ESG) considerations.
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Australian, Canadian asset owners join SDG data platform
07 July 2020AustralianSuper and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation have thrown their support behind a "globally consistent measurement framework" to assess their portfolio investments' contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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ESG data providers taking impact data seriously - ISS ESG
02 June 2020Specialist sustainability data providers including ISS ESG are aware of the "enormous demand" for products that focus on assessing positive and negative impact of investments, according to the company.
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APG and Axa buy big in €60bn Covid-19 bond market
22 May 2020APG Asset Management has invested €554 million ($604 million) in 'Covid-19 bonds' in recent weeks, a market it estimated could already be as large as €60 billion.
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Asset owners showing ESG data firms the way on impact - PGGM
22 May 2020A forthcoming impact-focused data platform pioneered by Dutch asset owners APG and PGGM could demonstrate to specialist data providers the appeal of covering the impact investing space, according to PGGM's Piet Klop.