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  • Biodiversity financing gap stems from lack of value placed on ecosystem services, says Allianz

    01 May 2024

    The biodiversity financing gap is mainly caused by a lack of understanding of the "price tag" for ecosystem services, with the value of soil being particularly poorly understood, according to a research note by Allianz.

  • Allianz GI 'could develop products on biodiversity this year

    25 April 2024

    Allianz Global Investors said biodiversity will take centre stage in 2024, and its growing focus on the theme could result in new product development.

  • AllianzGI to support two major biodiversity resolutions

    24 April 2024

    Allianz Global Investors has announced it will support two resolutions urging PepsiCo and Home Depot to assess their biodiversity impacts.

  • Taxonomy users told to get creative to maximise its transition planning potential

    24 April 2024

    The EU taxonomy of sustainable activities can help formulate climate transition plans in ways it is currently not being widely used, according to members of a European Commission-mandated expert group.

  • Allianz votes against Australian oil and gas transition action plan

    10 April 2024

  • People Moves, 5 April: Brunel Pensions, Railpen, Actis, EFRAG, TNFD and more

    05 April 2024

  • Allianz rejected 34 insurance deals in 2023 due to sustainability risks

    14 March 2024

    Allianz's sustainability assessment processes resulted in it not proceeding with insurance transactions for 34 customers last year, according to its 2023 sustainability report.

  • COP28: Allianz, EIB emerging market climate fund readies €385m third close

    04 December 2023

  • Innovative $1bn 'blended finance' SDG loan fund launched

    29 November 2023

    Allianz Global Investors (Allianz GI) and FMO Investment Management (FMO IM) have launched a UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-aligned loan fund after successfully mobilising $1.1 billion for the innovative public-private investment fund.

  • $9.5trn group of asset owners calls for 'smarter not more' engagement on climate

    16 November 2023

    A $9.5 trillion group of asset owners has urged their asset managers to set clearer objectives for climate engagement with their investees, as one member called for a 'smarter not harder' approach.