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Allianz rejected 34 insurance deals in 2023 due to sustainability risks

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

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

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

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.

190 investors sign up to collaborative engagement on nature

190 institutional investors have signed up to collaborate to pressure 100 companies to address their negative impacts on nature, on the launch of Nature Action 100 (NA100) at Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Americas conference.

AllianzGI invests $25m in Brazilian sustainable infrastructure fund

With a watered-down NZIA, where do insurers' climate commitments stand?

After six of the eight founding members left the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance, Joshua Geer investigates if their ambitions stand

Impact measurement 'can lead to perverse incentives'

Focus less on measuring impact, and more on companies with impactful products and services, Robbie Miles tells Genevieve Redgrave

Don't rely on COP to build sustainable agriculture market, says Allianz GI

The COP28 presidency today launched a food system and agriculture work programme - but one investor said the private sector, rather than policymakers, would be the real drivers of change.