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BNP Paribas launches global equity carbon offset fund
24 January 2020BNP Paribas has launched a global version of its climate carbon offset plan fund, targeting a reduced carbon footprint and a material social and environmental impact, following the launch of its European fund.
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Nasdaq launches global green, social and sustainability bond platform
10 December 2019Nasdaq has launched an online platform to improve transparency across the green, social and sustainability bond market.
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Sustainability: to regulate or not to regulate?
05 December 2019Financial regulation has a role to play in tackling climate change, but it cannot be a silver bullet. So the time has come for policymakers to step up their game, delegates at the Insurance and Climate Risk conference heard. Vincent Huck reports
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Allianz exec refutes suggestion exiting coal is a 'PR stunt'
05 December 2019Allianz's head of regulatory strategy argues divestment is good risk management
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France's largest insurers looking for climate-conscious asset managers
19 November 2019Three mandates totalling €500m open for tender
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MSCI anticipates EU climate benchmarks with new index series
07 November 2019MSCI has raced out of the EU legislative starting blocks with the launch of two series of indexes designed to meet the minimum standards of proposed categories of climate-related benchmarks.
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Making impact an institution
21 October 2019Elizabeth Corley, the former CEO of Allianz Global Investors and chair of the UK's Impact Investing Institute, outlines the opportunity to help people invest in line with their values
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LeapFrog – targeting the emerging consumer
21 October 2019How does the world's biggest private equity impact specialist invest? Joe Walsh reports
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UN's GISD aim 'to free up trillions of dollars' for SDGs
17 October 2019The UN's Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance held its first meeting as it looks to 'free up trillions of dollars' from the private sector to finance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Allianz, Nephila structure proxy generation PPA for wind project
07 October 2019A ‘proxy generation’ Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) devised by Allianz and Nephila Climate has been used to help mitigate risks associated with a wind farm in the US.