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Aviva calls for global definition of fiduciary duty incorporating sustainability
23 March 2017UK insurance giant Aviva has called on the UN, OECD and G20 to adopt universal rules on fiduciary responsibility that allow the investors to incorporate longer-term risks such as climate change.
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PRI launches sustainable infrastructure workstream
27 February 2017The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has launched a sustainable infrastructure workstream.
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France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year
25 January 2017The French Treasury has issued a mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) green sovereign bond, which is almost twice the size of the previous largest green bond and could be increased to €13 billion later this year.
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Protection gap for climate change risks grows to $100bn
07 December 2016Climate change related risks have dramatically reduced insurers' ability to underwrite certain assets, a report has found.
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Investing in a changing climate
06 December 2016Insurers are increasingly factoring climate change into their investment decisions. But they are only at the start of a long learning process, finds Peter Cripps. This is the second part of a three-part series on how insurers are dealing with climate change
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Aviva earmarks two coal companies for divestment
04 November 2016Aviva has earmarked two coal companies for "potential divestment", and is considering ditching eight others that are not responding to its requests for engagement.
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Insuring in a changing climate
10 October 2016A year after the PRA's landmark report into the insurance sector and climate change, Environmental Finance looks at how the industry is responding.
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Aviva agrees long-term finance facility for UK yieldco
27 September 2016Aviva Investors has agreed to provide long-term financing for Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), a London-listed investment company focussing on large-scale industrial and agricultural solar assets.
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Who will win the race to become the green financial capital of the world?
19 September 2016Financial centres across the globe are vying to place themselves at the heart of the emerging, low-carbon, resource-resilient economy, reports Hamza Ali
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Insurers worth $1.2trn urge end to G20 fossil fuel subsidies
30 August 2016Insurers with $1.2 trillion in combined assets have urged G20 governments to commit to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020, ahead of next week's meeting in China.