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Investors managing $12trn call for long-term emissions reduction goal
26 May 2015Investors managing $12 trillion of assets have urged G7 finance ministers to back a long-term emissions reduction plan, to help limit the average global temperature increase to 2⁰C above pre-industrial levels.
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Shell, Statoil commit to improving disclosure of climate change risks
20 May 2015Shareholders of Shell and Statoil have overwhelmingly passed resolutions committing the companies to improve disclosure of their climate change strategies and to aim for an 'A' rating in the CDP Leadership Performance Index.
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Shell and Statoil next to face climate votes at AGM
15 May 2015Shell and Statoil will become the latest fossil fuel companies to address mounting shareholder concerns about climate change when they hold their annual general meetings (AGMs) next week.
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Insurers see the gold in green
14 May 2015Green bonds are looking increasingly attractive to insurance companies which want to meet their risk and return objectives while producing a positive environmental or social impact. But there are concerns about the definition and capacity of the market, as Mark Nicholls explains
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Eurosif proposes sustainability as 6th pillar of EU Capital Markets Union
13 May 2015Sustainability should be added to the proposed principals behind the EU's Capital Markets Union (CMU) initiative.
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Most asset managers say ESG is important but only 10% link to pay
27 November 2014Some 92% of asset managers say that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are relevant to their business, but only 10% tie ESG goals to remuneration schemes, according to a poll conducted by Aviva Investors.
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Investors and issuers pledge to expand green bonds market
23 September 2014A group of institutional investors, with more than $2 trillion in assets under management, has pledged to work "to grow a large and robust [green bond] market that makes a real contribution to addressing climate change".
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Aviva buys UK solar rooftop portfolio from Zouk Capital
27 August 2014Aviva Investors has bought another portfolio of UK residential solar assets from private equity firm Zouk Capital.
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S&P warns coal miners of stranded assets risk
23 July 2014Coal mining companies "may experience stranded assets as a result of carbon constraints," ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) warns in a new report.
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Green bonds reach the tipping point
22 July 2014A surge of corporate issues is supporting a bullish mood in the environmental bond market, says Graham Cooper