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People Moves: Osmosis IM, La Française Forum Securities and Green Climate Fund
14 September 2018London-based Osmosis Investment Management, a $1.5 billion sustainable asset management business, has appointed Mike Even to its board of directors.
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Investors call for tougher sustainability standards for palm oil
16 August 2018Global investors managing about $6.7 trillion have called on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to adopt a more robust and effective standard for production of the widely-used vegetable oil.
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90% of Green Finance Summit participants vote for mandatory TCFD
19 July 2018There was 90% support for making the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) mandatory within five years, according to a poll of the audience at the Green Finance Summit in London.
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Aviva Investors finances €1.5bn windfarm
18 July 2018Aviva Investors has joined a syndicate of 13 international lenders to participate in the €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) financing of the German 396 MW Merkur offshore windfarm.
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Rick Stathers joins Aviva Investors' growing ESG team
12 July 2018Rick Stathers has been appointed as senior ESG analyst, and Sora Utzinger as ESG analyst by Aviva Investors. Both were previously at CDP.
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UK politicians recommend using dormant assets for green investments
17 May 2018MPs on the UK's Environmental Audit Committee have published a report recommending that dormant assets in the asset management and insurance industry should be used to counter a drop in green investments.
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The beginning of the end for coal investment and underwriting
30 April 2018Insurers have made efforts to disengage themselves from the coal industry on both sides of the balance sheet, but climate activists say they could do more. Cintia Cheong and Nick Roumpis examine the latest developments
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UK should 'go beyond TCFD' and lead world in disclosure, say industry leaders
28 March 2018An industry taskforce has urged the UK Government to boost the growth of green finance by enforcing the voluntary recommendations of the FSB's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in law.
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Hold AGM vote on compliance with mandatory TCFD, suggests Aviva's Waygood
13 March 2018Aviva Investors has thrown its might behind proposals to make climate disclosures mandatory, adding that shareholders could vote on whether they approve of the reporting.
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UK urged to issue sovereign green bond to plug EIB, GIB funding hole
13 March 2018The UK Government was urged to issue a sovereign green bond to help plug gaps in funding left by the sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB), according to Aldersgate Group.