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Investors and corporates join forces in new plastics initiative
31 October 2018More than 15 major institutional investors and organisations representing several hundred companies have joined forces in support of a new initiative "to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at source".
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UK, Chinese finance groups reveal plans to boost environmental disclosures
12 September 2018Details have been released of three-year action plans to improve disclosure of environmental information by a group of Chinese and UK financial institutions.
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People Moves: BlackRock, Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions, AP4, ING, Lightsource BP, European Investment Bank, IIGCC, DNCA Finance and FRC
29 June 2018BlackRock has lost one of the leaders of its push into impact investing, Environmental Finance has learned.
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£29bn UK pension pool unveils responsible investment strategy
11 May 2018The £29 billion ($39 billion) Brunel Pension Partnership pool of 10 UK local government pension scheme (LGPS) funds has published its responsible investment strategy.
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Water: managing risk and embracing opportunity
10 May 2018More than 100 delegates gathered at Environmental Finance's conference on water, hosted by the London Stock Exchange, to discuss an investment opportunity worth about $7.5 trillion, writes Michael Hurley.
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Climate-related risk will dent oil company valuation by 2020, fund managers predict
25 April 2018About 90% of fund managers expect that the valuation of international oil companies (IOCs) will drop 'significantly' within two years because of energy transition risks such as new legislation, a survey of organisations with more than $13 trillion in combined assets has found.
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EBRD working group to present TCFD physical risk guidance
19 April 2018A working group to advance the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD)'s guidance on physical climate risk will present its findings next month.
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People moves, 2 February 2018
02 February 2018Ulrika Hasselgren has left Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) to head the responsible investment team at Danske Bank.
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UK pension funds could be required to state ESG policy
18 December 2017UK pension trustees could be required to state their investment policies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, as well as their approach to voting and engagement, with the introduction of new regulation next year.
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UK pension funds advised to adopt TCFD reporting and engage on climate
07 December 2017The UK's Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has warned of the "severe" short-term risks to pension fund investments posed by climate change, as it releases a framework to help them mitigate climate risk and exploit opportunity.