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Consultants chosen to develop avoided emissions standard
25 January 2024A group of asset managers has selected two consultants to develop a database that will 'standardise and give transparency' to the calculation of avoided greenhouse gas emissions.
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BlackRock, DWS, Natixis show 'basic' commitment to ESG, says Morningstar
20 November 2020Morningstar has identified Vanguard and Lyxor among asset managers with a 'low' level of commitment to ESG topics, whilst BlackRock, DWS, Natixis and UBS were flagged for their 'basic' approaches.
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News round-up: EU offshore wind push, muni green project fund, sovereign ESG data set ... and more
20 November 2020European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans encouraged EU member states to use funds from the €750 billion Next Generation EU fund to make targeted investments in the space to "unlock the necessary private financial flows" to power the expansion.
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UK Environment Agency pension fund points to longer term success after annual underperformance
19 July 2017The UK Environment Agency Pension Fund's (EAPF) multi-asset 'active' fund last year underperformed its benchmarks by 1.6 percentage points, but it pointed to its longer term outperformance as evidence of the success of its strategy.
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People Moves: CDP, Mirova, Comgest, Man Group
23 June 2017Carole Ferguson has been appointed head of investor research at CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project.