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S&P DJI to launch German ESG Index

News round-up: WTW, Foresight, JLEN, S&P and Lombard Odier

S&P hopes ESG-focused US mid- and small-cap indexes will drive reporting

S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) hopes that the launch of small- and mid-cap indexes to its environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused range will help drive greater sustainability reporting and action among these smaller firms

Scottish Widows urges £2.5trn UK pension industry to urgently close 'green gap'

Scottish Widows has urged other UK pension funds to help close the £2.2 trillion ($3 trillion) 'green gap' following its announcement of strengthened climate targets, arguing the "steady progress" on climate being made by the industry was "not fast enough".

News Round Up: Bankers for Net Zero, Downing REIT, GPIF, and more

Planet Tracker identifies deforestation risk behind ETFs

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) from asset managers including BlackRock (iShares), Vanguard and State Street hide entrenched deforestation risk from investors, according to sustainability think tank Planet Tracker.

News round-up: TNFD expands, GIG enters India, Chinese ESG ETF growth ... and more

EU climate benchmarks complete regulatory journey

Two closely watched EU climate benchmarks intended to address the risk of 'greenwashing' are set to come into force before the end of 2020 after officially entering the official journal of the bloc.

News Round Up: Scottish Widows, JP Morgan, Fidelity, and more

News round-up: REST settles climate case, Solarcentury acquired, Equinor net-zero pledge ... and more