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Planet Tracker identifies deforestation risk behind ETFs
18 December 2020Exchange 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.
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News round-up: TNFD expands, GIG enters India, Chinese ESG ETF growth ... and more
04 December 2020 -
EU climate benchmarks complete regulatory journey
03 December 2020Two 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.
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News Round Up: Scottish Widows, JP Morgan, Fidelity, and more
09 November 2020 -
News round-up: REST settles climate case, Solarcentury acquired, Equinor net-zero pledge ... and more
02 November 2020 -
Climate Endowment to launch €500m forestry fund
14 October 2020The Climate Endowment Group is gearing up to launch a forestry impact fund with an initial target size of about €500 million ($590 million), Environmental Finance can reveal.
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'Climate endowment' launches €500m hydropower fund
07 October 2020A 'climate endowment' looking to replicate the alternative investment strategies of Harvard and Yale universities has launched a hydropower impact fund targeting €500 million ($588 million) in investments.
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Big data 'can help assess country ESG risk, and its implications for companies'
14 August 2020Big data can help investors better understand countries' environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, and the challenges these present to the companies operating within them, said MSCI.
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Scottish Widows invests £2bn in BlackRock climate transition fund
05 August 2020Asset management giant BlackRock has launched a Climate Transition World Equity Fund with a £2 billion ($2.6 billion) investment from British pensions and insurance provider Scottish Widows, a subsidiary of Lloyds Bank.
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Use our Taxonomy as a framework for economic recovery, urges EU's TEG
27 April 2020Policy makers and the private sector have been urged to use the tools developed as part of the EU's sustainable finance action plan to guide the rebuilding of economy following the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.