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News round-up: Impax, NZAOA, Credit Suisse and Aviva

Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance adds five members

Eni publishes 'first' sustainability-linked financing framework for oil sector

Italian oil supermajor Eni has published its sustainability-linked financing framework supporting its 2050 net-zero emissions goal, believed to be the 'first' such framework from the oil and gas sector.

News round-up: Phoenix, Northern Trust, biodiversity and Canada

Phoenix invests £80m in Nissan's electric and hybrid vehicle manufacturing

Bain Double Impact invests in 'urgent care' provider

Bain Capital Double Impact has invested an undisclosed sum in ConvenientMD, which operates 'urgent care' clinics along the US East Coast.

2020 saw dip in emerging market impact fund launches, Phenix data show

Just 59 emerging market impact funds were launched last year - compared with 90 funds in 2019, and 58 in 2018, according to data provided by Phenix.

Phenix developing impact benchmarks

Phenix Capital is developing impact benchmark indexes and is canvassing large asset owners for their input, according to the data provider.

Conservation, nature-based impact funds raising €10bn - Phenix

Fund managers targeting positive impact through conservation and nature-based investments are currently raising a combined €10 billion ($12 billion), according to data provider Phenix Capital.

Central banks should explicitly back net-zero measures, says report

Central banks should explicitly align their policies with achieving a net zero carbon emission economy by 2050, according to a paper prepared by a trio of economists, including through their prudential supervision, monetary policy and their own portfolios.