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KPMG, CISL launch impact measurement tool
26 November 2020KPMG and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) have jointly developed a tool to help asset managers measure and report the environmental and social impacts of their listed equity investments.
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Big four accountancy firms agree universal ESG disclosure framework
22 September 2020A set of 'universal' environmental, social and governance (ESG) assessment criteria has been published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the 'big four' accountancy firms.
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IASB clarifies climate expectations as Big Four face investor scrutiny
29 November 2019The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has clarified its expectations on disclosure of climate-related risks, as it emerged that a group of investors had pressured the Big Four accounting firms to focus more on climate.
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EU green bond standard ‘likely to kill’ second party opinions
07 August 2019The proposed EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) “is likely to kill the second party opinion format as we know it”, according to French investment bank Natixis CIB.
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Cubico raises €75m for renewables projects refinance in Italy
22 July 2019Cubico Sustainable Investments has raised €75 million ($84 million) in debt for the refinancing of 27.4MW of 14 renewables projects in Italy.
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BlackRock and CPPIB back stewardship code for long-term investors
02 July 2019FCLTGlobal, a non-profit organisation led by institutional investors including the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and BlackRock, has released new guidelines that aim to help asset managers become better long-term investors.
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‘World-first’ sustainable fund launches search for manager
03 May 2019The search has been launched for managers of a planned ‘global sustainable energy innovation fund’, which looks to blend up to €3 billion ($3.4 billion) of public and private finance “to overcome the inherent funding challenges for disruptive sustainable energy innovations”.
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People Moves: GIIN and FTSE Russell
16 November 2018Sean Gilbert has been appointed as director of membership at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).
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Big four audit firms under spotlight on climate reporting
19 September 2018The ‘big four’ audit firms have been challenged to explain their failure to flag deficiencies in companies’ climate risk reporting.
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Majority of Australian investments are ‘responsible’, report finds
09 August 2018More than half of all professionally managed investments in Australia were labelled ‘responsible’ in 2017, according to a survey of asset managers.