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  • HSBC launches ESG portfolio reporting service

    21 July 2020

    Multinational bank HSBC has released a reporting service allowing institutional investors to measure the environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials of their investments.

  • Environmental Finance publishes ESG data guide 2020

    02 July 2020

    Environmental Finance has launched the 2020 version of its Guide to environmental, social and governance (ESG) data providers, detailing more than 150 products provided by ESG data companies across the world.

  • ESG data market 'to more than double, to $5bn'

    26 June 2020

    The environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and services market could more than double to over $5 billion by 2025, it has been forecast, as institutional investor interest grows in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Fidelity launches trio of ESG ETFs

    04 June 2020

    Fidelity International is to extend its 'sustainable' range of funds, with the launch of three actively managed, exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

  • Less than half of green bond funds are ESG leaders, says MSCI

    01 June 2020

    Less than half of green bond funds were ranked as leaders in terms of their environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials, according to MSCI ESG Fund Ratings.

  • Economic rebound will be 'final test' for ESG funds, says Candriam

    28 May 2020

    After delivering relative outperformance before and during the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, the "final test" for environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds will be how they perform during the ongoing rebound, says Candriam.

  • DWS launches 'smart' ESG investment approach

    27 May 2020

    Asset manager DWS has announced stricter environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment criteria, focused on identifying and engaging with firms with high climate transition risk and violators of international sustainability standards.

  • BlackRock hails sustainable ETFs in wake of Covid-19

    17 April 2020

    Sustainable ETFs chalked up another resilient performance amid the market turmoil in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. BlackRock's regional sustainable ETF head tells Ahren Lester what may have driven this, and what it means for the future of the asset class.

  • Lyxor launches ETFs tracking decarbonisation indexes

    16 April 2020

    Lyxor Asset Management has launched four exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with focus on decarbonisation and achieving climate goals.

  • Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2020

    30 March 2020

    Environmental Finance's Bond Awards were expanded again this year to reflect the growth and evolution of the green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond markets and to include the nascent GSS loan market.