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Willis Towers Watson develops 'mainstream' ESG strategy with MSCI
06 September 2018Willis Towers Watson has developed a “mainstream” equity environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.
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Green is Good
22 August 2018Times are a-changin' in the bond market. Companies with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings stand to have privileged access to the capital markets. A universal 'green treasury' approach is needed to reap the economic and social rewards, says Arthur Krebbers
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Impax attracts £286m from UK wealth manager
01 August 2018Impax Asset Management has been selected by UK wealth manager St James's Place to manage its £286 million ($376 million) Sustainable and Responsible Equity fund.
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People Moves: New York State Common Retirement Fund, 2° Investing Initiative, MSCI and ClimateWise
27 July 2018Anastasia Titarchuk has been announced as interim CIO of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, replacing Vicki Fuller who will retire next week after six years of service.
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Amundi's early mover
21 June 2018Frédéric Samama has been a key mover in the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition, the creation of low-carbon indexes, and now the world's biggest green bond fund. He talks to Peter Cripps
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ICMA issues guide to link SDGs to green bond market
15 June 2018A guide to help issuers and investors understand how green, social and sustainability bonds contribute to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been produced by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).
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Members of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance announced
13 June 2018The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.
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Climate and SDGs to be focus of French pension fund's new SRI strategy
28 May 2018Climate change is “the biggest risk” to the €36.4 billion ($44 billion) FRR pension fund in coming years, Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr, chief investment officer of the pension fund, tells Michael Hurley.
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Water: managing risk and embracing opportunity
10 May 2018More than 100 delegates gathered at Environmental Finance's conference on water, hosted by the London Stock Exchange, to discuss an investment opportunity worth about $7.5 trillion, writes Michael Hurley.
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World’s largest pension fund prepares first ESG report
08 May 2018The world’s largest pension fund plans to publish its first ever report on the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors on its investments, Environmental Finance has learned.