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Mirova acquires Swedish wind farm

Natixis Investment Managers' affiliate is dedicated to sustainable investing

Green bonds provide easiest route to an ESG strategy, says Mirova

Green bonds offer investors the "easiest and most direct way" of starting an environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, according to Mirova portfolio manager Bertrand Rocher.

Strong performance for green, social and sustainability bond funds in 2019

After a torrid 2018 green, social and sustainability bond funds experienced a stronger performance in 2019, off the back of a rallying fixed income market. But performances were highly variable, reports Ahren Lester.

People Moves, 6 March: DG FISMA, ResponsAbility, Carbon4 Finance

Asset managers launch search for biodiversity tool developer

Four asset managers have opened a search for a partner to develop a tool to measure the impact of investments on biodiversity in order to raise awareness of the threat within the financial community.

Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund raises additional $50m

Sustainable investment specialist Mirova has reached a second close for its Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund, raising an additional $50 million and taking the fund's total commitments to $92 million.

MSCI anticipates EU climate benchmarks with new index series

MSCI has raced out of the EU legislative starting blocks with the launch of two series of indexes designed to meet the minimum standards of proposed categories of climate-related benchmarks.

Brazilian biodiversity fund reaches first close

Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has confirmed the first close of the Althelia Biodiversity Fund Brazil (ABF Brazil), which will make impact investments in the Amazon.

Sowing the seeds of tomorrow's agriculture

Funds that invest in making farming more sustainable are highly impactful, but hard work!

Investing in the oceans

Investors targeting SDG14 – life below water – can find themselves fishing in murky waters, writes Joe Walsh