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LGIM announces exclusions from its £5bn Future World Funds
11 June 2018Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has named the companies it regards as leaders and laggards on climate change issues, as part of its attempt to remove climate-related risk from its £5 billion ($6.7 billion) Future World funds.
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Investors urged to engage with companies on physical climate risks
07 June 2018Investors are being encouraged to engage with companies on physical climate risks, both reactively and proactively, by identifying those with the biggest exposure to extreme weather events.
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Food firms need to improve response to climate change, says Ceres
12 September 2017Many food companies are poorly prepared to deal with the likely impacts of climate change, according to Ceres, a US-based industry and investor network.
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Investors start to weigh water risks
18 April 2017Investor interest in corporate water risk is increasing fast. A range of tools and services are being developed to help companies respond. Graham Cooper reports
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Australian banks shine in RobecoSAM ratings
24 January 2017Just six financial institutions have been awarded 'gold stars' in RobecoSAM's 2017 Sustainability Yearbook, and three of them were Australian banks.
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Nestlé sees more work needed for natural capital P&L
18 November 2015Food and beverage giant Nestlé said it will not produce an environmental profit and loss statement until it better understands the concept of 'natural capital'.
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2015 has seen an 'inexorable rise' in voluntary carbon pricing for corporates, says CDP
23 September 2015There has been an "inexorable rise" in the number of public companies putting a price on carbon, according to a report from CDP.
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S&P and Goldman Sachs create responsible investment indices
25 June 2015Standard & Poor's (S&P) has teamed up with Goldman Sachs to create two responsible investment indices – the latest in a series of launches in the space this week.
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ESG index launched for emerging markets
24 June 2015A new index has been launched covering emerging market stocks with high environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings.
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Business coalition calls for zero emissions 'well before end of century'
08 June 2015A coalition of businesses and NGOs has written an open letter calling for world leaders to back an ambitious "zero emissions" policy at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) in December.