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US states target ESG investment as US SIF hits back at 'political' attacks
25 August 2022Politicians in two US states have launched anti-environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment policies, whilst the US SIF has published an 'ESG Truths' website amid growing "politically motivated and simplistic attacks" on ESG in the country.
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Video: Nordea's Jacob Michaelsen on the EU Platform Social Taxonomy
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Carbon budgets dataset wins investor support
04 May 2022The publication of a massive dataset outlining carbon budgets for companies across 12 sectors has the potential to boost the credibility of investor climate-related target-setting, and support regulation on reporting, observers have said.
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Gender-lens scorecard identifies leaders and laggards
08 March 2022Gender-lens themed funds managed by Pax, UBS and Nordea were ranked among top performers in a scorecard which left BMO- and Daiwa-managed funds languishing at the bottom end of the ranking.
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Nordea reveals 'most influential' biodiversity developments
18 February 2022The most significant advances in biodiversity in the coming year for financial institutions will be standardised frameworks, executives from the market insight arm of bank Nordea have said.
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Denmark to issue debut 'twin' green bond in January
08 December 2021Denmark has announced it will issue its debut sovereign green bond in January which will replicate the innovative 'twin bond' concept launched by Germany in 2020, as it kick-starts its green bond programme intending to raise up to NOK12 billion ($1.3 billion) in 2022.
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People Moves 22 October: ICMA, CDP, Nordea and more
22 October 2021 -
David Ray has joined Nordea's Sustainable Finance Advisory team
22 October 2021 -
Promises, promises ... asset managers and net zero - part two
14 October 2021The second part of this feature explores the power of engagement and why some investors do not want to sign up to the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative. Thomas Cox reports
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'Even leading banking practices fail basic climate, biodiversity tests' - ShareAction
06 September 2021Most of Europe's largest banks have targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to net zero - but very few banks have taken concrete steps to achieve this and even leading practices in the sector fail "basic" quality tests, according to research by non-profit ShareAction.