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BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ initiative
09 January 2020The largest asset manager in the world, BlackRock, has joined the Climate Action 100+ initiative, in a move that "sends a powerful signal to companies to reduce emissions, improve corporate governance and strengthen their disclosure".
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Pimco: SDG bonds and use-of-proceeds bonds 'can co-exist'
30 October 2019Fixed income investment giant Pimco believes that use-of-proceeds bonds and SDG-linked instruments "may be complementary" and can co-exist under the overarching framework of SDG-aligned bonds.
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ESG in Fixed Income featuring Green bonds Americas conference 2019
14 October 2019The conference attracted 300 delegates this year, as the discussion broadened out to cover sustainability in the overall fixed income market. Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps report
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The ESG data files - part four: fixed income data
21 August 2019While the availability of sustainability-related data for fixed income investments is catching up with that for equities, much progress remains to be made, Michael Hurley is told
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Pimco looks to emerging markets for sovereign green bonds
06 August 2019Fixed income investment giant Pimco has encouraged international financial institutions (IFIs) to ramp up support for emerging market sovereigns to issue green bonds.
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Pimco, AfDB, Iberdrola and ING elected to GBP executive committee
13 June 2019US investment management giant Pimco and Dutch bank ING are among four institutions to have been elected to the executive committee of the Green Bond Principles (GBPs) and Social Bond Principles (SBPs).
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Pimco sees little impact on returns from ESG bias in developed markets
05 June 2019Returns from Pimco's global bond funds which focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, (LINK) have been very similar to those from their traditional counterparts, said Andrew Balls, the company's CIO, global fixed income.
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Pimco claims success in push for more SDG bonds
23 April 2019Investment giant Pimco is claiming success in its campaign to encourage more issuance of bonds linked to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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People Moves: Natixis, Wells Fargo Asset Management, Schroders, PIMCO, Truvalue Labs, MSCI, SASB, Boston Trust and Walden, ANZ and Swiss Association for Responsible Investment
15 February 2019Harald Walkate has been appointed as Natixis Investment Managers' first head of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ESG.
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SASB launches its standards
09 November 2018The Sustainability Accountability Standards Board (SASB), one of major reporting bodies, has published its sustainability standards, at a time when environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is gaining momentum.