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Biodiversity accounting initiative outlines initial guidelines
25 September 2020A report endorsed by banks and asset managers has laid out a common approach to measuring positive impact on biodiversity.
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26 firms commit to biodiversity impact and disclosure pledge
25 September 2020A pledge to set targets and reporting on biodiversity, and pressure world leaders to reverse nature loss has been signed by 26 financial firms managing over €3 trillion ($3.5 trillion) in assets, including Axa, HSBC Global Asset Management and Robeco.
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Evli launches corporate green bond fund
19 August 2020Finnish bank and asset manager Evli has launched a fund focused on green corporate bonds.
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Biodiversity: lessons from the Dutch working group
31 July 2020A number of leading Dutch financial institutions have joined forces to boost knowledge about biodiversity within the financial sector. Merel Hendriks and Simon Zwagemakers outline some of the key developments
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200% rise in Swiss impact investments signals 'new era'
09 June 2020Last year saw investments that target measurable positive social or environmental impact alongside returns more than treble, taking the total to about CHF50 billion ($52 billion), according to a survey of Swiss investors.
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Siemens Gamesa inks medical research supporting bank guarantee
19 May 2020Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa signed an innovative €600 million bank guarantee line to cover the component construction for the world's largest offshore wind farm, with the premium on the deal used to finance a cancer research project.
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Time is ripe for US asset managers to engage oil majors
11 May 2020Domestic asset managers have been largely absent from climate engagement with US oil majors, but the Church Commissioners for England tells Ahren Lester that this could finally be changing.
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ISS ESG creates impact rating system
05 May 2020ISS ESG has devised a system by which it will rate companies' management of their positive and negative contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Robeco launches green bond fund
29 April 2020Robeco has launched a global green bond fund amid the "attractive opportunities" presented by the market to investors.
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Shell strengthens climate ambitions after investor pressure
16 April 2020Royal Dutch Shell has strengthened its climate change ambitions in order to help meet global 2050 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets, but campaigners remain unconvinced that the proposals go far enough.