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  • News round-up: EU offshore wind push, muni green project fund, sovereign ESG data set ... and more

    20 November 2020

    European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans encouraged EU member states to use funds from the €750 billion Next Generation EU fund to make targeted investments in the space to "unlock the necessary private financial flows" to power the expansion.

  • Most financial institutions don't push for ambitious EU sustainable finance strategy

    23 September 2020

    Many financial institutions are failing to support an ambitious EU sustainable finance strategy, according to a report on lobbying by NGO InfluenceMap, with just a handful supporting and actively engaging with the European Commission's policy.

  • The Future of ESG Data conference: Don't separate impact from sustainability data

    15 September 2020

    Third-party data providers should make impact a part of their core sustainability data offering to help investors assess the net impact of their investments, UBS's Christopher Greenwald has said.

  • ESG ETF assets could hit over 3% of market by 2029, Morgan Stanley

    07 August 2020

    Rapid growth of assets in environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) could see them hit almost $600 billion - equivalent to around 3.2% of the total market - by 2029, according to Morgan Stanley.

  • GISD calls for blended finance fund for increased UN SDGs funding

    07 August 2020

    The UN-convened Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance has developed more than 60 proposals calling for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to receive accelerated funding, including through data standardisation and a blended finance fund.

  • No banks are outstanding at ESG, study finds

    30 July 2020

    A study of 30 leading banks concluded that not one warranted being classified as 'outstanding' when it comes to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.

  • UBS backs $182m impact fund for female tech entrepreneurs

    10 July 2020

    Rethink Impact's second impact fund dedicated to investing in female entrepreneurs in technology raised $182 million at final close, including $56 million from UBS Wealth Management.

  • AgriFunds urged to improve natural capital risk disclosure

    07 July 2020

    Food and agriculture funds have been urged to improve reporting on nature-related risks, after a report showed major investors in the sector were materially exposed to the financial risks associated with natural capital threats.

  • Environmental Finance publishes ESG data guide 2020

    02 July 2020

    Environmental Finance has launched the 2020 version of its Guide to environmental, social and governance (ESG) data providers, detailing more than 150 products provided by ESG data companies across the world.

  • ESG data market 'to more than double, to $5bn'

    26 June 2020

    The environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and services market could more than double to over $5 billion by 2025, it has been forecast, as institutional investor interest grows in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.