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Investors face rising biomass risks, says ShareAction
07 February 2019Investors are exposed to increasing financial and reputational risks from investments in biomass energy, as the greenness of the fuel is becoming more and more doubtful, an NGO has argued.
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UBS targets 50 oil, gas and utility companies for engagement
05 February 2019UBS Asset Management has identified 50 oil, gas and utility companies as climate-related engagement targets, as it looks to tackle ‘one of the most pressing concerns investors currently face’.
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Simplify SDG finance to unleash scale, says UBS
23 January 2019UBS has called on the financial sector and policymakers to simplify and standardise investing in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to help close the current financing gap to reach the goals.
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UBS hails sustainable investing as a key strategy for 2019
02 January 2019UBS has named sustainable investing as one of its five key strategies for investors in 2019, to help tackle what it described as an "environmental credit crunch".
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Green Bonds round-up, 12 December
12 December 2018Swedish bank SEB has predicted that total green bond issuance could reach $240 billion in 2019, despite the market moving "sideways" this year.
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$32trn group of investors demand greater government climate action
10 December 2018Investors with a combined $32 trillion in assets have demanded governments increase action to tackle climate change.
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IIGCC publishes climate scenario analysis guide
22 November 2018Investors who use scenario analysis will be better equipped to respond to early warning signs, such as a rising carbon price, and take more informed investment decisions as the low-carbon transition evolves.
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UBS-backed platform to help HNWIs support the SDGs
19 November 2018A platform has been launched to make it easier for high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and family offices to put their money into impact investments.
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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.
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People moves: IOSCO, London Stock Exchange Group, Simmons & Simmons, UBS
19 October 2018Peter Damgaard Jensen has been appointed as co-organizer of the newly founded Global Commission on Adaptation. Damgaard Jensen also acts as CEO of Danish pension scheme PKA and chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), an investor association taking action to support a low-carbon future.