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ESG indexes: in the sweet spot
20 September 2017Billions have flowed into funds tracking ESG indexes or low-carbon indexes in recent months. What are the innovations that will drive further growth, asks Peter Cripps
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UK pension scheme NEST divests £27.2m from high carbon companies
11 September 2017The UK's national workplace pension provider has divested £27.2 million from companies that it deems are not adequately adapting to a low-carbon economy, including Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell, it has said.
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UBS outlines sustainability ambition, and says US will seize ESG leadership from Europe
08 September 2017UBS has laid out its ambition to make the financial services group a leader in the sustainability space.
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DNB joins project to implement TCFD recommendations
02 August 2017DNB, Norway's largest financial services group, has joined a UN-sponsored project to develop practical ways to improve disclosure and reporting of the impacts of climate change.
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Banks pledge to help implement recommendations of TCFD
11 July 2017Eleven large banks have committed to develop practical ways of implementing the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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US Yieldcos: escaping the parent trap
23 June 2017A recent spate of M&As in the yieldco space seems to point to a new chapter in the model's evolution. Hamza Ali reports
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US withdrawal from Paris Agreement 'an irrelevance', say investors
01 June 2017With President Trump widely expected to announce the US' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement today, investors are sceptical over its implications on global climate action with one branding it an 'irrelevance'.
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Zurich's CIO explains the importance of ESG
08 May 2017Urban Angehrn oversees Zurich Insurance Group's $190 billion asset book. With no pure asset management business in the group, he talks to Asa Gibson about how responsible investment fits in with its asset management selection process.
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8point3 a strategic sale, but Atlantica may be broken-up, says UBS
24 April 2017As the parent sponsors of 8point3 Energy Partners (CAFD) and Atlantica Yield (ABY) prepare to sell their stakes, the future of the two yieldcos may be quite different, said an analysist for UBS.
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27 CEOs back TCFD recommendations
21 April 201727 CEOs from major corporations have committed to implement the draft recommendations laid out by the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).