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  • Green bond round-up, 20 June, 2018

    20 June 2018

    ESG investors flock to Australian SDG bond National Australia Bank (NAB) has issued its first 'green SDG bond' which it said aligns with the Green Bond Principles while also contributing to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • TCFD guidance for banks launched

    26 April 2018

    Guidance was today launched to help banks assess and report the 'transition risks' in their loan books, as recommended by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • Green bond round-up, 18 April 2018

    18 April 2018

    BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market with a €500 million ($618 million), six-year offering paying a coupon of 1.00%.

  • UBS goes green in Asia with new portfolio

    10 April 2018

    UBS has launched what it claims to be the first Asian portfolio to solely invest in stocks and bonds with a good sustainability record.

  • UBS creates "new framework for sustainable investing"

    05 February 2018

    UBS Asset Management (AM) has teamed up with academics to develop a "new calculus for sustainable investing".

  • UBS's new fund targets gender equality

    08 January 2018

    UBS has launched a fund that will invest in companies with a strong record in gender diversity and sustainability.

  • $26trn of investors sign up to climate engagement initiative

    12 December 2017

    More than 200 global institutional investors with over $26.3 trillion in assets have joined forces in a collaborative engagement initiative to drive swifter corporate action on climate change.

  • Mapping the SDGs

    11 December 2017

    Two years on from the launch of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, how are investors responding, asks Peter Cripps

  • People moves: UBS, LGIM, CalPERS, Crowell & Moring

    08 December 2017

    UBS has continued to expand its sustainable investment team as it looks to take significant steps forward in the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its active investment process.

  • UBS 'planning new version of Climate Aware Fund'

    29 November 2017

    UBS is planning to launch a new fund based on the Climate Aware Fund it created for the UK's national workplace pension provider the National Employee Saving Trust (Nest), Environmental Finance understands.