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Second opinions won't ensure integrity of green bonds, says KPMG
14 April 2015Investors need to push for greater transparency in the green bond market, according to experts at KPMG, who say second opinions are not sufficient to ensure market integrity.
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Cicero introduces 'shades of green' to second-opinion market
27 March 2015Cicero has updated its methodology for assessing green bonds, creating a three-tier scale of 'greenness'.
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Large investors accused of weak sustainable investment policies on forestry
11 February 2015Most institutional investors have "poorly developed sustainable investment policies" regarding forest commodities, according to Forest 500, an initiative of the Global Canopy Programme (GCP), a UK-based think tank.
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Pension funds publish reporting guide for asset managers
28 January 2015A group of pension funds with more than £200 billion ($300 billion) of assets has published a guide intended to improve asset managers' performance when it comes to responsible investment (RI) reporting.
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Green bonds: of indexes, verifiers and the pursuit of standards
13 November 2014The question of what is green continues to haunt the green bond market, says Peter Cripps
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Barclays and MSCI launch green bond index, excluding Unilever
13 November 2014Barclays and MSCI have today launched their Green Bond Index, excluding major issues from Unilever and Iberdrola.
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Failure to report water risk 'a grave concern', says CDP
05 November 2014The number of large companies reporting water risks has failed to increase in-line with investor demand, with the energy sector continuing to lag behind its peers, a new report has warned.
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Barclays and MSCI's green bond criteria to exclude some issues labelled 'green'
30 September 2014Barclays and MSCI said their green bond index will exclude some issues that are labelled 'green', including those that fund hydro projects bigger than 25MW, or energy efficiency improvements within corporate operations.
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Governments and companies in joint pledge to halt forest loss
24 September 2014More than 30 national governments, 40 companies and numerous NGOs and regional governments have pledged to work to halt deforestation globally by 2030.
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Bank of America, GE, Schlumberger dropped from Dow Jones sustainability index
11 September 2014General Electric, Bank of America Corp and Schlumberger have all been dropped from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) this year, following an annual review of constituents carried out by sustainable investment specialist RobecoSAM.