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People Moves 15 January: Morgan Green Advisory, Persefoni, Deloitte, COP26, Aviva Investors, US SIF, Kartesia, Carbon Tracker, AfDB, Cardano, ING Bank, Marathon Capital

Asteria launches €9m climate bonds fund

Asset manager Asteria Investment Managers has launched a €8.7 million ($10.6 million) climate bond fund focused on what it says are the most impactful sustainability bonds, expecting growth in assets to around $900 million by the end of 2021.

Rothschild: Covid-19 a wake-up call for ESG

Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has identified the Covid-19 epidemic as a reminder of the "urgent" need to deal with ESG sustainability issues.

Richard Mattison on how ESG data needs to improve

There are three main areas that environmental, social and governance (ESG) data needs to focus on to improve, says the CEO of Trucost, part of S&P Global

News Round Up: Canada backs land fund, Alquity secures investment, TRIG buys into Beatrice ... and more

BlackRock takes minority stake in Clarity AI

BlackRock has made a minority investment in US-based sustainability analytics platform Clarity AI. Its technology will be integrated into BlackRock's own portfolio management software Aladdin.

News Round Up: Tabula, Aviva, Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, and more

UN's 'Race to Zero' campaign launches finance sector expert group

The Race to Zero campaign launched by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has formed a finance sector expert group (FSEG) to develop "consistent, fair, and rigorous" guidelines for assessing which financial firms should be eligible to join the initiative..

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Volvo, Link REIT, Ascott ... and more

'Inevitable' university endowment shift to impact, ESG

There is 'inevitable momentum' driving university endowments' move towards more sustainable and impactful investing, according to research by wealth manager Tribe Impact Capital.