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News Round Up: Climate Action 100+, SASB, Morningstar, and more

Bond round-up: EU, Unedic, KfW, TenneT, BNG, Schneider Electric ... and more

Deutsche Börse buys majority stake in ISS

German financial exchange operator Deutsche Börse has acquired a majority stake in Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), valuing the corporate governance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) data provider at over $2.2 billion.

News Round Up: Bezos Earth Fund, MSCI, GRESB, ETFs, and more

Sustainable bond 'greenium' expands 'significantly' in 2020

Investors have been willing to pay a significant 'greenium' for green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds in 2020, in contrast to 2019, according to a report from BNP Paribas.

Zurich Insurance moves to non-financial impact targets

Zurich Insurance Group has removed monetary targets from its impact strategy, as it passed a goal it previously set itself to invest $5 billion in impact instruments.

Insurers using investment over underwriting to integrate ESG into business

Negative screening most popular way to integrate ESG into allocations, AM Best says

UK government still weighing carbon tax instead of ETS after Brexit

The UK government is continuing to consider a controversial carbon tax after leaving the EU, instead of setting up a domestic cap-and-trade carbon emissions market, denying this would damage its international standing on climate change action.

It's time for positive action strategies

Meaningful action urgently needed to clean up the supply-side energy system, argues John Green

ICE reports record carbon activity as participants price climate risk