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  • Impax hails record inflows

    04 June 2020

    Impax Asset Management shrugged off the shock from the Covid-19 Pandemic, reporting record inflows in its half-yearly results.

  • Fidelity launches trio of ESG ETFs

    04 June 2020

    Fidelity International is to extend its 'sustainable' range of funds, with the launch of three actively managed, exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

  • SoftBank to launch $100m fund to invest in 'people of colour'

    04 June 2020

    SoftBank plans to launch a $100 million fund to invest in "companies led by founders and entrepreneurs of colour", it said in a note to employees.

  • Significant variance in Asian company ESG data disclosure

    04 June 2020

    Public disclosure of key environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics among Asian firms varies significantly by country of origin, a database launched by HSBC has revealed.

  • Blended finance fund invests $40m in forests and agriculture

    04 June 2020

    &Green Fund has agreed a combined $40 million in loans to implement sustainable palm oil production and "low-emissions" agriculture practices.

  • InvestEco raises CAD100m for sustainable food fund

    04 June 2020

    InvestEco Capital has raised CAD100 million ($74 million) at final close of its third 'sustainable' food impact fund.

  • Institutional portfolios can be more resilient with Impact

    04 June 2020

    The unexpected stress test of Covid-19 has provided insight into which companies might be more resilient to risks such as climate change, according to Gordon Power

  • Denmark explores new model of green sovereign bond

    04 June 2020

    The Danish government has appointed BNP Paribas, Danske Bank and Nordea as advisors to help it explore the possibility of issuing a new form of sovereign green debt.

  • Green bond comment, June 2020: What use is use of proceeds?

    03 June 2020

    Ahead of the Green Bond Principles AGM, Peter Cripps asks whether the 'use of proceeds' format is under threat

  • Industry groups stress importance of linking UK and EU carbon markets

    03 June 2020

    Industry associations representing the power sector and major emitters of greenhouse gases have generally welcomed the UK's proposal for a domestic emissions trading system (ETS) to begin in January 2021.