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People Moves 7 February: GSG, Federated Hermes, Nuveen, Kempen, Foresight, Legal & General, Vigeo Eiris, Eaton Vance

Rockefeller, Packard and Ford among foundations backing impact scale-up fund

The Rockefeller Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Ford Foundation are among high-profile US backers of a 'tipping point' fund designed to help boost the impact investing market.

ESMA publishes ESG action plan

The EU securities markets regulator is to increase its focus on sustainability, including looking at climate stress testing, risks from green bonds, and pushing credit rating agencies on how they incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.

African access to energy fund raises $45m at first close

A fund aiming to allocate $120 million to projects that provide 'affordable' access to energy for homes and businesses in sub-Saharan Africa has raised $45 million at first close.

Keep TCFD recommendations voluntary, says Insurance Europe

Lobby group responds to IAIS climate disclosure paper

Tesla shares are 'still worth holding on to', says sustainable fund manager

Shares in Tesla are worth holding onto, despite having more than trebled in value over the past six months, according to the manager of the Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity Fund.

Norwegian oil fund revokes its exclusion of Drax

Norway's Government Pension Global, known as Norway's oil fund, is to reverse its decision to divest from British power generation company Drax.

EU Taxonomy-consistent index family launched

ISS ESG has launched a family of climate-focused indexes which are consistent with the specifications of the EU technical expert group on sustainable finance (TEG) report.

Green bond comment, February 2020: The EU's Ecolabel

The EU's Ecolabel and green bonds are an imprecise match, says Peter Cripps

Bonds round-up: KHFC, Bankinter, Telia, Nord L/B and more...

SEB predicts booming green bond market in 2020