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  • UK government launches COP26 after sacking president

    04 February 2020

    The UK government's launch of the UN Climate Summit, to be hosted in Glasgow in November, was overshadowed by its dismissal of the president of the negotiations, who hit back with a letter warning the process is "miles off track".

  • AllianzGI poaches BlackRock head of sustainable emerging market debt

    04 February 2020

    Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has hired Giulia Pellegrini as senior portfolio manager within its emerging market debt team.

  • Impact investment fund of funds passes 'milestone' assets level

    03 February 2020

    An impact investment fund of funds has passed €100 million ($110 million) in assets under management (AUM), shortly after completing a new investment based around financial inclusion.

  • BMO sets climate change as key engagement priority

    03 February 2020

    BMO Global Asset Management has pledged to intensify its engagement with companies this year on the topic of climate change.

  • Biodiversity, shipping among Sustainalytics' impact trends for 2020

    03 February 2020

    Sustainalytics has identified biodiversity and 'cleaner shipping' among 10 investment themes for 2020 it says look best placed to contribute positively to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and potentially create impact in addition to financial returns.

  • Three Japanese insurers invest in renewable energy power stations

    03 February 2020

    This will be Japan's first commercial offshore wind farms

  • WCI Carbon Market Update, 3 February 2020

    03 February 2020

    The price of California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) is expected to retest the year-to-date high of $18.85, says Nicolas Girod.*

  • CBI opens public consultation for agriculture criteria

    03 February 2020

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has opened a public consultation for the proposed expansion of the Climate Bonds Standard into sustainable agriculture.

  • "Pitfalls" in ESG ratings requires investor caution

    31 January 2020

    Investors should be cautious when using the growing number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and data providers amid several inherent pitfalls, although valuable insights can still be drawn from them.

  • People Moves 31 January: Lombard Odier, Tyler Prize, Societe Generale, CPI, NEST, Datamaran, Greencoat, Sustainalytics

    31 January 2020