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Sustainable investing top priority for insurers

Sustainable investing is a top priority for global insurance companies, Schroders' third annual Institutional Investor Study has revealed.

Video: Gabriel Bernardino (Eiopa) @ Insurance Risk & Capital 2019

Gabriel Bernardino, chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa), joined Environmental Finance in London on 2 December at the Insurance & Climate Risk stream (part of the Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference).

Disappointment as COP25 fails to live up to promise

Disappointment met the closing of the COP25 climate talks in Madrid on Sunday after hopes were dashed that agreement on some key issues would be secured.

People Moves 13 December 2019: IETA, Amundi, 2DII, Preventable Surprises

New fund launched to invest in off-grid energy firms in Africa

UK-based charity Shell Foundation and Dutch development bank FMO have launched a $120 million investment fund to invest in companies working to provide affordable energy in sub-Saharan Africa.

Foresight snaps up first Nordic wind farm project

Asian sustainability bond index launched

Consultancy firm Carbon Care Asia and German index provider Solactive have launched an index to track the performance of sustainable bonds in Asia.

Goldman Sachs' environmental policy 'a crucial first step' for US banks

Goldman Sachs' updated environmental policy marks "a crucial first step, among US banks, on ending financing for the expansion of oil and gas", according to a group of NGOs.

First State asks US companies for more SDG-aligned information

The managers of First State Investments' Sustainable Listed Infrastructure fund have made disclosing in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a key part of their efforts to improve US companies' "patchy" sustainability-related disclosures.

CBI launches waste management industry accreditation criteria

Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has launched its green bond standard covering the waste management industry.