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European insurers spell out ESG investing moves in detail
03 October 2019Europe’s insurers have used regulatory filings to provide detail about how they are transforming their investment processes to encompass environmental, social and governance (ESG) precepts.
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Green bond comment: BIS backing signals market's maturity
02 October 2019The launch of a green bond fund by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), on 16 September, marks a new milestone on the market's long march to maturity.
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$150m green bond for oil tanker fleet in pipeline
02 October 2019Teekay Shuttle Tankers, a Canadian shipowner specialising in oil and gas transportation is looking to issue a $150 million green bond to fund the building of new tankers.
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Bonds round-up: Raiffeisen Bank, NWB, Mitsubishi UFJ, European Energy ... and more
02 October 2019Raiffeisen Bank raises €750m from second green bond issue
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Norway’s oil fund to dump $5.9bn of equities in oil stocks
02 October 2019Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund is to “gradually phase out” about NOK54 billion ($5.9 billion) worth of stocks in crude oil producers, the country’s Ministry of Finance said.
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GIG to assess carbon impact of 40,000 renewable assets
02 October 2019Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG) has partnered with Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) to assess the positive carbon impact of over 40,000 wind and solar assets.
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UK introduction of ESG disclosure rules for pensions is ‘key milestone’
02 October 2019The introduction of rules that require UK pension schemes to set out how they consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment strategy has been billed as an industry landmark.
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Voting opens for Environmental Finance's 20th Annual Market Rankings
02 October 2019Voting has begun in Environmental Finance's Annual Market Rankings (LINK) – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets, which is now in its 20th year.
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TEG expects ‘massive domino effect’ of ESG benchmark disclosures
01 October 2019A prominent member of the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) has predicted that recommendations for minimum disclosure requirements for most investment indexes “will have a massive domino effect” on companies publishing environmental, social and governance (ESG) information.
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Sovereign wealth funds and central banks increasingly integrating ESG policies
01 October 2019The number of sovereign wealth funds with specific environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies has increased in the last two years, according to a report by Invesco.