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Investors must step up climate risk engagement, says Australian NGO
18 February 2019Investors are being urged "to drastically increase the ambition and impact of their corporate engagement programmes" in Australia as regulators "have taken no action to enforce corporate disclosure laws when it comes to climate risk".
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ISS snaps up Australian ESG research firm
18 February 2019Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has returned to the acquisition trail with the purchase of CAER, a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research on Australasian companies.
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Chinese institutions warned of mounting environmental litigation risk
18 February 2019Chinese financial institutions are likely to face greater risk of litigation on environmental issues this year, Beijing-based consultancy SynTao Green Finance has warned.
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First Japanese fund launched for overseas offshore wind
18 February 2019Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) have launched what they claim is Japan's first renewable energy fund to invest in overseas offshore wind projects.
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Agribusiness fund eyes €200m of blended finance
18 February 2019An impact fund aiming to support agribusiness in developing countries has received commitments of €50 million ($57 million) towards its target of €200 million.
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CalSTRS supports activist hedge fund with $250 million
15 February 2019The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has backed a newly launched activist investment management firm, with $250 million in funding.
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EU’s TEG reveals how taxonomy will work in practice
15 February 2019Members of the EU’s Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) have revealed how its taxonomy will work in practice.
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People Moves: Natixis, Wells Fargo Asset Management, Schroders, PIMCO, Truvalue Labs, MSCI, SASB, Boston Trust and Walden, ANZ and Swiss Association for Responsible Investment
15 February 2019Harald Walkate has been appointed as Natixis Investment Managers' first head of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ESG.
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Oil & gas companies 'jeopardise shareholder returns by rewarding executives for chasing growth'
14 February 2019Shareholder returns are at risk from remuneration schemes that incentivise executives at oil and gas companies to chase volume growth, a report argues.
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Green bond round-up: Verizon; Advanced Soltech; Klovern; NY Dormitory Authority
13 February 2019US telecommunications giant Verizon has raised $1 billion from its first green bond.