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Mission-led finance: New ideas in European policymaking
19 October 2018Policymakers need to shift focus from filling investment gaps to creating new trajectories for ambitious low-carbon innovation, says Mariana Mazzucato. A missions-led approach should be at the heart of efforts align the economy with climate and sustainability goals, she tells Environmental Finance.
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Private equity will struggle to implement TCFD, lawyer predicts
19 October 2018Private equity firms will struggle to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) across their many portfolio companies, a lawyer has predicted.
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Fiduciary duty proposal of EU Action Plan could unleash sustainability shift
18 October 2018Plans to reform definitions of investors' duties are the most important part of the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Action Plan, Environmental Finance’s Green Equities conference heard.
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UK Financial Reporting Council to set up climate lab
18 October 2018A working group to improve company reporting of information related to climate change is to be established by the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC).
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Legislation to clarify fiduciary duty could be mistake, says law firm
18 October 2018Efforts to clarify investors’ fiduciary duty with regards to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in regulation are misplaced and could “unnecessarily box investors in”, according to law firm Baker McKenzie.
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Leave taxonomies to the private sector, says Impax
18 October 2018The task of writing taxonomies for sustainable finance is best left to the private sector, according to Impax Asset Management.
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Sustainable food tech 'hot in venture capital'
18 October 2018Sustainable food technology is a significant investment opportunity, said investors on a private equity panel of Environmental Finance’s Green Equities conference.
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Green bonds round-up, 17 October 2018
17 October 2018German commercial bank Berlin Hyp has raised €500 million ($578 million) from its third green Pfandbrief. This takes the total green debt issued by the bank to €3 billion.
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ScottishPower sells last gas asset to complete shift to renewables
17 October 2018ScottishPower has become the first integrated energy company in the UK to shift completely from coal and gas generation to wind power, after completing the sale of its traditional generation business to power company Drax for £702 million ($922 million).
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Should the TCFD be mandatory? Not yet, say investors
17 October 2018A panel at Environmental Finance's Green Equities conference was asked whether reporting in line with the recommendations of the Task Force of Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) should be made mandatory.