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Comment: Could Warren Buffett be wrong?
24 September 2018Peter Cripps asks whether the great Warren Buffett could have been wrong when he said insurers don't need to worry about climate change.
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People Moves: AXA, Lightsource BP, Triodos, Zurich
24 September 2018AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has set up a central responsible investment (RI) team, as it seeks to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into all of its investment platforms.
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Moody's devises methodology for assessing ESG credit risk
24 September 2018Moody's Investors Service has called for feedback on its proposed cross-sector methodology that describes the company's general principles for assessing environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks in its credit analysis globally.
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Nuveen charts course for zero carbon real estate portfolio
24 September 2018US asset manager Nuveen is developing a 'route map' to show how to make its real estate equity portfolio net zero-carbon by 2050.
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Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund invests $1bn in EV company
21 September 2018Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has agreed to invest over $1 billion in electric vehicle company Lucid Motors, as the country looks to diversify its revenues away from oil.
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Natixis proposes toolkit to tackle SDG-washing
21 September 2018Investors are "massively dissatisfied" with the way companies report their contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to Natixis.
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Comment: Driving disclosure
21 September 2018The best remedy for investors' carbon addiction is better quality information about companies' climate strategies, argues Daniel Klier
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BlackRock insurance report sees green bonds surge within larger ESG uptake
20 September 2018Insurers are expected to boost green bond investments in the next five years, as a majority has adopted environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment policies in North America and Europe, a BlackRock report said.
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Europe's moment to lead on green financial centres
20 September 2018Europe's financial centres are teaming up to mobilise the vast sums of capital needed to meet global climate targets. Under a new Europe-wide initiative, green financial centres are aiming to significantly accelerate the shift to sustainable finance.
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Bank loans for green project finance have lower default risk than non-green, finds Moody's
19 September 2018Project finance bank loans for green use-of-proceeds projects demonstrate a lower risk of default compared with non-green projects, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.