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Norges Bank backs climate and water shareholder resolutions
20 April 2018The advisor to the world's largest sovereign wealth fund has thrown its weight behind climate-related shareholder resolutions with energy companies Imperial Oil and TransCanada.
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£500m fund launched to invest in Indian renewables
20 April 2018A new fund has been seeded with £240 million ($340 million) to invest in "green energy infrastructure" in India.
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'Big and boring' pension funds need development finance price to drop, says PGGM
19 April 2018Development finance institutions (DFIs) aiming to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals must work harder to create more projects and drive their price down if they are to attract large investors like pension funds, according to PGGM.
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TCFD targets 500 backers before autumn
19 April 2018The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) secretariat has set a goal for 500 companies to commit this year to implement the recommendations, and has the backing of the Governor of England, according to Bloomberg.
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EBRD working group to present TCFD physical risk guidance
19 April 2018A working group to advance the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD)'s guidance on physical climate risk will present its findings next month.
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JP Morgan and BlackRock launch ESG emerging market fixed income index
19 April 2018JP Morgan and BlackRock have joined forces to launch what they claim to be the "first-of-its kind" suite of emerging markets, fixed income indexes that integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
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Fiji to hit the green bond market again
18 April 2018Fiji is planning to revisit the green bond market following its inaugural green transaction six months ago, Environmental Finance understands.
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Water investments insufficient to meet SDGs, say experts
18 April 2018Investment in water projects must be greatly increased if the key water-related ambition of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to be met, according to the World Water Council.
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Zurich's Johanna Köb: investors can make a return while doing good
18 April 2018Johanna Köb, head of responsible investment at Zurich, talks to Cintia Cheong on the importance of adequate pricing of greenhouse gases and how investors can make a profit while doing good for society and environment
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Impax predicts investments of $7.5 trn in water infrastructure
18 April 2018Some $7.5 trillion is expected to be spent globally on water infrastructure over the next 15 years, according to Hubert Aarts, executive director at Impax Asset Management.