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Exclusive: UK government launches working group on pulling out of EU ETS
24 March 2017The UK government has launched a working group on forming a national carbon market, in a signal that the country is preparing to leave the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as a result of Brexit, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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People Moves; Railpen, RCG, Convention on Biological Diversity
24 March 2017RPMI Railpen has appointed Leo George as the new head of sustainable ownership, replacing Deborah Gilshan who has left the UK railway pension scheme to join Standard Life Investments' as a governance and stewardship director in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) team.
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SDGs are becoming the language for investors when it comes to assessing impact
24 March 2017The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are becoming the common language when it comes to reporting and communicating on investment impact, according to one asset manager.
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EIB and China aim to strengthen investor confidence in green bonds
23 March 2017The People's Bank of China and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have launched an initiative to strengthen investor confidence in green bonds.
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Aviva calls for global definition of fiduciary duty incorporating sustainability
23 March 2017UK insurance giant Aviva has called on the UN, OECD and G20 to adopt universal rules on fiduciary responsibility that allow the investors to incorporate longer-term risks such as climate change.
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Quaero fund drops forestry to concentrate on infrastructure
23 March 2017Swiss asset manager Quaero Capital is to drop forestry, real estate and agriculture from its Real Assets Fund as it orientates the Luxembourg-listed fund to a UCITS structure focused solely on infrastructure.
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TRIG to expand into battery storage assets with £50m share raise
23 March 2017The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) is looking to raise £50 million ($62.4 million) through issuing new shares as it is set to help it acquire its first battery storage asset.
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Businesses offered tool to assess financial impact of poor water quality
22 March 2017A method of assessing the financial impact on a business of inadequate water quality has been added to the Water Risk Monetizer tool offered by US company Ecolab.
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Time for investors to wake up to water risks, says MSCI
22 March 2017Now is the time for investors to wake up to water risk, MSCI has claimed.
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RMS moving towards climate change-adjusted rainfall modelling
22 March 2017Too uncertain to consider today, but also too big to ignore