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  • Brookfield impact fund to raise 'upwards of $15bn'

    10 December 2021

    Brookfield Asset Management predicts its Mark Carney-supported impact fund will raise $15 billion by March, exceeding its initial forecast of $12.5 billion.

  • ECB introduces climate into assessment of bank managers

    10 December 2021

    The European Central Bank (ECB) has for the first time introduced a climate and broader environmental criterion in an update to its questionnaire for banks to help assess which prospective managers are 'fit and proper'.

  • Ontario Teachers' invests in environmental markets platform

    10 December 2021

    Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board has invested an undisclosed sum in Australian environmental markets platform GreenCollar.

  • GIIN plans financial inclusion impact 'benchmarking' tool in 2022

    10 December 2021

    Impact investors are soon to get a publicly-available benchmarking tool that will help them compare the financial and non-financial performance of their investments, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has said.

  • Amundi to exclude oil and gas companies

    09 December 2021

    Europe's largest asset manager Amundi will expand its exclusion policy to encompass companies extracting oil and gas from next year.

  • Milestone €100 EU carbon price 'within reach' in 2021

    09 December 2021

    Expectations are rising that the EU carbon price could quickly cross the €100 ($113) per tonne milestone following more than a month of strong price gains and amid persistent tailwinds for the carbon credits.

  • EU climate criteria adopted in 'important milestone'

    09 December 2021

    The first set of climate criteria for the EU taxonomy has been passed into law and will come into force on 1 January.

  • Tesla leads the E&S race among carmakers, says Moody's

    09 December 2021

    Tesla was the best performing automaker with regards to both environmental and social risks, according to credit rating agency Moody's.

  • NZAOA has 'low' climate voting transparency

    09 December 2021

    Several members of the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) lack transparency when it comes to their proxy votes cast on climate-related proposals, academics have said.

  • KGAL raises €260m for impact fund

    09 December 2021

    KGAL has raised €260 million ($294 million) of equity for a renewable energy fund, more than half of its original €500 million fundraising target.