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Blackstone launches impact investment platform
09 May 2019Private equity giant Blackstone has ramped up its impact investing activities with the launch of a platform dedicated to the field.
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Green bond round-up: Orsted, Starbucks, Azure, Wapda, Greenworks ... and more
08 May 2019Danish wind energy company Orsted plans to return to the green bond market with a multi-tranche transaction denominated in Sterling.
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Norwegian pension fund manager divests from coal companies
08 May 2019Norwegian mutual insurance company KLP, which manages the pension funds of municipal employees, has sold NOK3.2 billion ($365 million) of exposure to 46 companies profiting from coal-based operations.
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Comment: Climate action leadership is within UK's grasp
08 May 2019The UK government needs to act on the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change, argues Fiona Reynolds
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RepRisk to integrate SASB framework
08 May 2019Zurich-based RepRisk is the latest company to apply the Sustainability Accounting Standard Board’s (SASB) framework on financial materiality to its risk management and compliance products and services.
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ANZ hails ‘new trend’ of using loan market for green finance
08 May 2019The use of loans to finance decarbonisation, is a welcome “new trend”, ANZ’s head of sustainable finance told a conference in Melbourne.
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CPPIB to co-sponsor $600m renewables fund
08 May 2019Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has agreed to co-sponsor a renewable energy infrastructure investment trust with Indian conglomerate Piramal Enterprises.
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Axa and WWF call on G7 to act on biodiversity
07 May 2019French insurer Axa and non-profit organisation World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have called on the G7 group of advanced economies to launch a Task Force on Nature Impacts Disclosures to protect biodiversity.
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HKMA policy change will look to favour green investments
07 May 2019Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has revealed it is to give priority to green and environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investments “if the long-term return is comparable to other investments on a risk-adjusted basis”.
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EU carbon market update, 7 May 2019
07 May 2019There appears to be little compelling reason for the EUA price to advance materially this week, says Louis Redshaw.