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Hong Kong prepares sovereign green bond
07 May 2019Hong Kong plans to launch a roadshow of its inaugural green bond later this month, in what could mark the start of an issuance programme worth up to $13 billion.
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Finnish pension trio invest €300 million into renewable energy
07 May 2019A trio of pension funds in Finland has set up a renewable energy investment fund, with plans to plug €300 million ($336 million) into the sector.
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Moody's consults on proposed 'carbon transition assessments'
07 May 2019Moody’s is seeking feedback on a proposed scoring system for assessing carbon transition risk among publicly traded non-financial companies.
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Carbon Tracker creates disclosure model for oil & gas
07 May 2019Carbon Tracker Initiative has set out what best-practice climate risk disclosure by upstream oil and gas companies should include, after the think-tank found that not one of these companies is providing close to the level of detail needed by investors.
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WCI carbon market update, 7 May 2019
07 May 2019Market fundamentals remain tight, but most compliance entities believe that the bull run is overdone, says Nicolas Girod.*
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ING's sustainability loans and bonds hit €21bn mark in Q1
03 May 2019Dutch ING bank has reached a total of €21 billion ($23.48 billion) in sustainable-linked loans and sustainable bonds finance activities in Q1 2019.
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People Moves: AAM, Morgan Stanley, AP1, Carbon Market Institute, Gold Standard, Ethic, Aviva Investors
03 May 2019Aegon Asset Management (AAM) has hired two people for its responsible investment team.
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CA100+ investors welcome BASF, RWE climate lobbying pledge
03 May 2019Pledges by chemicals giant BASF and German utility RWE to review their lobbying activities on climate change have been welcomed by a group of investors including Union Investment, the Church of England Pensions Board and Sweden’s AP7 pension fund.
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‘World-first’ sustainable fund launches search for manager
03 May 2019The search has been launched for managers of a planned ‘global sustainable energy innovation fund’, which looks to blend up to €3 billion ($3.4 billion) of public and private finance “to overcome the inherent funding challenges for disruptive sustainable energy innovations”.
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Norges Bank warns PRI of mission drift
03 May 2019Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has warned the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) that it is in danger of ‘drifting away from its founding principles’ if it mandates signatories to complete reporting based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).