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UK pension investor acquires £50m onshore wind farm portfolio
15 April 2019UK infrastructure investor Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) has acquired a £50 million ($65.5 million) onshore wind farm portfolio by Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), a venture capital and growth equity firm with $1 billion of assets under management.
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WCI carbon market update, 15 April 2019
15 April 2019After four weeks of gains, the price of California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) may be due for some consolidation. But the PG&E bankruptcy case remains a wildcard in the market, says Nicolas Girod.*
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Actis creates ‘industry first’ impact measurement framework
15 April 2019Emerging markets investor Actis has launched a framework to help limited partner investors compare the impact of their investments across different sectors and geographies, in what it claims is a first for private equity.
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GPIF: ESG's Hiro
12 April 2019Japan's GPIF has embraced ESG integration. Elena K. Johansson looks at the evolution of its strategy
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French regulator calls for ‘green and brown’ taxonomy
12 April 2019France’s financial regulator has called for the rapid introduction of a formal definition of investments that are beneficial or detrimental to the environment – a so-called taxonomy of ‘green’ and ‘brown’ assets.
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People Moves: Deka Investment, RCG, E3G and Actis
12 April 2019Deka Investment, a subsidiary of German DekaBank with €282.9 billion (€320 billion) assets under management, has appointed Ingo Speich as head of sustainability and corporate governance.
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Dutch investors pressure oil and gas sector to strengthen climate targets
12 April 2019A group of heavyweight investors including NN Investment Partners (NN IP), Actiam, Aegon and Kempen have urged the entire oil and gas sector to set stringent targets to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Success of $32trn Climate Action 100+ ‘at risk’, say NGOs
12 April 2019The success of the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) collaborative investor engagement initiative is being jeopardised because many investors are failing to fully support it, according to a group of civil society organisations.
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S&P launches ESG evaluation tool
11 April 2019S&P Global Ratings has launched its long-awaited environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluation tool, in a move that will throw it into direct competition with existing sustainability rating providers such as MSCI.
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LGIM calls on policy makers to take action on climate change
11 April 2019Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has called on governments to urgently bring in policies to tackle climate change, such as a carbon tax, after it conducted modelling that found there is a compelling economic case for immediate action.