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ESG index launched based on S&P 500, followed by UBS ETF
09 April 2019S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) index which seeks to closely replicate the risk and return profile of its flagship US index, the S&P 500 index.
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Shell lighting low-carbon path for oil & gas sector, says Church of England
09 April 2019Oil and gas major Shell is “leading the way” in its sector as it plans for the transition to a low-carbon economy, according to the Church of England Pensions Board.
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EU carbon market update, 9 April 2019
09 April 2019Wow! EU allowances (EUAs) end the week a massive €3 (14%) up, in a week of massive volatility and price rises in both carbon and the wider energy markets.
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Netherlands aims for €10bn from sovereign green bonds
08 April 2019The Dutch government said it aims to raise between €4 billion ($4.5 billion) and €6 billion from its inaugural sovereign green bond on 21 May.
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HSBC includes climate among its ‘top and emerging risks’
08 April 2019London-based bank HSBC has included climate-related risk in its list of ‘top and emerging risks’ for the first time.
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ASEAN green infrastructure facility aims to catalyse $1bn in blended finance
08 April 2019Southeast Asian governments, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and major European development banks have joined forces to launch a blended finance facility that aims to invest more than $1 billion in green infrastructure across Southeast Asia.
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Lloyd's syndicates go green in latest annual reports
08 April 2019Several syndicates in the Lloyd's of London insurance market have used their latest annual reports to highlight the dangers of climate change and how they incorporate it into their risk management practices.
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Insurers say climate change is now their top risk
08 April 2019Climate change has supplanted cyber risk as the top risk for the world's insurers, according to a recent survey.
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Investors up pressure on mining companies to disclose
08 April 2019A group of investors with $10.3 trillion in assets has demanded that mining companies provide disclosures, within 45 days, on every tailings facility under their control.
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13% of European insurance assets exposed to climate risk
05 April 2019Eiopa tells French insurers at Paris conference