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UBS hails sustainable investing as a key strategy for 2019
02 January 2019UBS has named sustainable investing as one of its five key strategies for investors in 2019, to help tackle what it described as an "environmental credit crunch".
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Environmental Approval Regulations: Why investors should take note
28 December 2018A legal ruling in Germany could set a precedent that accelerates European coal divestment, argues Kim Schumacher
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Fast food, long-term problems
28 December 2018Investor focus on fast food companies is set to grow as a result of climate change and other environmental risks, say Brooke Barton and Aarti Ramachandran
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EU Council agrees position on low-carbon benchmarks and disclosure requirements
21 December 2018The Council of the EU has agreed its position on low-carbon benchmarks and sustainability-related disclosure requirements, signalling the start of discussions with the European Parliament to thrash out the final text.
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Banks eye opportunities in the circular economy
21 December 2018Several recent initiatives suggest the financial sector is starting get to grips with the concept of a ‘circular economy’, says Graham Cooper
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Governance quality could drive green bond outperformance, says Nomura
21 December 2018Green bonds have consistently outperformed non-green bonds in the secondary market, according to a study by Nomura Asset Management.
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Allianz buys its second solar farm in Portugal
21 December 2018Bringing its equity investments in the renewable energy sector to nine solar farms and 83 wind parks
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Set climate targets, power sector told by investors with $11trn in assets
20 December 2018Twelve of Europe’s highest-emitting power companies have been instructed to set out Paris-aligned transition plans by a group of investors with $11.5 trillion in assets under management (AUM), as they warn of the ‘potentially catastrophic’ effects of climate change.
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Barclays plans to double green bond investments to £4bn
20 December 2018Barclays plans to grow its investments in green bonds to £4 billion ($5 billion), having already broken through its original target to commit £2 billion.
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Green Bonds round-up, 19 December
19 December 2018The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated THB5 billion ($152 million) to buy the whole of a two-tranche green bond offering from Thailand's B. Grimm Power.