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'Sustainable returns come from sustainable investing', says Ambienta
19 February 2018European private equity firm Ambienta is seeing its sustainable investment strategies bear fruit 10 years after their launch.
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Building transparency in SRI
19 February 2018The recommendations of the HLEG highlighted an urgent need to engage Europe's citizens on sustainable finance. Eurosif's updated Transparency Code should help, argues Flavia Micilotta
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Largest 200 clean energy companies best fossil fuel benchmark by 16%
19 February 2018The world's 200 largest publicly listed companies by total clean energy revenues outperformed their industry benchmark by 16.4% over the last 18 months, according to the latest Carbon Clean 200 list.
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Upston-Hooper joins Camco after 12 years at GreenStream
16 February 2018Karl Upston-Hooper has left GreenStream Network after 12 years to join Camco Clean Energy.
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Norway oil fund plots path to divestment
16 February 2018Norway's finance ministry has set up an expert group to explore radical changes to the way it invests in energy stocks through its $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, including abandoning investments in oil and gas companies.
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Could Trump's tax reforms slow the PACE market?
16 February 2018The recent US tax overhaul could put the brakes on the rapidly growing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) market, Morningstar Credit Ratings has warned.
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Allianz sees dialogue as means to reach 'zero coal'
16 February 2018Underwriter was forced to defend insuring fossil fuels at full-year results
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Finnish pension fund Varma reduces carbon footprint by 27%
16 February 2018The €45.4 billion ($56.8 billion) Finnish pension fund Varma has reduced the carbon footprint of its equities by 27% since 2015, hitting its own target two years ahead of schedule.
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Combining factor investing and ESG is "most important trend in asset management"
16 February 2018Combining factor investing and environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria is one of the most important trends in asset management, MSCI argues.
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Best performing funds of 2017: Pictet Global Environmental Opportunities
16 February 2018A dramatic change in fortunes last year swept Pictet's Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) fund to the top of Morningstar's table of best performing 'ecology' funds.