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Japanese firms inaugurate TCFD consortium
28 May 2019A consortium of companies has been formed in Japan to help implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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Straight exclusion funds should not be labelled sustainable, argues Robeco
28 May 2019Funds that look to improve their sustainability credentials merely by excluding companies from investment “should be a thing of the past”, according to Robeco.
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BNP Paribas Asset Management includes Asia in tightened climate voting guidelines
22 May 2019BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP Paribas AM) has strengthened its climate voting guidelines and will also begin to apply them to Asia-based companies from 2020.
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BP climate change resolution passes with 99% support
22 May 2019A shareholder resolution calling on BP to prepare a business strategy consistent with the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change secured 99.14% of votes at the oil giant's annual general meeting.
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Generation Investment Management closes $1bn impact investing fund
22 May 2019Generation Investment Management LLP (GIM) has closed its $1 billion impact investment fund, Sustainable Solutions Fund III.
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ESG engagement really does work, say investors
20 May 2019Investors have proved that they have the power to bring about changes in company behaviour, when they engage with them on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and they even have the potential to influence national governments, a panel at an MSCI conference heard.
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ESG data must be forward-looking, say panellists
20 May 2019Investors must have forward-looking environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to be able to assess whether companies are able to tackle challenges they face during times of change, delegates at a conference of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) heard.
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ESG ratings ‘not far from being random’
17 May 2019Ratings of companies’ performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are “not far from being random”, Schroders has claimed.
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BP climate resolution receives record investor support
16 May 2019Investor support for a BP climate shareholder resolution represents a new "global best", according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).
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Robeco applies SDGs to credit portfolios
15 May 2019Dutch asset manager Robeco has developed a screening process to measure bond and credit portfolios against the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).