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Nippon Life adopts the Equator Principles
02 April 2019Nippon Life Insurance said it has adopted and started implementing the Equator Principles, a risk management framework to help financial institutions assess and manage environmental and social risk in development projects.
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LuxFlag awards ESG label to eight more funds
02 April 2019Eight more funds have been awarded the LuxFlag ESG label in recognition of their contribution to sustainable development.
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Impact investment exceeds $500bn, says GIIN
01 April 2019The impact investment market has been valued at more than $500 billion for the first time, in an analysis by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).
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Exchanges warn against rush to regulate sustainability reporting
01 April 2019Leading stock exchanges have cautioned against the hasty introduction of regulations governing sustainability reporting.
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City of London sets Green Finance Institute launch date
29 March 2019The City of London Corporation’s Green Finance Institute will be launched on 2 July, it has been revealed.
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London and Amsterdam top index of world’s green financial centres
28 March 2019European cities dominated an index of the world’s top green financial centres, with London and Amsterdam outperforming their peers.
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Australia launches HLEG-style sustainable finance initiative
27 March 2019A group of leaders and senior executives at Australia’s major banks, superannuation funds and insurance companies has been assembled to devise a sustainable finance ‘roadmap’.
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Dutch pension fund allocates €5.8bn to SDG index
27 March 2019A Netherlands-based pension fund has allocated €5.8 billion ($6.5 billion) – more than a quarter of its entire portfolio – to a newly-created ‘sustainable’ benchmark index.
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€100m African 'new tech' impact fund launched
26 March 2019An impact fund with a target size of €100 million ($113 million), which will invest in companies using new technologies such as blockchain, has been launched at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Poor ESG data hinders investment decisions, says SSgA
26 March 2019The opaqueness of data around environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is acting as an impediment to institutional investors, such as insurers, who want to commit more to their programmes, according to State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) head of ESG Rakhi Kuma.