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Green bond standards are converging, says CBI
27 February 2019Green bond standards are beginning to converge, in a development that has the potential to help resolve the question of the market's 'additionality', according to the Climate Bonds Initiative's (CBI) Justine Leigh-Bell.
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EU agrees low-carbon benchmark categories
26 February 2019EU politicians have agreed on categories for proposed low-carbon benchmarks, marking an important milestone in the development of the bloc's Sustainable Finance Action Plan.
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Investec launches Global Environment Fund
25 February 2019Investec Asset Management has launched a fund to invest in public companies that benefit from the trend towards decarbonisation.
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M&G tackles impact investing in public equity markets
20 February 2019Less than 12 months after launching its Impact Financing fund (LINK) for the private debt market, UK asset manager M&G Investments is now tackling the same issue via the public equity market.
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French funds dominate top 10 European funds for climate performance
19 February 2019French funds dominate a list of the top ten European equity funds for climate performance.
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Investors must step up climate risk engagement, says Australian NGO
18 February 2019Investors are being urged "to drastically increase the ambition and impact of their corporate engagement programmes" in Australia as regulators "have taken no action to enforce corporate disclosure laws when it comes to climate risk".
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ISS snaps up Australian ESG research firm
18 February 2019Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has returned to the acquisition trail with the purchase of CAER, a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research on Australasian companies.
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First Japanese fund launched for overseas offshore wind
18 February 2019Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) have launched what they claim is Japan's first renewable energy fund to invest in overseas offshore wind projects.
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CalSTRS supports activist hedge fund with $250 million
15 February 2019The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has backed a newly launched activist investment management firm, with $250 million in funding.
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EU’s TEG reveals how taxonomy will work in practice
15 February 2019Members of the EU’s Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) have revealed how its taxonomy will work in practice.