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  • MSCI lists 6 key ESG trends for 2017

    16 January 2017

    Index provider MSCI has identified six key environmental social and governance (ESG) trends that investors should watch out for in 2017.

  • NN IP mulls ESG scoring for infrastructure investments

    13 January 2017

    NN Investment Partners (IP) is considering scoring its infrastructure investments on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials.

  • Environmental concerns dominate WEF's risk report

    11 January 2017

    Environmental concerns are "more prominent than ever" in the annual catalogue of risks threatening the world, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).

  • Green bonds round-up

    04 January 2017

    Chinese property company Modern Land has issued a $150 million tap of its inaugural green bond.

  • ​Pension fund licenses two ESG indexes

    04 January 2017

    Two new environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes have been licensed to a pension fund.

  • GRI appoints new chief executive

    20 December 2016

    GRI, formerly known as the Global Reporting Initiative, has appointed Timothy Mohin as its new chief executive.

  • NNIP launches multi-asset sustainability fund

    19 December 2016

    Dutch investor NN Investment Partners (IP) has launched a €100 million ($105 million) multi-asset sustainability fund.

  • Axa IM awarded €124m fixed income ESG mandate

    19 December 2016

    Axa Investment Management (IM) has been awarded a €124 million ($130 million) fixed income environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandate by Japanese insurer Nippon Life.

  • TCFD Reaction: 'Turning point for climate disclosure'

    14 December 2016

    The launch of TCFD's recommendations were today hailed as a landmark moment for investors campaigning to have climate considerations integrated into mainstream reporting.

  • TCFD's long-awaited report revealed

    14 December 2016

    After a year of intensive work, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) today laid out its eagerly-awaited recommendations designed to help standardise and mainstream considerations about the impacts of climate change on companies.