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Societe Generale responds to SDGs with new initiative
15 November 2017Societe Generale is creating a new initiative to help finance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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M&G fund applies ESG to high-yield bonds
15 November 2017M&G Investments has launched a bond fund focusing on the high-yield market that will incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
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Climate tool for financial firms launched at COP23
10 November 2017A tool designed to help share knowledge about how financial firms are integrating climate considerations into their businesses has been launched at the Bonn Climate Summit.
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IEA moves to incorporate SDGs in key scenario
09 November 2017The International Energy Agency (IEA) is replacing the '450 Scenario' in its World Energy Outlook report with a Sustainable Development Scenario.
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Mapfre buys 25% stake in ESG investment boutique
08 November 2017Spanish insurer Mapfre has bought a 25% stake in La Financière Responsable (LFR) to better integrate environmental, social and governmental (ESG) factors in its investments.
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Last chance to vote in Environmental Finance Market Rankings
06 November 2017Voting in Environmental Finance's Annual Market Rankings – the most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets – will close at midnight tomorrow (Tuesday 7 November).
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Voting in Environmental Finance's 18th Annual Market Rankings closes soon
03 November 2017Voting has begun in the Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.
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Fundsmith enters sustainability arena and slams competition
02 November 2017Fundsmith launched its first sustainability fund, while taking a swipe at other offerings in the space, pointing to "fatal flaws in the way that existing environmental, social and governance (ESG) monitoring is applied."
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S&P Dow Jones discloses carbon metrics for its equity indexes
31 October 2017Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&PDJI) has begun publishing key carbon metrics for its equity indexes in response to growing investor interest in the risks associated with carbon emissions.
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EAPF issues call-to-arms for climate transparency
30 October 2017The UK's Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF) has issued a rallying cry to the finance sector to step up its focus on climate change disclosures .