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Green bonds round-up
04 January 2017Chinese property company Modern Land has issued a $150 million tap of its inaugural green bond.
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Pension fund licenses two ESG indexes
04 January 2017Two new environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes have been licensed to a pension fund.
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GRI appoints new chief executive
20 December 2016GRI, formerly known as the Global Reporting Initiative, has appointed Timothy Mohin as its new chief executive.
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NNIP launches multi-asset sustainability fund
19 December 2016Dutch investor NN Investment Partners (IP) has launched a €100 million ($105 million) multi-asset sustainability fund.
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Axa IM awarded €124m fixed income ESG mandate
19 December 2016Axa Investment Management (IM) has been awarded a €124 million ($130 million) fixed income environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandate by Japanese insurer Nippon Life.
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TCFD Reaction: 'Turning point for climate disclosure'
14 December 2016The launch of TCFD's recommendations were today hailed as a landmark moment for investors campaigning to have climate considerations integrated into mainstream reporting.
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TCFD's long-awaited report revealed
14 December 2016After 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.
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Organisations should use existing climate scenario analysis or develop their own, says TCFD
14 December 2016Companies should use a range of existing, publicly-available climate-related scenario analysis or develop their own in order to assess the risks posed to their business by climate change, according to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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Most investors lack understanding of ESG impact, says RBC GAM
17 November 2016The financial impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is not understood by most investors, according to RBC Global Asset Management (GAM).
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Solactive and Oekom to help divestment policy of Berlin's pension funds
10 November 2016The state of Berlin, one of Germany's 16 federal states, has chosen index provider Solactive and specialist research firm Oekom to help it implement a long-term divestment strategy for its public pension funds.