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GRESB secures investment from General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero Fund
18 April 2024General Atlantic has taken a majority stake in real assets sustainability standards and benchmarking body GRESB, through its BeyondNetZero climate growth fund.
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Chinese stock exchanges publish guidelines for sustainability reports
15 April 2024The stock exchanges of Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing have finalised sustainability report guidelines that encourage listed companies to practice "sustainability thinking" and regulate the disclosure of sustainability information.
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European ESG fund market to reach €9.4trn by 2027, says PwC
09 April 2024Assets in environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused funds in the EU are forecast to reach €9.4 trillion ($10.2 trillion) by 2027, after PwC Luxembourg reported a jump to more than €6 trillion in 2023.
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'All investors should push companies to issue SLBs,' says Barclays
08 April 2024All equity and fixed income investors should be encouraging companies to issue sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) at scale, according to Barclays, in a show of support for the declining instrument.
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Morningstar launches innovative transition indexes
21 March 2024Morningstar has launched a series of transition indexes it hopes could prove a turning point for the integration of climate considerations in investors' equities allocations.
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Nature-positive investments still searching for a 'natural home' at Zurich
14 March 2024Green bonds are an "easy play" for investors looking for nature-positive investments, according to Zurich - but the "natural home" among financial asset classes for natural capital investments remains unclear.
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Performance in Covid period shows resilience of ESG investing, ESMA research says
20 February 2024ESG-themed listed equities funds tended to have better financial performance and higher inflows than their peers at the height of Covid-19 - indicating the resilience of the investment style in periods of extreme financial stress, according to research by a regulator.
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Snam secures inaugural Moody's net-zero plan score
12 February 2024Snam has been awarded the inaugural Moody's 'Net Zero Assessment' (NZA) score, with the Italian energy infrastructure firm praised for its "clear" Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction plan but was warned of challenging Scope 3 "hurdles".
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PAI looks to embed carbon pricing throughout its portfolio
12 February 2024PAI Partners is to encourage its portfolio companies this year to use internal carbon pricing, in a bid to better manage transition risks within its funds.
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HanETF to close two clean energy ETFs
08 February 2024HanETF plans to shut down a solar-focused and a clean energy exchange-traded fund (ETF), citing a "failure to gather assets".