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Barclays climate strategy contains 'troubling loopholes'
23 March 2022The long-awaited climate strategy announced by UK lender Barclays has been described as "lacking ambition" and including "troubling loopholes" by climate investment campaigners.
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Amundi: ESG assets face 'crowding risk,' not a 'bubble'
21 March 2022Amundi Asset Management said it is "false" to assert that there is an environmental, social and governance (ESG) asset 'bubble,' despite sustainable assets facing a 'crowding risk'...
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EF's Sustainable Investment Awards open for entries
11 March 2022Entries to Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Investment Awards are open until 14 April 2022
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Allianz to reject European executive pay policies without ESG metrics
23 February 2022Allianz Global Investors will vote against executive pay policies at large European firms in 2023 if they are not tied to environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics.
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Brunel appoints Jupiter, Mirova to £2.5bn sustainable equity fund
22 February 2022Brunel Pension Partnership has appointed Jupiter Asset Management and Mirova US as additional managers of its rapidly growing £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) sustainable listed global equities fund.
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ETF to track ESG version of Hang Seng Index
22 February 2022Hang Seng Investment Management is to launch an exchange-traded fund to track an ESG version of Hang Seng Index.
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Solactive launches ex-fossil fuels Index
17 February 2022Solactive has partnered with Osmosis to launch a fossil fuel-free index, which has £200 million ($270 million) of seed investment from East Sussex Pension Fund.
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ICMA urges EU taxonomy flexibility to ensure usability - Updated
15 February 2022The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has urged the EU to make its taxonomy "flexible" in key areas, including 'do no significant harm' disclosure requirements and the 'grandfathering' of current green bonds.
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Morningstar revokes sustainable label from hundreds of EU funds
14 February 2022Morningstar has reversed a previous decision to label more than 1,200 EU funds as 'sustainable', after scrutinising their documents.
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BlackRock launches first Paris-aligned ETF in US
11 February 2022BlackRock has launched its first Paris-Aligned Benchmark (PAB) exchange traded fund (ETF) in the US, following four PAB-aligned ETF launches in Europe.