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  • Exclusive: Bloomberg launches impact investing data product

    27 November 2023

    Data giant Bloomberg has launched a product that uses the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to help investors compare the sustainability impact of about 50,000 companies.

  • UK draws fire for insufficient climate finance strategy in face of US, EU plans

    22 November 2023

    The UK government has been criticised by an investor group for failing to detail a comprehensive net-zero investment strategy in its latest set-piece policy announcements, placing it at risk of falling further behind the US and EU in attracting green investment.

  • Goldman Sachs: social impact investing to grow in 2024

    21 November 2023

    "The leg of sustainability that investors will focus on next is social impact," according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management's 2024 investment outlook.

  • UK to target impact as part of expected Growth Fund announcement

    21 November 2023

    The UK Chancellor will announce a UK Growth Fund, using private capital to fuel its public policy priorities and target positive environmental and social impact, at this week's Autumn Statement, an academic has claimed.

  • KKR announces $2.8bn close of second impact fund

    06 November 2023

    American private equity firm KKR has announced the close of its $2.8 billion Global Impact Fund II (GIF II).

  • Call for more transparency on Scope 4 claims from fund managers

    24 October 2023
  • Japanese regulator readies guidance to spur impact investment in start-ups

    19 October 2023

    From Michael Hurley in Tokyo

  • More Just Transition strategies needed, says Climate Action 100+

    18 October 2023
  • The Future of ESG Data conference: Impact estimation models are 'a risky business'

    18 October 2023
  • ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: Investors call for green bond market improvements

    02 October 2023

    Investors recommended structural improvements for some of the deals in the labelled bond market, hoping it may lead to improved quality of transactions.