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Fidelity bags €620m for real estate climate impact fund
24 March 2025Fidelity International has raised €620 million in capital commitments for its real estate impact fund, following a top-up of €110 million from European and Asian investors.
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Double the insurers have impact focus compared to 2023, Nuveen finds
19 March 2025The number of insurers with a dedicated impact focus has doubled in the past two years, according to a Nuveen survey of institutional investors.
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EU Platform identifies core elements of a transition plan
11 March 2025Analysis of EU companies' transition plans "lays the foundation for minimum requirements" for credible plans, according to independent advisors to the European Commission.
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US withdraws from JETPs in Indonesia, South Africa and Vietnam
07 March 2025The US has withdrawn from Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) in South Africa, Indonesia and Vietnam, leaving the blended finance initiatives facing large holes in their finances and with questions surrounding the future of JETPs.
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Investors 'will continue' to push BP for climate plan clarity despite rejection
06 March 2025Investors who urged BP to give shareholders a 'say on climate' will continue to push the company for clarity on the issue, despite BP ignoring their pleas to do so at its annual general meeting on 17 April.
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Canada regulator's guidance muddies waters on legality of net-zero plans, says accounting body
06 March 2025Guidance from Canada's Competition Bureau on how regulation of environmental claims such as net-zero plans will be enforced has "not mitigated the issues created by the legislation ... in fact it may have exacerbated them," according to an accounting body.
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Automobile firms should issue 'SUV-free' green bonds - eventually
25 February 2025A senior European sustainable bond investor has argued that automobile manufacturers should look to direct green bond investment away from 'sport utility vehicle' (SUV) electric vehicles to more efficient equivalents, but this may have to be a future step for these issuers.
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Investors worth £5trn push BP for a 'say on climate', amid concerns it will abandon 2030 target
19 February 2025A group of institutional investors has urged BP to hold a shareholder vote on its climate transition plans, amid "concern" at reports the oil and gas company will abandon a key decarbonisation target.
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Transition investors have a 'window of opportunity' for battery deals, says Aquila
18 February 2025A "real window of opportunity" has opened up for transition-focused investors to back grid-scale battery projects, says Aquila Capital.
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Transition plans can show how net-zero feeds growth, says head of regulator network
18 February 2025Climate transition plans can demonstrate how net-zero policies will deliver finance to support countries' growth objectives, the head of a group to establish 'global norms' for transition planning has said.