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Slovenian central bank boosts sustainable investment plans
29 March 2023Banka Slovenije plans to increase its investments in green, social and sustainability bonds to €400 million ($433 million) by the end of 2025 and reduce the carbon footprint of its private sector investments.
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'Strong ESG rating helps' Africa's biggest renewables deal
20 March 2023The process of securing Africa's biggest renewable energy deal was smoothed by the company being acquired having an outstanding ESG rating, it was claimed.
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EF's Sustainable Investment Awards open for entries
06 March 2023Entries to Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Investment Awards are open until 14 April 2023.
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Indian stock exchange gets approval for 'social' segment
06 March 2023The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has received regulatory approval to launch a Social Stock Exchange (SSE) to help enterprises finance social initiatives, including through pay-for-success Development Impact Bonds (DIBs).
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'Article 9' sustainable funds attracted €26bn in 2022
21 February 2023 -
Osmosis wins $4.5bn mandate, as market shifts away from 'one size fits all' approach to ESG
13 February 2023A specialist environmental asset manager has won one of the biggest ever ESG mandates, in a $4.5 billion deal that signals the market is moving away from "one size fits all" approach to sustainability funds.
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BlackRock: 2022 figures show sustainable ETFs 'coming of age'
06 February 2023Sustainable exchange-traded funds (ETFs) secured more than half of total ETF industry net inflows in 2022 amid challenging markets, a trend BlackRock said shows they are "coming of age".
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Investors 'could be forced to sell impact funds in 2023, creating buyer's market'
13 January 2023Stakes in impact funds will come up for sale this year as pension funds and other asset owners are forced to sell early, following the market ructions of the past year,...
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General Atlantic's climate solutions fund raises $3.5bn
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Vanguard exit could be opportunity to 'clarify aim' of net-zero initiative
08 December 2022The withdrawal of Vanguard from the Net Zero Asset Manager initiative (NZAM) could be a great opportunity for the initiative to clarify its aim and push members for greater action on passive assets, a campaigner told Environmental Finance
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£9.2bn flagship BlackRock pension strategy adopts climate target
07 December 2022BlackRock has announced that its flagship £9.2 billion ($11.2 billion) default pension strategy in the UK has adopted a formal environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused investment policy, including a specific emissions target.
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ECB: Sustainable fund 'resilience' could reduce asset fire sales in crisis
18 November 2022Global environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment funds tend to have greater resilience to the risk of fund outflows in times of market crisis - which could prove beneficial to policymakers...
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BlackRock launches global 'sustainable' fund
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Climate inconsistency in financial reports could be 'greenwashing'
06 October 2022The inconsistent handling of climate-related factors in the financial statements of highly carbon-exposed companies could be evidence of 'greenwashing,' according to Carbon Tracker.
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