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How the green, social and sustainability bond market impacts the Sustainable Development Goals
21 October 2019Frameworks and external reviews in the green, social and sustainability bond markets have increasingly reported which of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) they will help to meet.
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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
21 October 2019More strategic thinking about investors' role in achieving the SDGs is needed, argues Cary Krosinsky
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Onward Christian Super
21 October 2019The Australian superannuation fund has 10% of its assets in impact investments.Tim Macready explains its approach
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A bright future for green unicorns
18 October 2019We are seeing the emergence of a new species of 'green unicorns' – exceptional mid-sized companies providing renewable energy that are valued close to or above €1bn, explain Eric Arnould and Anne-Christine Champion.
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A nuanced perspective on 'transition bonds'
15 October 2019Rather than talk about creating a transition bond label, let's talk about the broader direction of the labelled bond market, says Jacob Michaelsen
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ESG in Fixed Income featuring Green bonds Americas conference 2019
14 October 2019The conference attracted 300 delegates this year, as the discussion broadened out to cover sustainability in the overall fixed income market. Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps report
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Fossil fuel exclusion proves a slow burn for US insurers
07 October 2019US insurers say they are ready to stop investing in climate-harming coal. But only one has divested from the fossil fuel to date. Could Chubb’s move be the start of a wider transition by US insurers away from fossil fuels or is it empty talk? Sarfraz Thind reports.
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ESG data files: Part five - the impact of the EU's taxonomy
04 October 2019Will the EU's sustainability taxonomy reduce the reporting burden on companies, or could it be another weight on their shoulders? Michael Hurley reports
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Green bond comment: BIS backing signals market's maturity
02 October 2019The launch of a green bond fund by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), on 16 September, marks a new milestone on the market's long march to maturity.
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Insurance and Climate Risk Americas 2019
30 September 2019Delegates at Environmental Finance’s Insurance and Climate Risk Americas conference in New York heard how climate-related legislation is racing up the agenda in the US, Michael Hurley reports
- Comment: Are we finally ready to have a grown-up conversation about the transition?
- TotalEnergies pauses SLB plans amid weak market development
- ISSB to work on biodiversity disclosures
- Natural capital will become a fundamental component of investors' portfolios
- US launches task force that will study CBAM-style rules
- Transition bond label is a 'distraction' for transition finance, says MetLife IM
- BoE suggests ways financial institutions can build on climate scenarios
- Comment: The rumpus over SBTi's offsetting U-turn
- Governments urged to make nature transition plans mandatory
- Hard-to-abate 'transition' bonds can be 'green' if obsolescence risk managed