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$6bn charity criticises 'appalling' climate voting records of major investors, advisors
27 October 2020The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) has sent a letter to a dozen major global investors, pension consultants and proxy voting advisors criticising their "appalling" records for using shareholders' votes to deliver the transition to a net-zero economy.
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News Round Up: MSCI, Vanguard, Mirae Asset, and more
27 October 2020 -
Triodos agrees Indonesian impact debt facility
27 October 2020Triodos Microfinance Fund has provided a €3 million ($3.5 million) debt facility to Indonesian peer-to-peer digital lender KoinWorks.
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CA100+ ups pressure on corporates to align lobbying with Paris Agreement
26 October 2020Institutional investors with a combined $6.5 trillion in AUM have issued "urgent" demands to 47 of the largest US-based corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to disclose their climate lobbying practices.
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News round-up: Japan's net zero goal, Willis Towers Watson, Rockefeller Foundation ... and more
26 October 2020 -
Bank of England 'encouraged' by green bond greeniums
26 October 2020A senior Bank of England (BofE) official said the 'greeniums' reported on the recent green bond issues were an "encouraging sign" that climate-positive investment was being favoured by the market, and serves as a fillip to further sovereign green bonds - including in the UK.
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Credit Suisse seals deal to cater to private client demand for impact
23 October 2020A tie-up between Credit Suisse, The Conduit Connect, Linklaters and Deloitte will aim to make it easier for the Swiss bank's private clients to make impact investments.
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Moody's to retire green bond assessment in favour of Vigeo Eiris' opinions
23 October 2020Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has scrapped its Green Bond Assessment (GBA) service, instead focusing on the second party opinion (SPO) provided by its subsidiary VE.
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Bantleon launches global green bond fund
23 October 2020Swiss asset manager Bantleon has launched a €10 million ($12 million) global green bond fund for its institutional investor clients.
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People Moves 23 October: Clim8 Invest; CofE Pensions Board; SEKSL; AllianceBernstein; Earth Capital; Christian Super
23 October 2020Sustainability investment platform recruits Hiscox CIO
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- NatureMetrics launches nature risk tool
- Using the SDGs to invest in sovereign debt
- How AI can mainstream investments in Natural Capital
- Draft ESRS for non-EU companies unveiled
- The emerging concept of 'nature transition'
- Snam raises €1.5bn through green bond and SLB
- Making sense of sustainable finance in a Trumpian world
- Regulators must clarify 'what are we trying to achieve' on sustainable finance rules
- PGGM: We really see return and impact value in blue bonds