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People Moves: NBIM; BNP Paribas; Insurance Council of Australia; Solarcentury; Truvalue Labs; Triodos

Yngve Slyngstad, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), has announced his resignation as leader, although he will continue to work for the sovereign wealth fund it manages.

One in 10 mining tailings dams have history of stability issues, investors reveal

Mining company disclosures to investors have revealed that more than 10% of those with tailings dams have encountered stability issues.

Schroders completes acquisition of impact investor BlueOrchard

New Zealand consults on comply-or-explain TCFD disclosures

New Zealand’s government has opened a consultation on introducing a comply-or-explain disclosure regime that would draw on the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

KBI reports alignment of natural resources strategies with SDGs

KBI Global Investors (KBIGI) has estimated that more than three-quarters of the revenues from its natural resources portfolios contribute to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

‘Sustainable’ securitisations to benefit from central banks’ ESG push: Moody’s

‘Sustainable’ corporate debt securitisations are set to benefit from central banks’ increased focus on investments that satisfy environmental sustainability criteria, Moody’s has said.

Bundesbank chief rejects risk weighting adjustment for green assets

Climate risks impact on the core tasks of central banks but “it would be wrong to want to use banking regulations to set climate policy incentives, for example by granting risk weighting ‘discounts’ for ‘green’ assets,” said Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann.

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Pimco: SDG bonds and use-of-proceeds bonds 'can co-exist'

Fixed income investment giant Pimco believes that use-of-proceeds bonds and SDG-linked instruments "may be complementary" and can co-exist under the overarching framework of SDG-aligned bonds.