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Exchanges ‘should consider sustainability standards for commodities’
23 August 2019Stock exchanges, clearing houses and other market infrastructure organisations have been advised to consider adopting sustainability standards for commodities trading.
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Two thirds of NNIP's assets integrate ESG
22 August 2019Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners (NNIP) is currently integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into 66% of its strategies, accounting for €176 billion ($195.3 billion) in assets under management (AuM).
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GCF belatedly signs off on Southern Africa green bank
22 August 2019The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed an agreement with the Development Bank of Southern Africa to launch the long-awaited Climate Finance Facility (CFF) – a first-of-its-kind green bank in Africa.
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Green bond index providers can help promote use of taxonomy, TEG member says
22 August 2019Index providers have been encouraged to help the adoption of the proposed EU climate taxonomy, by a leading member of the group that helped devise it.
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Bonds round-up: New York MTA, SNCF, Tideway, CalSTRS, Kenya, Colombia ... and more
21 August 2019New York MTA returns with 11th green bond, SNCF Reseau goes long with 100-year green bond and more
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Just 17% of bonds in MSCI green bond index would satisfy EU GBS criteria
21 August 2019Only 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria, and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), according to MSCI.
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Most ASEAN banks still financing coal power and deforestation, says WWF
21 August 2019The vast majority of banks in south-east Asia are still financing ‘unsustainable’ activities such as coal-fired power and deforestation, says WWF.
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Coeli launches climate-focused Energy Transition hedge fund
20 August 2019Swedish asset manager Coeli has launched an equity hedge fund designed to exploit opportunities arising from the transition to a low-carbon energy sector and the increasingly short project cycles in the sector.
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Caldecott appointed senior advisor to UK Green Finance Institute
20 August 2019Ben Caldecott has been appointed senior advisor to Rhian-Mari Thomas, the CEO of the UK’s Green Finance Institute.
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EU Carbon Market Update, 19 August 2019
19 August 2019Technical analysis suggests we will see further falls in the EUA price this week, says Louis Redshaw, although the market fundamentals should provide support.
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