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People Moves 17 January: Bank of England, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Man Group, SocGen, Chronos, B20, LBO France, Insight Investment, Perspectives, Lightsource BP

People

UAE eyes its own sustainability taxonomy

The regulatory authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have published national Guiding Principles…

ESG,Markets,Policy

Banque de France reveals further details of 2020 stress test

The French central bank will in March publish the scenarios it will use to conduct climate stress tests…

Policy,Stranded Assets

HSBC plans its first ESG-focused ETFs

HSBC Global Asset Management (HSBC GAM) has announced plans to launch eight environmental, social and…

Equity,Green Bonds

EU's fund EcoLabel 'should look beyond green bonds'

The proposed EU EcoLabel for bond funds will limit itself to "green pockets" of the market if it focuses…

Debt,Green Bonds

Microsoft announces 2030 carbon negative plan

Software giant Microsoft has announced targets to become carbon negative by 2030 and to "remove" all…

Carbon

Framework for SDG disclosures unveiled by accounting bodies

Broad recommendations for disclosures based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been…

Impact investing

Moody's identifies rising sea levels as threat to sovereign credit

Sea level rises are posing a long-term credit threat to a number of sovereigns, with Asia, Middle East…

S&P scores Renewi an ESG sector leader

S&P Global Ratings has evaluated the environmental, social and governance (ESG) profile of waste management…

Carbon,Equity,Renewables

Technology holds key to impact reporting, UK Impact Investing Institute says

The UK Impact Investing Institute has invited technology companies and data providers to drive the convergence…

ESG Data,Impact investing

FTSE Russell launches climate-risk adjusted EU government bonds index

Index provider FTSE Russell has launched a climate-risk adjusted version of its European government bond…

Debt

Northern Trust launches low-carbon EM strategy

Chicago-based Northern Trust Asset Management - which manages $975 billion of investor assets - has launched…

Carbon,Equity

Voting still open in Environmental Finance 2020 Bond Awards

Environmental Finance is inviting nominations for its annual awards to honour leaders in the green,…

Green Bonds

WEF's global risk ranking dominated by environmental concerns

This year's Global Risks Report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has for the first time identified…

ESG

Bonds round-up: World Bank, E.ON, Red Electrica, National Grid, EIB ... and more

Green Bonds

IRENA argues renewable energy investment needs to double to 2030

Annual investment in renewable energy needs to double in order to scale up the energy source and secure…

Renewables

GEF grants $15m support to the Food Securities Fund

The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) has approved a commitment of $15 million to the Food Securities…

IMPACT

Australian bushfires hit GDP, but current credit impact limited

Moody's Investors Service believes the short-term sovereign and state-level credit impact of the Australian…