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New York State pension fund looks to ramp up climate investments
16 May 2024The New York State Common Retirement Fund has revealed to an Environmental Finance conference that it intends to scale-up its sustainable investments from an existing $22 billion to $40 billion.
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BNP Paribas to halt participation in oil and gas conventional bond issuance
14 May 2024French bank BNP Paribas has signalled that it will refrain from participating in conventional bond issues for companies in the oil and gas sector at its annual general meeting.
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Sustainable infrastructure index launched
09 May 2024V-Square Quantitative Management has launched a sustainable infrastructure index in partnership with Morningstar.
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Barclays shareholders call for stronger fracking stance
09 May 2024A group of Barclays shareholders has published a letter demanding the bank close loopholes in its energy policy that allow it to finance fracking activities.
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HSBC faces shareholder call for green finance transparency
03 May 2024A group of HSBC shareholders - including Royal London Asset Management, La Francaise Asset Management and Axiom Alternative Investments - has called on the bank to explain how it will meet its target to extend $1 trillion for sustainable finance.
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More ESG resolutions expected at Berkshire Hathaway meeting
02 May 2024 -
CapMan closes second 'green transition' infra fund at €375m
29 April 2024 -
Franklin Templeton launches Catholic principles ETF
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GRESB secures investment from General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero Fund
18 April 2024General Atlantic has taken a majority stake in real assets sustainability standards and benchmarking body GRESB, through its BeyondNetZero climate growth fund.
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Alantra's Klima fund leads €52m energy grid platform investment
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Chinese stock exchanges publish guidelines for sustainability reports
15 April 2024The stock exchanges of Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing have finalised sustainability report guidelines that encourage listed companies to practice "sustainability thinking" and regulate the disclosure of sustainability information.
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Nestlé faces healthy food resolution
15 April 2024 -
Foresight eyes first close of second energy transition fund
11 April 2024 -
European ESG fund market to reach €9.4trn by 2027, says PwC
09 April 2024Assets in environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused funds in the EU are forecast to reach €9.4 trillion ($10.2 trillion) by 2027, after PwC Luxembourg reported a jump to more than €6 trillion in 2023.
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'All investors should push companies to issue SLBs,' says Barclays
08 April 2024All equity and fixed income investors should be encouraging companies to issue sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) at scale, according to Barclays, in a show of support for the declining instrument.
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