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  • Aviva calls for global definition of fiduciary duty incorporating sustainability

    23 March 2017

    UK insurance giant Aviva has called on the UN, OECD and G20 to adopt universal rules on fiduciary responsibility that allow the investors to incorporate longer-term risks such as climate change.

  • Asset manager devises Sustainable Development Goals tagging system

    22 March 2017

    An asset manager has developed a system to tag equities according to whether they help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Nippon Life pledges to invest a further JPY200bn in ESG bonds

    21 March 2017

    Japanese insurer Nippon Life has pledged to invest a further JPY200 billion ($1.7 billion) in environmental, social and governance (ESG) themed bonds and similar products as part of a responsibility drive.

  • TCFD: A full disclosure

    20 March 2017

    Will the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report change the landscape for investors, asks Hamza Ali

  • Two insurers invest $17m in weather predictive technology

    17 March 2017

    Established modellers are "charging too much and delivering too little", says Weather Analytics

  • EF BRIEFS: Invenergy, Green Climate Fund, Borealis

    15 March 2017

    Invenergy, a Chicago-based clean energy company, has bought a 64MW solar power plant in Uruguay for an undisclosed price.

  • NGO launches project to encourage sustainable fish finance

    13 March 2017

    A new project to investigate the role of financial institutions in the global fishing industry, in particular the exploitation of wild fish stocks, is being planned by the NGO behind the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI).

  • Malaysian asset manager launches shariah-compliant ESG fund

    13 March 2017

    A Malaysian asset manager has partnered with Arabesque Asset Management to launch what they claim is the first 'shariah-compliant' environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused fund.

  • UK tops European asset managers on RI, says ShareAction

    12 March 2017

    UK asset managers are doing more to meet responsible investment (RI) performance targets then their European counterparts, according to a report by NGO ShareAction.

  • Comment: Can 'fintech' help 'green' the real economy?

    10 March 2017

    Innovation in financial technology should aim to address sustainability challenges in the real economy, says Andrew Voysey