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La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup
20 November 2024Financial services group La Banque Postale has invested - via its venture capital fund, 115K - in a French ESG-focused fintech start-up.
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'Very encouraging' European 'light green' fund investment in Middle East
15 November 2024There is a "very encouraging" level of investment from 'light green' European funds in Middle Eastern real estate firms which suggests emerging positive sustainability disclosure trends in the region, according to Emirates NBD.
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Manager of €100m French listed equities biodiversity fund selected - with RfP for private fund expected in Q1
21 October 2024Sustainability specialist Mirova has won a competitive tender to manage a listed equities fund focused on biodiversity, with a private assets strategy expected to be launched in coming months.
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Lending with 'true additionality'
08 October 2024Impact debt is the remedy to missing middle, Eiffel's Fabrice Dumonteil tells Jennifer Forrest
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The 2024 AGM season showed us the power of a vote
18 September 2024Dual-class share structures skew voting outcomes and insulate company management from the views of independent shareholders and the discipline of the market, writes Caroline Escott
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Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
17 September 2024Interest rates, right-wing populism and the sustainability impact of artificial intelligence are three of the biggest challenges facing decarbonisation for public equity investors, according to asset manager Ninety One.
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Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
16 September 2024Heating is still dominated by fossil fuels but scientists on the electric heat side are catching up, writes Ted Franks
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Fair Reward Framework launches exec pay tool
13 September 2024Asset owner-led Fair Reward Framework has launched a tool that will help investors assess whether FTSE 100 executive pay is 'fair and proportionate'.
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Over 100 organisations demand stop to financing of industrial livestock farming
12 September 2024A letter signed by 105 civil organisations has demanded that US banks halt financing of industrial livestock production for its role in fuelling climate change.
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SIX launches 'climate equity flag' for companies
23 August 2024SIX has launched a new Paris Agreement-aligned climate flag for companies who are listed through the Swiss financial exchange firm, with S&P Global Ratings and SGS the first approved reviewers for the scheme.