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Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures working group announced
21 July 2020Ten financial firms have joined a working group to develop a reporting framework for the impact of the financial sector on biodiversity and ecosystems to complement the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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SASB and GRI announce sustainability disclosure collaboration
14 July 2020The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have announced a collaboration to show how their two standards can be used together to help ease the reporting burden.
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Consultation opens on climate change lobbying framework
29 June 2020The consultation on a framework to help investors assess the extent to which a company's lobbying is aligned to the Paris Agreement has been opened, after three investors launched the project earlier this month.
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Third of investor votes back Mizuho Financial climate resolution
25 June 2020More than a third of Mizuho Financial investors backed a ground-breaking shareholder resolution urging the Japanese bank to disclose its climate risks and publish a plan to align investments with the Paris Agreement.
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CapitaLand signs SGD300m sustainability-linked loan
17 June 2020Real estate firm CapitaLand has signed a SGD300 million ($216 million) sustainability-linked loan (SLL), taking its total sustainable financing to more than SGD2.7 billion in under two years.
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Work begins to build climate change lobbying framework
16 June 2020Chronos Sustainability is to create a framework enabling investors to assess whether corporate lobbying is aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Blue like an Orange raises $200m for Latin America impact fund
02 June 2020Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital has raised $200 million at final close of its inaugural impact fund, which will target positive social impact in Latin America via private lending.
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Triodos, BlueOrchard pledge microfinance support amid Covid-19
05 May 2020Incofin, Triodos and BlueOrchard are among a group of impact investors that have pledged to support microfinance institutions with refinancing options amid the fallout from Covid-19.
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BlackRock launches $430m unconstrained ESG bond fund
01 May 2020BlackRock has launched its first environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused global unconstrained total return bond fund, opening with over $400 million in assets under management (AUM).
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Transition Pathway Initiative eyes analysis of corporate debt market
29 April 2020The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) plans to extend its analysis of management quality and carbon performance to corporate issuers of fixed income products.