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People Moves: AAM, Morgan Stanley, AP1, Carbon Market Institute, Gold Standard, Ethic, Aviva Investors

Aegon Asset Management (AAM) has hired two people for its responsible investment team.

Investors up pressure on mining companies to disclose

A group of investors with $10.3 trillion in assets has demanded that mining companies provide disclosures, within 45 days, on every tailings facility under their control.

People Moves: Transition Pathway Initiative, GRI, Credit Suisse, IETA, CalPERS, Hermes EOS, CGC, Robeco and DZ Bank

AP4 phases out high-carbon emitting oil sands

The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) has divested from oil sands on the grounds of new Swedish legislation, and amended its investment policy accordingly.

AP1 and Arabesque to develop 'first of its kind' human rights risk score

Swedish buffer fund Första AP-fonden (AP1) is to plug into data from 'sustainability quant' firm Arabesque, and the companies will work together to devise a "first of its kind" human rights risk score.

Green bonds round-up, 5 September 2018

German real estate bank, Deutsche Hypothekenbank, has issued its second €500 million ($580 million) green Pfandbrief.

Mapping the SDGs

Two years on from the launch of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, how are investors responding, asks Peter Cripps

Profile: Resonance's Industrial Water Infrastructure fund

Capital is flowing into the first fund of its kind to invest in industrial water recovery projects, reports Peter Cripps

Resonance raises $300m for water fund

Resonance Asset Management has announced the third close of its Industrial Water Infrastructure fund, having raised $300 million from six institutional investors.

EF BRIEFS: FSB, Axis Bank, EIB, Stockholm, Canadian Solar, GRI, BP

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed nine more members to its new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.