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News Round Up: Amundi, NGFS, Manulife, PGIM, and more

Amundi launches emerging markets green bond

News round-up - 12 February 2021: Nordea, UK ETS, ESG-focused SPAC launch, HSBC ... and more

HSBC warned by ClientEarth to back climate shareholder resolution

Green bond comment, February 2021: Is it time for social bond focused investors to join their green peers?

TCFD advised to abandon implied temperature rise metric

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) secretariat should not include in its list of recommended disclosures estimates of the 'climate warming potential' of assets, according to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).

ETFs managing $72bn address SDGs, says UNCTAD

More than 200 ESG-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with about $72 billion in combined assets, in some way address the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

15 major investors back HSBC vote on fossil fuel phase-out plan

AMF study identifies weaknesses in French institutions' TCFD reports

Financial institutions continue to struggle to report decision-useful information on how their overall strategy responds to climate change, according to an analysis of French financial institutions' Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reports.

Green bond funds take varied approach to impact reporting

As more green bond funds come to market, institutional investors are calling for more consistency and detail in their impact reports. Graham Cooper explains