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Transition-focused index backed by Church of England pension

The pension board of the Church of England (CofE) has allocated £600 million ($780 million) to a fund tracking a first-of-its-kind, custom-made, climate transition index, and issued a rallying call for other pension funds to follow.

FTSE Russell launches climate-risk adjusted EU government bonds index

Index provider FTSE Russell has launched a climate-risk adjusted version of its European government bond index.

FTSE Russell expands sustainable investment analysis in China and Japan

Index and data provider FTSE Russell is to expand its Asia Pacific sustainable investment coverage to around 800 China A Share securities and 1,300 securities in Japan.

People Moves 22 November

ESG data files: Part five - the impact of the EU's taxonomy

Will the EU's sustainability taxonomy reduce the reporting burden on companies, or could it be another weight on their shoulders? Michael Hurley reports

ESG data files: part two - non-reported data

What are the uses of, and potential, for non-reported or alternative data sources, asks Peter Cripps

ESG in Fixed Income Europe, featuring Green Bonds

Nearly 400 delegates attended the conference, now in its ninth year`

FTSE Russell to launch climate government bond index

FTSE Russell will next month launch what it believes to be the first sovereign bond index to specifically integrate climate risk considerations, in what is set to be its first venture since buying data and analysis firm Beyond Ratings.

Dutch pension fund allocates €5.8bn to SDG index

A Netherlands-based pension fund has allocated €5.8 billion ($6.5 billion) – more than a quarter of its entire portfolio – to a newly-created ‘sustainable’ benchmark index.

ESG indexes get smarter

Combining factor investing and ESG, and adopting AI-based ESG data are among the hot trends in sustainability-focused indexes, writes Peter Cripps