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People moves: SASB, J.P. Morgan AM, Chronos, Ramboll
01 March 2019Madelyn Antoncic has been named chief executive of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Foundation.
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FTSE Russell and Solactive launch ESG indices
04 February 2019Two new environmental, social and governance (ESG) indices have been launched. FTSE Russell has created a new equity ESG index, and Solactive has collaborated with ISS ESG to produce a series of ESG indexes covering both equities and fixed income.
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FTSE Russell launches Chinese Green Bond Index Series
21 January 2019FTSE Russell has launched a Chinese Green Bond Index Series in response to strong growth in the country's green bond market.
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Merseyside puts £400m in smart sustainability index
18 January 2019Merseyside Pension Fund has committed £400 million ($520 million) to a fund tracking an innovative 'smart sustainability' index.
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People Moves: GIIN and FTSE Russell
16 November 2018Sean Gilbert has been appointed as director of membership at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).
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People Moves: GRI and Soil Capital
09 November 2018The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has announced that three members will join its board, Bekeme Masade-Olowola, Jack Ehnes, and Jianzhong Lu for an initial three-year term starting January 1.
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Asian asset owners and managers flagged for poor TCFD reporting
26 October 2018Asset owners and asset managers in Asia are lagging far behind their regional peers in disclosure, a report examining the adoption of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has found.
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GPIF adopts S&P carbon efficient indexes for ESG strategy
25 September 2018Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has selected two new indexes from S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) as benchmarks for JPY1.2 trillion ($10 billion) of equity investments managed according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.
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Setting a European benchmark
10 September 2018The European Commission's bold proposals to reform benchmark regulation are designed to increase the flow of green finance and reduce the risk of 'greenwashing'. Michael Hurley asks why change is required
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Low-carbon index will use TPI to reward climate leaders, says pension fund
03 September 2018A new low-carbon index will look to use analysis by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) to increase or decrease the amount of capital allocated to listed companies based on their current and future performance on climate-related issues.