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Investors challenge ESMA’s definition of sustainability risks
26 February 2019BlackRock, Aviva and BNP Paribas Asset Management have each presented varying definitions of sustainability risks, in response to a consultation on how the EU should regulate investment fund managers.
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People moves: IOSCO, London Stock Exchange Group, Simmons & Simmons, UBS
19 October 2018Peter Damgaard Jensen has been appointed as co-organizer of the newly founded Global Commission on Adaptation. Damgaard Jensen also acts as CEO of Danish pension scheme PKA and chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), an investor association taking action to support a low-carbon future.
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Majority of Australian investments are ‘responsible’, report finds
09 August 2018More than half of all professionally managed investments in Australia were labelled ‘responsible’ in 2017, according to a survey of asset managers.
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Australia and New Zealand to develop sustainable finance roadmap
27 July 2018More than 300 organisations with a combined $10 trillion in assets have agreed to produce a roadmap to grow sustainable finance in Australia and New Zealand.
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NZ Super moves $10bn passive equities to low-carbon
16 August 2017New Zealand Super Fund has shifted its NZ$14 billion ($10 billion) global passive equity portfolio into a low-carbon strategy.
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People moves: GIIN, CMIA, Church Commissioners, GCF
30 June 2017The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has promoted Giselle Leung to managing director.
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People Moves: EEM, Neuberger, Putnam
05 May 2017Adrian Rimmer has left his position of CEO of carbon markets exchange European Environmental Markets (EEM) to focus on his other business interests and projects.
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Responsible investment grows 25% in two years
28 March 2017The value of assets managed under responsible investment strategies have ballooned 25% over the past two years, thanks to rapid growth in countries such as Japan and the US, according to a report.
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Exclusive: UK government launches working group on pulling out of EU ETS
24 March 2017The UK government has launched a working group on forming a national carbon market, in a signal that the country is preparing to leave the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as a result of Brexit, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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COP Blog: The Green Climate Fund's key role is to mobilise the private sector
14 November 2016CMIA
After the commitments and headlines of Paris a year ago, COP22 in Marrakesh has to be all about implementation. Faster than anyone expected, the Paris Agreement has already been ratified, but progress on the ground needs to ramp up.