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Private market funds establish group to boost impact fundraising

People moves: DWS, Mercer, Robeco, NN IP, AIG ... and more

Former Kellogg VP and CSO Amy Senter joins WBCSD

MacArthur Foundation: Social bond unlocked immediate Covid-19 action

"The urgent crisis [of the Covid-19 pandemic] coupled with extraordinarily low-interest rates in the bond market made social bonds a good tool for us," according to Debra Schwartz

UBS backs $182m impact fund for female tech entrepreneurs

Rethink Impact's second impact fund dedicated to investing in female entrepreneurs in technology raised $182 million at final close, including $56 million from UBS Wealth Management.

Ford Foundation to issue $1bn in social bonds in response to Covid-19

The Ford Foundation is set to issue bonds worth $1 billion with a 'social' label, in a departure from the organisation's usual avenues of fundraising, according to a report by The New York Times.

RepRisk to integrate SASB framework

Zurich-based RepRisk is the latest company to apply the Sustainability Accounting Standard Board’s (SASB) framework on financial materiality to its risk management and compliance products and services.

SASB launches its standards

The Sustainability Accountability Standards Board (SASB), one of major reporting bodies, has published its sustainability standards, at a time when environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is gaining momentum.

Investors and corporates join forces in new plastics initiative

More than 15 major institutional investors and organisations representing several hundred companies have joined forces in support of a new initiative "to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at source".

COP blog: Why food companies are engaged

It's time for food companies to participate in the next agricultural revolution – to low-emissions, argues Julie Nash