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Kempen 'surprised' adaptation isn't greater priority for regulators
02 April 2024Kempen Capital Management has expressed "surprise" that adaptation hasn't been made a greater priority by regulators.
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Kempen, PostNL pension fund launch SDG farmland fund
07 April 2021The Netherlands' Kempen Capital Management and PostNL pension fund have launched an 'SDG farmland fund' to invest for positive environmental impact in farmland in OECD countries.
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Impact investment fund of funds passes 'milestone' assets level
03 February 2020An impact investment fund of funds has passed €100 million ($110 million) in assets under management (AUM), shortly after completing a new investment based around financial inclusion.
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People Moves: UN Environment, Northern Trust Asset Management, Liontrust and United Nations-led Climate Technology Centre and Network
22 February 2019Inger Andersen has been elected as executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to replace Erik Solheim.
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Investors urge steel sector to increase low-carbon tech spend
19 February 2019A network of investors with more than $32 trillion in assets says it expects companies in the highly polluting steel sector to significantly increase spending on new technologies if they are to survive the energy transition.
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People moves: CalPERS, FCLTGlobal, NNIP, Lightsource BP, ALLCOT Colombia
18 January 2019Elisabeth Bourqui has resigned as chief operating investment officer at public pension fund California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), after less than eight months in office.
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Investors and corporates join forces in new plastics initiative
31 October 2018More 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".
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Belgium plans to grow sovereign green bond to €10bn
28 February 2018A €4.5 billion ($5.5 billion) sovereign green bond issued by Belgium this week is expected to grow to a size of about €10 billion within four years, the Belgian Debt Agency said.
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Mapping the SDGs
11 December 2017Two years on from the launch of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, how are investors responding, asks Peter Cripps
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France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year
25 January 2017The French Treasury has issued a mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) green sovereign bond, which is almost twice the size of the previous largest green bond and could be increased to €13 billion later this year.