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DWS launches 'smart' ESG investment approach
27 May 2020Asset manager DWS has announced stricter environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment criteria, focused on identifying and engaging with firms with high climate transition risk and violators of international sustainability standards.
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ESG factors increasingly important for active managers
17 September 2019Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are increasingly influencing the investment decisions of active managers, as the opportunity to generate superior risk-adjusted returns becomes more important, according to a survey by Russell Investments.
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ESG data files - part 3, continued: ESG rating providers
29 July 2019The second instalment of this analysis of ESG rating agencies finds that investors are increasingly drilling down into the data that underlies the ratings. Peter Cripps reports.
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ESG data files - part 3: ESG rating providers
25 July 2019As ESG ratings become embedded in mainstream investment decision making, they are attracting criticism. Is it justified, asks Peter Cripps.
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NatWest creates new ESG framework
10 July 2019NatWest Markets (NWM) has established a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework to facilitate investments from corporate and institutional investors into a high ESG portfolio.
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ISS to launch climate scoring and voting tools
27 June 2019Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) will launch a climate scoring and a voting tool next month, which will allow investors to create customised climate voting policies.
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AIIB issues $2.5bn sustainability-themed bond
10 May 2019The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has issued its first 'global bond', worth $2.5 billion, to finance environmentally friendly infrastructure investment and promote environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing across Asia.
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Green bonds round-up: Wallonia; Adif; Nedbank; SFE; Crédit Agricole; Green OAT
01 May 2019Wallonia, the French speaking region of southern Belgium, has entered the green bond market with a dual-tranche issue that raised €1 billion ($1.2 billion).
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ISS ESG launches tools to tailor-make ESG indices
04 March 2019ISS ESG, the responsible investment-focused arm of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), has launched tools that allow investors to create their own customised environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexing strategies.
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ISS snaps up Australian ESG research firm
18 February 2019Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has returned to the acquisition trail with the purchase of CAER, a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research on Australasian companies.