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DWS pledges 50% carbon reduction for European real estate office portfolio
08 October 2019German asset manager DWS has made a commitment to cut carbon emissions in its portfolio of European office properties by 50% by 2030.
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New initiative to evaluate the impact of ESG on infrastructure investing
08 October 2019French investment bank Natixis has partnered with academic researcher EDHECinfra to launch a three-year research initiative to examine how sustainability impacts infrastructure investing.
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Making an impact
Triodos Investment Management, a fully owned subsidiary of Triodos Bank, has been investing to deliver social and environmental impact for almost four decades. Its chair, Jacco Minnaar, explains how the firm is continuing to raise the bar in a market that is rapidly adopting sustainability as a strategy.
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Fossil fuel exclusion proves a slow burn for US insurers
07 October 2019US insurers say they are ready to stop investing in climate-harming coal. But only one has divested from the fossil fuel to date. Could Chubb’s move be the start of a wider transition by US insurers away from fossil fuels or is it empty talk? Sarfraz Thind reports.
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Norway's largest pension fund to exclude oil sands companies
07 October 2019Norwegian public sector pension fund KLP has pledged to exclude companies that make more than 5% of their revenue from oil sands.
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WCI Carbon Market Update, 07 October 2019
07 October 2019CCAs continued their recent run of losses last week, but the long-term prospects of the market remain strong, says Nicolas Girod
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Allianz, Nephila structure proxy generation PPA for wind project
07 October 2019A ‘proxy generation’ Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) devised by Allianz and Nephila Climate has been used to help mitigate risks associated with a wind farm in the US.
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People Moves: BlackRock, REYL, Natixis, Carbon Tracker, Danske Bank, Carbon4, UKSIF, Man GLG, KKR, UniCredit
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ESG data files: Part five - the impact of the EU's taxonomy
04 October 2019Will the EU's sustainability taxonomy reduce the reporting burden on companies, or could it be another weight on their shoulders? Michael Hurley reports
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Aquaculture fund targets sustainable Brazilian fishery
04 October 2019Netherlands-based aquaculture investor Aqua-Spark has invested an undisclosed amount in Fisher Piscicultura, a Brazilian Tilapia fish farm.