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Eastern Europe ‘the place to be’ for renewables investment
11 July 2019Renewable energy infrastructure projects in Eastern Europe are becoming increasingly attractive for investors in the sector, a German fund manager has said.
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20% of Hong Kong companies sustainability compliant
11 July 2019Only 20% of Hong Kong's largest companies have good compliance with international sustainability guidelines, according to Standard Ethics.
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Bond round-up: Societe Generale, Ferrovie, Posco, BKW Group and more...
10 July 2019New York State Housing Finance Agency has issued a preliminary statement announcing its intention to issue two sustainability bonds amounting to $72.77 million and $9.6 million.
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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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Leading ESG funds not focusing investment in top-rated companies
10 July 2019The funds with the best ratings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors do not tend to focus their investments in companies with the highest ESG ratings, MSCI research has found.
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Only 30% of companies in line with Paris pledges, says TPI
10 July 2019Only 30% of high emitting companies are reducing their carbon emissions in line with pledges made in the Paris Agreement through the nationally determined contributions (NDCs), according to a report by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).
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EU taxonomy eligibility criteria ‘extremely stringent’, says Natixis
10 July 2019‘Transition activities’ included in the EU’s sustainability taxonomy have been described by French bank Natixis CIB as “extremely stringent”, in a report designed to assess the taxonomy’s usability.
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Australia's regulator talks TCFD
10 July 2019Geoff Summerhayes of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) tells Elena K. Johansson how it will deal with climate risk and integrate the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines.
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EIB and Amundi to launch €1bn Green Credit programme
10 July 2019The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Amundi are to launch a €1 billion ($1.12 billion) programme to foster the development of the green debt market beyond the existing green bonds.
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Insurers face rise in management liability claims from climate risks
09 July 2019A rise in climate-related 'directors' and officers' (D&O)' insurance claims could soon materialise, according to experts at a conference organised by law firm Clyde & Co.