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The ESG data files - part one, continued: reported data
03 July 2019Investors are demanding an increasing amount of data from companies. What are its strengths and weaknesses, asks Peter Cripps
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Glennmont buys stake in German wind farm from GIP
03 July 2019London-based fund manager Glennmont Partners has struck a deal to buy a 25% stake in the 330MW Gode Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the German portion of the North Sea.
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UK Green Finance Strategy sets disclosure expectations
02 July 2019UK City Minister John Glen ordered companies and large asset owners to disclose climate-related risks by 2022 or face mandatory regulation.
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UK Green Finance Institute 'to boost catastrophe bonds and green mortgages'
02 July 2019Scaling up the catastrophe bond market and the issuance of green mortgages will be among the priorities for the UK's Green Finance Institute, which was officially launched today.
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The ESG data files - part one: reported data
02 July 2019Investors are demanding an increasing amount of data from companies. What are its strengths and weaknesses, asks Peter Cripps
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EU Weekly Carbon Update, 2 July 2019
02 July 2019This week's auction volume is the largest yet seen in 2019, but technical analysts continue to paint a bullish picture of the EUA market, says Louis Redshaw.
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BlackRock and CPPIB back stewardship code for long-term investors
02 July 2019FCLTGlobal, a non-profit organisation led by institutional investors including the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and BlackRock, has released new guidelines that aim to help asset managers become better long-term investors.
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GPIF to invest in more CAB bonds to boost standardisation
02 July 2019Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is to invest in "larger amounts" of climate awareness bonds (CABs) and sustainability awareness bonds (SABs) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and help boost standardisation, an EIB spokesman said.
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ESG risks increasingly affect insurers' credit profiles
02 July 2019Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks increasingly affect insurers' credit profiles, with European insurers more exposed than those in other regions, according to rating agency Moody's.
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Chubb's coal exclusion policy to impact at least $10m of assets
01 July 2019US insurer Chubb has announced it will not make new debt or equity investments in companies that generate more than 30% of their revenues from thermal coal mining or that generate more than 30% of their energy production from coal.