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Dutch investors pressure oil and gas sector to strengthen climate targets
12 April 2019A group of heavyweight investors including NN Investment Partners (NN IP), Actiam, Aegon and Kempen have urged the entire oil and gas sector to set stringent targets to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Success of $32trn Climate Action 100+ ‘at risk’, say NGOs
12 April 2019The success of the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) collaborative investor engagement initiative is being jeopardised because many investors are failing to fully support it, according to a group of civil society organisations.
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S&P launches ESG evaluation tool
11 April 2019S&P Global Ratings has launched its long-awaited environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluation tool, in a move that will throw it into direct competition with existing sustainability rating providers such as MSCI.
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LGIM calls on policy makers to take action on climate change
11 April 2019Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has called on governments to urgently bring in policies to tackle climate change, such as a carbon tax, after it conducted modelling that found there is a compelling economic case for immediate action.
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Hong Kong regulator says funds must justify their ESG claims
11 April 2019Hong Kong’s securities regulator has said that funds claiming to consider environmental, social or governance (ESG) factors must explicitly disclose how they do this, after its own assessment found that a majority of funds it regulates fails to do so.
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$26trn impact investment opportunity waiting to be unlocked, says IFC
11 April 2019Investors’ appetite for impact investing could be as high as $26 trillion globally, according to estimates by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
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UK pension pool invests £50m in Mirova infrastructure fund
10 April 2019A Mirova infrastructure fund has attracted a €50 million ($43.2 million) investment from the Brunel Pension Partnership pool of UK pension funds.
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BlackRock-backed blended finance climate fund awarded grant
10 April 2019A grant has been awarded to help develop an ‘unprecedented’ blended finance initiative aiming to scale up investment in emerging market climate infrastructure.
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Q&A with AIMA's Jack Inglis
10 April 2019The CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association explains how hedge funds are starting to get to grips with the topic of sustainable finance
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Green Bond round-up – 10 April: Senvion, LG Chem, France's GROAT, ocean plastic bond, Toyota, Terna, EIB's new CAB, Peru, Luxembourg links with China
10 April 2019South Korea-based chemicals manufacturer LG Chem has issued green bonds worth $1.56 billion to help finance production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries.