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  • SEK6.5bn SDG fund makes final close

    01 March 2019

    Swedish private equity firm Summa Equity has grown its SDG fund to SEK6.5 billion ($704 million) at final close, after it was launched three years ago.

  • Ardian invests €300m in Swedish wind farm

    01 March 2019

    Private equity firm Ardian has agreed to invest €300 million ($342 million) in a project to build a wind farm in Sweden.

  • People moves: SASB, J.P. Morgan AM, Chronos, Ramboll

    01 March 2019

    Madelyn Antoncic has been named chief executive of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Foundation.

  • Norway's Government Pension Fund divests from agricultural companies to combat deforestation

    28 February 2019

    Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund with $1 trillion of assets, has divested from four major agricultural companies to combat deforestation.

  • $250m solar fund plans IPO

    27 February 2019

    A fund aims to raise $250 million to invest in US solar – by listing on the London stock exchange.

  • Mandatory climate change disclosures - only a question of time

    27 February 2019

    Geoff Summerhayes, board member of the Australian regulator and chair of the UNEP SIF, warns insurers of increased scrutiny from regulators

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments wins €500m Dutch pension fund mandate

    27 February 2019

    The five-year mandate will invest in private equity with an ESG and responsible investment focus

  • UN and Allianz calls for joined up ESG integration on both sides of insurers balance sheet

    27 February 2019

    UN PSI and German insurer Allianz launch new guide

  • Fossil fuel issuer of ‘climate action’ bond reignites Repsol debate

    27 February 2019

    A ‘climate action bond’ issued by natural gas infrastructure company Snam has reignited a debate around whether there is a place at the green bond table for fossil fuel firms.

  • Sustainability by proxy - Part two: ISS

    27 February 2019

    In the second of a four-part series on highly influential proxy voting providers, Michael Hurley asks ISS what it is doing to develop the guidance it provides investors on environmental issues