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BP to support CA100+ shareholder resolution
01 February 2019Oil and gas giant BP is set to broaden its corporate reporting to describe how its strategy is consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement, after it committed to supporting a Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) shareholder resolution.
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Finland’s Varma tightens screws on coal industry
01 February 2019Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Finland’s largest private investor, has put added emphasis on climate change mitigation in the latest update of its responsible investment principles.
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No ‘greenium’ for energy efficient buildings, says advisor
01 February 2019Investors looking for a premium from investments in energy efficient real estate are likely to be disappointed, a director of a specialist investment management and advisory firm has claimed.
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Suncorp best-placed insurer to ride out APAC climate risk, Sustainalytics says
31 January 2019Suncorp has been identified by Sustainalytics as the best-positioned property and casualty insurers to ride out climate risks in the volatile Asia-Pacific region.
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Morningstar launches low carbon risk indexes
31 January 2019Morningstar has launched the first low-carbon indexes based on Sustainalytics' Carbon Risk Rating.
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CPR and CDP launch disclosure-focused climate fund
31 January 2019CPR Asset Management and CDP have launched a ‘climate fund’ to invest in global equities that best manage climate change-related risks, based on company disclosures.
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Bondholders ‘fail to engage on climate change’
31 January 2019Bondholders have little appetite to engage with companies on climate change, and are relying on governments to step in to resolve the problem, a study has argued.
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FRC includes ESG in draft Stewardship Code
30 January 2019The UK's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued a draft update to its Stewardship Code, which makes it clear that makes it clear that signatories are expected to take material environmental, social and governance (ESG) into account.
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Green bond round-up, 30 January
30 January 2019Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica has made its debut in the green bond market, raising €1 billion in a five-year deal. It claims this is the first bond from an issuer in the telecoms sector.
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ABP launches energy transition fund
30 January 2019Dutch Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP (ABP), which has €399 billion of assets under management, has launched an energy transition fund to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and finance the energy transition in the Netherlands.