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People moves: Man Group, APG
06 August 2018Jason Mitchell has been appointed as co-head of responsible investment at investment management firm Man Group. Across its investment managers, Man Group manages $ 113.7 billion for its global clients.
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Climate change increases cost of debt for developing countries
06 August 2018The intensification of climate risks and the degree to which they are accurately priced by financial markets are of increasing concern to global economic stability. However, as awareness around those risks has risen over the last years, there is still a long way to go to consistently measure and monitor their costs, which can result in substantial gains or losses for institutional investors. Vincent Huck reports
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Last chance to vote in poll of voluntary carbon market!
03 August 2018Voting in Environmental Finance's annual survey of the voluntary carbon market closes on 10 August.
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PGGM acquires half of a 332 MW renewables portfolio
03 August 2018Dutch asset manager PGGM will buy a 50% interest of a US wind and a solar project by EDF Renewables North America.
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Lloyds Bank to stop financing new coal plants
03 August 2018Lloyds Banking Group will not fund new coal-fired power stations or thermal coal mines, or bank new clients which derive most of their revenue from such operations, it has said.
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‘Heat stress’ will hit Asian and African economies hard by 2045, say analysts
03 August 2018The economic cost of climate change is likely to be felt most acutely over the next 30 years in Africa and South East Asia, according to risk analysis firm Verisk Maplecroft.
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Sustainable cities are APG's biggest responsible investment theme
02 August 2018Dutch asset manager APG allocated €24.5 billion ($28.5 million) in 2017 in investments that it considers to contribute to the theme of sustainable cities and communities, one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations
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Actis readies open-source SDG assessment tool
02 August 2018Emerging markets investor Actis plans to introduce an open-source framework for assessing the contribution of its portfolio companies with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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German insurers warn against ESG goals diluting Solvency II
01 August 2018German insurers have warned the European Commission (EC) against formulating inflexible rules around ESG investing as part of its 'action plan' for boosting such allocations.
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Green bonds round-up, 1 August 2018
01 August 2018Moody's Investors Service has lowered its expectations for green bond issuance this year, in light of slower growth in the first six months.