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Africa leads the way for sustainable insurance, says PSI
23 April 2018Africa is leading the way for sustainability-focused insurers as it is facing the most immediate challenges in areas such as agriculture and resilient cities, said Butch Bacani, programme leader of the UN Environment's Principles for Sustainable Insurance initiative (PSI).
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Time is ripe for pensions to increase climate focus, says law firm
23 April 2018The "time is ripe" for pension fund trustees to move climate risk up their investment agenda, a report by law firm Pinsent Masons has said.
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Australian investors offered access to 'light green' corporate bonds
23 April 2018An investment vehicle giving access to the bonds of companies with 'sound' performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, has been launched in Australia.
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Eurizon's first green bond fund kicks off with €100m
23 April 2018Italy's Eurizon green bond fund currently stands at €100 million ($122.2 million) and its managers told Environmental Finance they have a screening process to spot 'greenwashing' phenomena.
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Glennmont eyes offshore wind projects with third fund
23 April 2018Glennmont Partners is eyeing up investment opportunities in the offshore wind arena with its third fund.
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Introducing Sustainable Land Bonds - Investing in nature for climate
23 April 2018Climate finance flows could be used to help developing tropical forest countries tap the bond markets, scaling up the amount of capital available to them for conservation, argues Peter Wheeler
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Framework launched to help investors assess their dependencies on natural capital
23 April 2018Natural capital is no longer a "niche" consideration, it was claimed today, as a framework was launched to help investors assess their dependencies on these factors.
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HSBC is latest bank to withdraw from coal and tar sands
20 April 2018HSBC pledged to stop lending to most coal-fired power stations and to stop financing oil from tar sands, but "missed the chance to join the green banking leaders", according to one NGO.
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EIB prepares sustainability bond
20 April 2018The European Investment Bank (EIB) is preparing to issue a sustainability awareness bond to support projects in the water, health and education sectors.
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Fixed income investors need more ESG products, says Japan's GPIF
20 April 2018Institutional investors are being constrained because of a lack of environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused products for fixed income investors, a report co-published by the GPIF has claimed.