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  • 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

  • Energy-efficient mortgage pilot scheme gains new member

    27 February 2019

    A European initiative to explore the benefits of offering favourable mortgage conditions for energy efficient homes has signed up another bank.

  • Green bond round-up: Spain, Access Bank, San Francisco, Renewable Japan, Hitachi Capital, Queensland Treasury Corporation, LeasePlan, ASICS

    27 February 2019
  • Green bond standards are converging, says CBI

    27 February 2019

    Green bond standards are beginning to converge, in a development that has the potential to help resolve the question of the market's 'additionality', according to the Climate Bonds Initiative's (CBI) Justine Leigh-Bell.

  • Investors challenge ESMA’s definition of sustainability risks

    26 February 2019

    BlackRock, Aviva and BNP Paribas Asset Management have each presented varying definitions of sustainability risks, in response to a consultation on how the EU should regulate investment fund managers.

  • EU agrees low-carbon benchmark categories

    26 February 2019

    EU politicians have agreed on categories for proposed low-carbon benchmarks, marking an important milestone in the development of the bloc's Sustainable Finance Action Plan.

  • Using innovation to close the climate protection gap

    26 February 2019

    Creating new and inclusive insurance markets can help communities become more resilient to natural disasters, argues Hector Ibarra

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