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Amundi creates position of chief responsible investment officer
29 May 2018Amundi has appointed Stanislas Pottier to the new position of chief responsible investment officer.
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RGGI carbon prices fail to hold on to Q3 gains
29 May 2018The price of emission allowances in the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has slipped back below $4 in the secondary market in recent weeks after surging to $4.65 in August on news of planned rule changes.
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Partners Group plans to invest A$700m in Australian renewable energy
29 May 2018Partners Group has agreed to invest A$700 million ($527.4 million) in the development of a series of large-scale renewable energy projects in Australia.
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Climate and SDGs to be focus of French pension fund's new SRI strategy
28 May 2018Climate change is “the biggest risk” to the €36.4 billion ($44 billion) FRR pension fund in coming years, Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr, chief investment officer of the pension fund, tells Michael Hurley.
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Generali links credit facilities with ESG factors
25 May 2018Generali has introduced environmental, social and governance (ESG) features into its revolving credit facilities, in the latest example of these so-called non-financial factors being incorporated into loans.
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EU Commission to legislate ESG inclusion in investments
25 May 2018The European Commission has proposed a new regulatory measure to improve disclosure requirements on how institutional investors integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investments
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Green bond round-up, 25 May 2018
25 May 2018Electricity transmission operator TenneT successfully launched its eighth green bond, raising €1.25 billion ($1.5 billion).
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World's top insurers stalling on climate change drive
25 May 2018While insurers are increasingly aware of environmental risks which might impact both sides of their balance sheet, new research has found that their investment strategies are not in line with the Paris Agreement. The research was published the same week Royal Dutch Shell held its AGM and shareholders, including some large insurers, were asked to vote on a climate resolution. Did they stand up to the test? Paul Walsh and Vincent Huck report
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People moves: PPF, Platina Energy Partners and WSP
25 May 2018The UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has appointed Claire Curtin as its head of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG).
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‘Worryingly complacent’ UK pension funds neglect climate risk
25 May 2018Some of the largest pension funds in the UK are ‘worryingly complacent’ about the risks posed by climate change to investments, according to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC).