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Zurich promotes Köb to lead insurer's responsible investment
07 September 2017Zurich's head of responsible investment Manuel Lewin has been promoted to become the Swiss insurer's head of risk strategy, and will be replaced by Johanna Köb.
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Q&A: Why Swiss Re chose ESG benchmarks
07 September 2017The group's chief investment officer, Guido Fürer, explains why he feels that adopting the ESG benchmarks has been the most meaningful and strategic step in its journey to integrate ESG considerations
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Green bond comment: Back to work!
06 September 2017The summer holiday is over for the green bond market.
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Green bond round-up, 6 September 2017
06 September 2017Canada's export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC) has issued its fourth green bond – its first denominated in its home currency.
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Scor sets new benchmark for coal divestment
06 September 2017Won't invest in companies with more than 30% of turnover from coal
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Schroders launches tool to measure companies' earnings at risk from rising carbon prices
06 September 2017Investment manager Schroders has developed a tool for investors which measures how government moves to put a meaningful price on carbon could affect company profits and investment returns.
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French property group uses green bonds to boost CSR effort
05 September 2017French real estate investor Icade has issued a green bond to support its corporate social responsibility (CSR) ambitions.
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MSCI ESG index outperforms benchmark over five years
05 September 2017An ESG index developed by MSCI that excludes a small number of "red-flag" stocks and tilts the remaining constituents towards companies with strong sustainability performance has outperformed its benchmark by 39 basis points annually since 2012.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 4 September 2017
04 September 2017Carbon fell more than 4% last week to reverse the previous week's gains. In the face of increasing auction supply and falling power prices, carbon could not continue the upward momentum seen through August
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Indian bank 'planning $3bn green bond issue'
04 September 2017State Bank of India, the country's largest commercial bank, is planning to raise up to $3 billion from a green bond issue, according to local press reports.