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Schroders, Big Society Capital target £100m social impact IPO

Schroder Big Society Impact Trust aims to raise £100 million ($134 million) from an initial public offering (IPO) for a first-of-its-kind social impact investment trust it hopes will eventually grow to £500 million in size.

Clean growth VC fund eyes first investments, seeks more investors

A venture capital fund focused on technologies and solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or other adverse environmental impacts aims to make its first allocations by the end of the year.

BlackRock, DWS, Natixis show 'basic' commitment to ESG, says Morningstar

Morningstar has identified Vanguard and Lyxor among asset managers with a 'low' level of commitment to ESG topics, whilst BlackRock, DWS, Natixis and UBS were flagged for their 'basic' approaches.

EU publishes first sets of Taxonomy screening criteria

The European Commission has published the first two sets of technical screening criteria for the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities, described as an "important step" for the closely-watched green policy instrument.

People Moves 20 November: Moody's, Willis Towers Watson, GRI, Deutsche Börse, CBI, GIIN, GIZ, Nordea

Estimated carbon emissions data 'ineffective'

Estimated carbon emissions data reflects 'almost entirely' on size and industry information, which makes it ineffective in identifying green companies in brown sectors and further reduces the efficacy of investor actions, according to an academic study.

News round-up: EU offshore wind push, muni green project fund, sovereign ESG data set ... and more

European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans encouraged EU member states to use funds from the €750 billion Next Generation EU fund to make targeted investments in the space to "unlock the necessary private financial flows" to power the expansion.

Q&A: Stephanie von Friedeburg, IFC

The IFC's Interim Managing Director and Executive Vice President talks to Environmental Finance on the 10th anniversary of its green bond programme

ESG Ratings in fixed income: A good start

ESG ratings should only be used as a first step when it comes to assessing issuers, a panel at Environmental Finance's ESG and Fixed Income 2020 conference heard. Ahren Lester reports

Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Exilion, CapitaLand ... and more