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Impact Investing - what's all the buzz about?

Is impact finance the evolution of ESG investing? We delve deeper in to how impact finance provides investors with exposure to activities that offer targeted, measurable and positive benefit to environment and society.

What does Joe Biden's Presidency mean for responsible investors?

There was no blue wave, but there could yet be a green wave of investment, writes Peter Cripps

BofE announces climate stress tests launch in June after Covid-19 delay

The Bank of England (BofE) has announced that its postponed climate stress tests will now launch in June, after the central bank used the delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic to work on the design of the exercise.

News Round Up: Scottish Widows, JP Morgan, Fidelity, and more

BlueOrchard launches Covid-19 support impact fund

BlueOrchard Finance has launched a $140 million impact fund to help financial institutions provide financing to micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) in emerging and frontier markets as they respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

US election shows demand for positive change, impact investor says

The record level of voter turnout in the 2020 US election demonstrates the country's desire for positive change - public sentiment which should be harnessed by investors, according to Adasina Social Capital.

Impactful real estate's role in the pandemic recovery

Real estate impact funds can help countries 'build back better' from Covid-19, writes Manfredi Catella

Carney launches private finance strategy for COP26

Mark Carney has launched the UK's Private finance Strategy for COP 26, which includes proposals to help countries require disclosures in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

News round-up: Investor group urges coal exit, ESG index numbers jump, Franklin Templeton boosts social assets

$5trn UN-convened global alliance calls for thermal coal exit

No one-size-fits-all approach for financing climate transition, says Morgan Stanley

Ahead of Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 virtual conference next week, speakers reflect on the balance between purity and pragmatism when financing climate transition strategies