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  • SoftBank, BlackRock invest in ESG data firm

    03 December 2021

    Sustainability data firm Clarity AI has raised $50 million in its latest funding round led by Tokyo-based SoftBank Group.

  • Investor welcome for Shell exit from Cambo oil project

    03 December 2021

    Oil supermajor Shell has backed out of investing in the Cambo oilfield project in Scotland in a move described as a "deathblow" for the controversial project...

  • Casting an eye over sustainability linked loans

    Enthusiasm for SLLs has exploded over the last two years. With stakeholder scrutiny growing, external verification is increasingly important, say Jill Dumain, Simon Colton and Mariel Barrera Fermin of SGS

  • Swiss initiative targets $1bn in impact investments

    03 December 2021

    The Swiss government, UBS, Credit Suisse and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation have launched an initiative to 'mobilise' up to CHF1 billion ($1.1 billion) in impact investments in developing countries.

  • Danica Pension invests DKK 1bn in BlackRock impact fund

    02 December 2021

    Danica Pension is investing DKK 1 billion ($152 million) in an impact fund managed by BlackRock.

  • Impax toasts another record-breaking year

    02 December 2021

    Impax Asset Management has seen its growth accelerate, with its assets rising by 84% in a year.

  • UK sustainability disclosure rules will be 'quite different' from EU

    02 December 2021

    Early indications are that UK sustainability disclosure rules will diverge from those in the EU - but one expert warns compatibility must be ensured. Ahren Lester reports

  • EU taxonomy warning: don't 'abandon science' when it comes to gas

    02 December 2021

    Experts have warned that Europe's Sustainable Finance Taxonomy is "facing intense pressure to abandon the science" by including natural gas.

  • Lombard Odier takes stake in SYSTEMIQ

    02 December 2021

    Lombard Odier Group has invested in London-based firm SYTEMIQ in an attempt to improve its environmental investment offering.

  • Japanese financial institutions establish impact initiative

    02 December 2021

    A group of Japanese financial institutions has formed an initiative "to promote high quality impact investment in Japan".