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Life insurer targets diversity & inclusion with $100m impact fund
11 August 2021Life insurance and wealth management provider Northwestern Mutual has launched a $100 million fund targeting positive social impact by investing in "Black and African-American communities".
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Ecofin impact fund sells plastics recycling, school holdings
11 August 2021Ecofin has raised about $12 million from the sale of two private debt investments, in plastics recycling company PureCycle Technologies and MaST Community Charter School, respectively.
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Financial firms back deforestation data initiative
11 August 2021A working group of investors and banks are supporting an initiative to improve the data on corporate deforestation through supply chains
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The 'zero' challenge: offsetting
11 August 2021Despite the weaknesses of carbon offsets, they remain a necessary tool for some investors as they plan for net zero emissions, write Chris Varco and Simon Hallett
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EOS turns voting focus towards gender and racial diversity in 2021
10 August 2021EOS at Federated Hermes said it tightened its voting policies related to gender and racial diversity on boards in 2021, opposing director re-elections where "insufficient" progress has been made - with the investment stewardship firm particularly disappointed by progress in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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Sustainability-linked bonds: One year after the principles - where to next?
10 August 2021Amid ongoing innovation and accelerating growth in 2021, where should the sustainability-linked bond market look next? Ahren Lester reports
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KGAL launches renewables impact fund
10 August 2021Germany's KGAL Investment Management has launched an 'impact' fund focused on renewable energy infrastructure in Europe, for which it aims to raise €500 million ($586 million), with a hard cap of €750 million.
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The 12 key take-aways from the IPCC report, according to HSBC
10 August 2021This week's report on climate science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should prove to be "yet another wake-up call for governments to set ambitious, credible climate targets that cover both mitigation and adaptation", according to HSBC.
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Mirae launches Chinese 'clean' energy equity ETF
10 August 2021$215 billion Korean asset manager Mirae Asset Global Investments has launched a Chinese equity clean energy exchange traded fund (ETF) tracking a Solactive index
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Platts expands suite of carbon credit assessments
10 August 2021S&P Global Platts has published seven new voluntary carbon credit assessments across four various project types, including removal, avoidance, renewable and methane collection credits