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Record-breaking 2021 ESG voting season in US
06 August 2021Investor support for environmental and social resolutions at US companies hit record levels in 2021, according to Morningstar...
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Brunel launches £2.1bn ESG-integrated sterling corporate bond fund
06 August 2021The £30 billion ($42 billion) Brunel Pension Partnership has appointed Royal London to manage its new £2.1 billion sterling corporate bond fund...
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German regulator launches sustainable fund guidelines consultation
05 August 2021German financial regulator BaFin is consulting on minimum requirements for 'sustainable' funds after criticising some applications from managers...
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Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: Prudential Financial, KPN, Adamo, Nabiax ... and more
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Bond round-up: Ontario, Scotiabank, Aydem, NRW.Bank, Mann+Hummel ... and more
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ECB market neutrality strategy review 'disappointing'
04 August 2021The European Central Bank (ECB) has been criticised for a lack of urgency in its review of the 'market neutrality' principle...
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Moody's launches UN Global Compact alignment tool
03 August 2021Moody's ESG Solutions has launched a screening tool for investors to evaluate the alignment of companies
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Foresight renewable energy fund exceeds fundraise cap
02 August 2021Infrastructure investment manager Foresight raised the maximum size of its Europe-focused renewable energy fund and extended the fundraise period after investor demand sent capital commitments past the initial target.
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BlackRock launches its first ESG equity hedge fund
23 July 2021BlackRock has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused long-short equities
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'Green' money market fund growth faces 'significant' challenges
23 July 2021The emergence of an entirely 'green' money market fund (MMF) is currently unfeasible due to "significant implementation challenges" around lack of sufficiently diversified investment supply, according to Fitch Ratings, despite rising demand for such instruments.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
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Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference round-up
20 September 2024Another hugely successful Environmental Finance event in New York highlights the progress that continuous innovation and improvement is providing sustainable debt markets - with plenty more to come. Ahren Lester reports
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Investors must move beyond 'lip service' on biodiversity, says Nuveen
20 September 2024Investors must move beyond "lip service" and actually be willing to look at nature and biodiversity investment opportunities, Nuveen has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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Dow Chemical could issue second green bond in the future
20 September 2024Dow Chemical has not ruled out issuing a second green bond in the future, although any decision will not be made until after the US election in November.
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Brazilian development bank to fund next wave of renewable technology
19 September 2024The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) wants to fund the next wave of renewable technology in the country, but there is a need for more blended finance, according to Luciana Costa, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change managing director at BNDES.
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Sovereign SLBs challenging due to the nature of the issuer
19 September 2024Sovereigns across the world have embraced the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) instruments, with issuance increasingly being considered, but the nature of sovereigns creates some challenges for investors, the audience at Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 heard.