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Alok Sharma appointed President of COP26
13 February 2020Alok Sharma has been appointed the UK minister in charge of the UN COP26 summit in Glasgow, after being been promoted to UK business secretary by the Prime Minister.
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Moody's says EU Green Deal to bring "transformative" climate transition changes
13 February 2020Moody's Investors Service said the EU 'Green Deal' announced in late 2019 will be "transformative" in driving climate transition changes among a number of different industries in Europe.
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Aviva climate transition strategy crosses €1bn assets milestone
13 February 2020Aviva Investors said its Climate Transition European Equity Strategy has crossed the €1 billion ($1.1 billion) assets under management (AUM) threshold, just six months after being launched.
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Amundi supports Barclays fossil fuel funding shareholder resolution
13 February 2020Major French asset manager Amundi has confirmed it will support a resolution calling on Barclays to phase out its funding for fossil fuel firms.
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Moody's says ESG concerns increasingly influencing credit quality
11 February 2020Moody's Investors Services said environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns were "increasingly" influencing credit outlooks in 2020.
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Adam Matthews: A believer in the power of engagement
10 February 2020The Church of England Pensions Board's ethics and engagement director explains to Ahren Lester the key role asset managers can play in driving the transition to a low-carbon economy
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Japanese governance shortfalls masks underlying ESG strength, says investor
10 February 2020Governance practices continue to hold back the perception of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) positioning of Japanese firms, a report said
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HSBC named largest green, social and sustainability bond manager
10 February 2020HSBC became the largest green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond market underwriter in 2019, in a year marked by rapidly accelerating diversification of the market.
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ESMA publishes ESG action plan
07 February 2020The EU securities markets regulator is to increase its focus on sustainability, including looking at climate stress testing, risks from green bonds, and pushing credit rating agencies on how they incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
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EU Taxonomy-consistent index family launched
06 February 2020ISS ESG has launched a family of climate-focused indexes which are consistent with the specifications of the EU technical expert group on sustainable finance (TEG) report.
- Winners of the 2025 Sustainable Debt Awards revealed
- Alto Mayo's lesson in bridging the climate finance gap
- Schroders sets path for Apple to address Scope 3 emissions with new fund
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- IMO agrees 'landmark' carbon tax on shipping
- Carbon markets could be 'hugely beneficial' to Latin America
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- New Agriculture launches agricultural landscapes strategy
- Sustainable Debt awards - Personality of the year: Bodo Winkler-Viti, Berlin Hyp
- Carbon project developers hoping for Article 6 boost
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Sustainable bond issuance falls 20% amid corporate, sovereign slump
15 April 2025Sustainable bond issuance volumes have fallen by more than a fifth in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the year prior, after corporate and sovereign issuance slumped by 40%.
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NZBA ditches requirement to target 1.5°C alignment to give banks more 'flexibility'
15 April 2025The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has approved changes to its framework to no longer require targeting 1.5°C alignment - instead allowing members to choose from "a wider range of net-zero pathways ... to limit global temperature rise to 'well below 2°C' and to strive for 1.5°C".
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Nature based solutions: The opportunity for renewable energy investors
15 April 2025Embedding nature based solutions alongside renewables can unlock additional revenues from ecosystem services, write Hing Kin Lee and Valeria Ramos
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Franklin Templeton launches two ESG-focused ETFs
15 April 2025Franklin Templeton has added two sustainability-focused index-tracking exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to its range.
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RMS to pilot ecosystem integrity index later this year
15 April 2025Forestry and timberland investor Resource Management Service (RMS) is to pilot an ecosystem integrity index developed by RSK Wilding later this year.