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Nordic green bond issuers criticise EU taxonomy
16 December 2020Nordic local government funding agencies MuniFin, Kommunalbanken and Kommuninvest have jointly published feedback on the EU's proposed sustainable finance taxonomy, warning that it risks undermining the uptake of the EU's planned green bond standard.
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130 NGOs and experts criticise proposed EU Taxonomy
15 December 2020More than 130 NGOs and sustainability experts have rounded on the EU's draft taxonomy of sustainable activities, calling for it to more closely resemble a proposal originally suggested by a group of experts.
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News Round Up: Moody's, Credit Suisse, Cubico and more
15 December 2020 -
News Round Up: JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, US Department of Labor, and more
14 December 2020 -
People Moves 11 December: LuxSE, ECB, Impax, GAM, Novo Nordisk, Conquest
11 December 2020 -
$9trn collaboration of asset managers commit to net zero emissions
11 December 2020The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has formed an initiative of asset managers, representing over $9 trillion, which have committed to align their portfolios with the goals of the Paris climate agreement.
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Net Zero Asset Alliance paper maps out Paris Alignment for high‐emitting sectors
10 December 2020The Net Zero Asset Alliance in conjunction with the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) has published the 'Sectoral Pathways to Net Zero' paper, which maps out possible 1.5 °C pathways for five key high‐emitting sectors: energy, utilities, materials in specific steel and cement, and transport.
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News Round Up: World Bank, Bridgewater, CIMB, and more
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NY State Pension Fund to divest from 'risky' oil and gas companies
09 December 2020The $226 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund is moving to divest from the 'riskiest' oil and gas companies by 2025 and has committed to full decarbonisation by 2040.
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Handbook for transition finance calls for science-based pathways
09 December 2020The Green and Social Bond Principles has issued a handbook providing guidelines for issuers of climate transition finance, and calling for an issuer's climate strategy to reference science-based targets and transition pathways.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive
- EU's von der Leyen calls for a price on nature
- SFDR and SDR both miss key sustainability distinctions, CFA says
- Franco-German transition plans work can inform credibility assessments, France's IFD says
- Net outflows accelerate for Article 9 funds
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Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
19 September 2024Bloomberg has launched a product it says can help investors judge the credibility of companies' transition plans and targets, with data covering an initial 24,000 companies.
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The 2024 AGM season showed us the power of a vote
18 September 2024Dual-class share structures skew voting outcomes and insulate company management from the views of independent shareholders and the discipline of the market, writes Caroline Escott
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Sustainable passive overtakes active for first time, FTSE Russell asset owner survey finds
18 September 2024Passive investments are becoming the most popular way for asset owners to implement sustainability strategies, a survey by FTSE Russell has found.
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'We're seeing more brown discounting than green premiums' in Asia, says Actis
18 September 2024'Green premiums' that boost the valuations of energy transition-focused investments are not as visible in the emerging markets, one sustainable infrastructure investor has claimed.
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Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
18 September 2024