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Project to harmonise reporting standards set for launch
08 August 2018The Corporate Reporting Dialogue (CRD), a collaboration of major corporate reporting frameworks and standards, is planning to launch a harmonisation project.
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Should non-financial reporting frameworks be harmonised?
08 August 2018There is a baffling array of sustainability-focused reporting frameworks and standards. Would it be beneficial to bring them into alignment, asks Elena Johansson.
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Integrated reporting database launched
08 August 2018The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has launched an academic database allowing access to research on integrated reporting.
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Munich Re tightens coal divestment policy
06 August 2018The CEO of Munich Re has announced a new climate and divestment policy for the German reinsurer, in a guest article for German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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People moves: Man Group, APG
06 August 2018Jason Mitchell has been appointed as co-head of responsible investment at investment management firm Man Group. Across its investment managers, Man Group manages $ 113.7 billion for its global clients.
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PGGM acquires half of a 332 MW renewables portfolio
03 August 2018Dutch asset manager PGGM will buy a 50% interest of a US wind and a solar project by EDF Renewables North America.
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Sustainable cities are APG's biggest responsible investment theme
02 August 2018Dutch asset manager APG allocated €24.5 billion ($28.5 million) in 2017 in investments that it considers to contribute to the theme of sustainable cities and communities, one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations
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Daiwa launches solar fund
01 August 2018Daiwa Securities Group has launched the Daiwa GI Green Fund, called the "Solar Fund", with a committed capital of totally ¥5 billion.
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Carbon is 'most suitable metric for smart beta ESG'
01 August 2018Investors deemed carbon as the most suitable environmental, social, governance (ESG) metric for inclusion in a smart beta investment strategy, according to a study. Seventy-four percent of investors selected carbon as being suitable for inclusion into smart beta, followed by other ESG metrics like water (21%), waste (20%) and gender diversity (18%).
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Japan's Sparx attracts ¥47bn for renewables fund
30 July 2018Japanese fund manager Sparx Asset Trust & Management, which oversees some ¥1,122 trillion ($10 billion), has announced the final close of its renewable energy brownfield fund, 'Sparx Renewable Energy Brown Fund No. 1'.