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PRI launches hedge fund ESG questionnaire
11 May 2017The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has launched a responsible investment due diligence questionnaire (RI DDQ) for the hedge fund industry, that they hope will foster better understanding of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
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Spanish oil company issues controversial green bond
10 May 2017Spanish oil company Repsol has issued a controversial €500 million ($543 million) green bond that will be partly used to fund energy efficiency projects in its oil and chemical refineries.
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Investors should vote against BP and Shell remuneration packages, says ShareAction
09 May 2017Pressure group ShareAction is calling on investors in BP and Royal Dutch Shell to vote against remuneration packages at the oil majors, which they believe incentivises high-risk fossil fuel strategies.
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UNFCCC mulls green bonds to help refinance CDM
08 May 2017The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has tabled plans to launch a green bond-based refinancing facility for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
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S&P launches first assessment under green evaluation tool
05 May 2017S&P Global has issued the first assessment under its Green Evaluation Tool just one week after it launched.
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UNEP FI and G20 create investor toolkit on energy efficiency
04 May 2017The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the G20 have partnered to create a tool to help investors identify opportunities in the energy efficiency market.
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Green bond round-up, 3 May 2017
03 May 2017Bank of Beijing has issued a RMB15 billion ($2.2 billion) green bond, the largest from a Chinese entity so far this year.
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HSBC to close accounts of 28 unsustainable palm oil producers
02 May 2017HSBC has warned that it will close the accounts of 28 palm oil producer customers that are failing to meet its sustainable agriculture policy.
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NY Green Bank signs $40.6m worth of deals in in Q1
28 April 2017New York Green Bank has closed six financing transactions in the first quarter of 2017 totalling $40.6 million.
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Lombard Odier launches global ESG equities fund
27 April 2017Lombard Odier Investment Managers (IM) has launched a global environmental, social and governance (ESG) focused equities fund, as it ramps up its of impact investment offerings.
- CBI optimistic of 'really quick uptake' for climate resilience taxonomy
- MSCI developing transition plan assessment product
- Abris rolls-out ESG methodology to 'squeeze out' higher valuations
- 'Water will be one of the biggest investment themes over the next decade'
- CBI to launch climate resilience taxonomy this month
- Robeco launches its first 'high income green bond strategy'
- Putting transition plans to the test: MSCI
- Inadequate credit market could worsen biodiversity loss, warns Grantham Institute
- Allianz GI's impact credit strategy raises €560m at first close
- Mirova closes first impact PE strategy at €211m
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Australia publishes net zero 'sector pathways'
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$1.4trn investors call for greater nature disclosures
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Pension members should be given right to voice ESG preferences, says Dutch regulator
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Carbon removals versus reductions misses the point
06 September 2024For the atmosphere's balance sheet, emission reductions and removals are both vitally important, argues Mary Grady
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EXCLUSIVE: M&G to rebrand climate solutions fund as biodiversity
06 September 2024M&G Investments is rebranding its climate solutions fund as a nature and biodiversity fund, as it looks to capitalise on growing interest in the theme, Environmental Finance has learned.