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UBS, DBS & ABN Amro back 'banking for impact' methodology
30 June 2021UBS, Danske Bank, DBS and ABN Amro have thrown their support behind an initiative seeking to develop what could become "the de facto market standard" for banks to measure and report their social and environmental impact.
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Impact investing for a just transition
24 June 2021The 'absence of people' is a rare weakness of the TCFD framework - but investor engagement to ensure a socially just low-carbon transition could be set for a major boost, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports
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Engine No. 1 readies 'active ownership' ETF
23 June 2021Engine No. 1 has attracted $100 million in commitments for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will vote its shares in "favour [of] actions that encourage companies to invest in their workers, communities, and the environment".
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KKR impact strategy invests in education technology company
23 June 2021KKR Global Impact has invested an undisclosed sum to acquire a majority stake in education technology company Education Perfect.
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M&G launches health impact fund
22 June 2021M&G Investments has launched a listed equities fund targeting positive impact in health & well-being.
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Central bank group to discuss incorporating biodiversity risks into policy frameworks
21 June 2021A study group examining how central banks can manage the threat posed by biodiversity loss to financial stability has set out its work agenda, which includes discussion of whether biodiversity risks should be incorporated into macroprudential policy frameworks and instruments.
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ECB: Evidence of banks' inertia on climate is warning to supervisors
18 June 2021Frank Elderson has said eurozone banks' self-assessments of climate risks has exposed widespread "inertia", and "serves as a clear warning to us, the supervisory authorities" as the ECB considers what action to take to address mismanagement.
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NNIP to use natural language processing to identify impact opportunities
18 June 2021NN Investment Partners (NN IP) is developing its computer programming capabilities in the hope that it can help the asset manager identify impact investment opportunities.
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UNEP FI launches real estate 'impact analysis' tool
17 June 2021Bridges Fund Management, Zurich and CBRE Global Investors have helped launch a methodology for assessing positive and negative impacts...
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BSI launches standard for 'natural capital accounting'
17 June 2021The British Standards Institution (BSI) has issued its first standard "to help organisations measure the extent and value of their impacts, positive and negative, on nature".