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Phenix developing impact benchmarks
14 April 2021Phenix Capital is developing impact benchmark indexes and is canvassing large asset owners for their input, according to the data provider.
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Companies failing to meet own emissions targets, says TPI
13 April 2021Companies are not cutting their emissions fast enough to hit their own 2030 or 2050 emissions reductions targets, according to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).
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WEF, Value Balancing Alliance to collaborate on sustainability metrics
12 April 2021The World Economic Forum and the Value Balancing Alliance have committed to work together to develop 'stakeholder capitalism' and sustainability metrics for companies.
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RepRisk develops SDG 'risk lens'
12 April 2021Data provider RepRisk has extended the coverage of its flagship product to assess the potential adverse impacts of companies on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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OECD develops standards to beat 'impact washing'
12 April 2021A set of Impact Standards for Financing Sustainable Development has been published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and UN Development Programme (UNDP).
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BlackRock transition ETF launch hailed as largest ever
09 April 2021BlackRock's newly-launched set of 'Carbon Transition Readiness' exchange traded funds (ETFs) have raked in almost $12 billion in the first days following listing.
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Axa impact fund, Circularity Capital invest in fibre-based packaging
08 April 2021Private equity firm Circularity Capital and Axa Investment Managers' (Axa IM) alternatives division have invested an undisclosed amount in PackBenefit, a provider of 'fibre-based' food packaging.
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Bain impact fund invests in personal care brand
08 April 2021Private equity firm Bain Capital has invested an undisclosed amount for a majority stake in personal care brand Hand in Hand.
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Green bond comment, April 2021: Central banks and a growing 'greenium'
07 April 2021With central banks increasingly active in the green bond market, should they shoulder the responsibility to moderate green bond valuations, Michael Hurley asks
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Kempen, PostNL pension fund launch SDG farmland fund
07 April 2021The Netherlands' Kempen Capital Management and PostNL pension fund have launched an 'SDG farmland fund' to invest for positive environmental impact in farmland in OECD countries.