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BlackRock founder urges business leaders to contribute more to society
17 January 2018BlackRock's founder and CEO Larry Fink has sent a letter to other CEOs telling them to do more to contribute to society or risk losing BlackRock's support.
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Glennmont eyes €600m for third clean energy fund
17 January 2018Glennmont Partners hopes to raise €600 million ($732 million) for its latest fund to finance more than 500MW of clean energy investment opportunities across Europe.
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ESG sector needs more simple data and definitions, says Northern Trust
17 January 2018Environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and metrics must be simplified to reflect the increasing importance of these factors for investors, according to Northern Trust Asset Management.
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Swedish finance minister positive on sovereign green bond prospects
15 January 2018A sovereign green bond issue could help Sweden achieve its goal of being a fossil-fuel-free country by 2040, but liquidity concerns must be overcome first, finance minister Per Bolund told Environmental Finance.
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Swiss Re could stop insuring thermal coal projects
15 January 2018Swiss Re could be the next insurer to stop underwriting some coal projects, Environmental Finance understands, building on its previous commitment to sell its investments in coal-related stocks.
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People moves: BlackRock, Orsted Wind Power, Reed Smith, MSCI, CEFC, Fenix, US SIF, Lightsource, Renovate America and Highview Power
12 January 2018BlackRock hires sustainability chief investment officer
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Mats Andersson's report urges Sweden to issue green bond
12 January 2018Sweden has been urged to follow in France's footsteps and issue a sovereign green bond, by a government-commissioned report into how it can nurture the green bond market.
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Addenda's new fixed income impact fund ready to start trading
11 January 2018Addenda Capital said its first fixed income fund with a social impact focus will start trading on Friday.
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Actuaries plan framework for how to contribute to SDGs
10 January 2018Actuaries are planning to devise a framework for how they can contribute to the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Unison joins the fossil fuel divestment campaign
10 January 2018UK public services trade union Unison is campaigning for local government pension scheme (LGPS) funds to divest from fossil fuel companies.
- La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup
- Fight or flight: Contract and financing considerations for UK SAF projects
- BNP Paribas targets $500m for developed markets forestry fund
- COP29: €3bn public-private fundraise planned for emerging market green bond fund
- COP29 could be remembered as the 'blended finance COP', AllianceBernstein says
- EU countries reject move to weaken Deforestation Regulation
- COP29: Financing Net Zero
- COP29: Finance text draws criticism for missing 'elephant in the room' of numbers
- COP29: Sweden pushes forward on Article 6.2
- Sustainable debt round-up: National Bank of Greece, California Community Choice, CTP ... and more
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UK pledges £239m to tackle deforestation
22 November 2024 -
EIOPA's wake-up call for insurers on fossil fuels
22 November 2024A historic decision from EU financial supervisor on higher financial risk of fossil fuel sector must be integrated in EU prudential rules write Chiara Pass and Marika Carlucci
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EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
22 November 2024Suggestions that the EU could bring sustainable finance-related disclosure rules into a single, 'omnibus' regulation to "reduce the reporting burden" risks unnecessary chaos, thinktank E3G has said.
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People moves, 22 November: Gresham House, NZAOA, Quinbrook, Ashmore ... and more
22 November 2024 -
Indonesia brings forward coal phase out
22 November 2024Indonesia has announced plans to retire all fossil fuel power plants by 2040, 16 years earlier than its previous deadline.