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ESG is correlated to performance in fixed income, study finds
19 April 2017There is a clear correlation between environmental, social and governance data and credit default swap spreads and credit ratings, research has found, although neither fully price-in the risks implied by this data.
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Introducing the Principles for Positive Impact Finance
19 April 2017The Principles have been designed to help meet the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. But how will they be implemented? Peter Cripps reports
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Insurers' strategic responses to climate change
11 April 2017The third and final part of this series of features about the insurance sector looks at group level responses to climate change. Peter Cripps reports
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Scaling up the energy efficiency market
03 April 2017Meeting the EU's ambitious 2030 target for energy efficiency improvements will require more private finance, better data and standardisation, reports Peter Cripps
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Foresight shrugs off Brexit
29 March 2017UK based renewables asset manager Foresight Group has shrugged off the potential impact of Brexit, claiming the infrastructure space is resilient.
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Time for investors to wake up to water risks, says MSCI
22 March 2017Now is the time for investors to wake up to water risk, MSCI has claimed.
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Asset manager devises Sustainable Development Goals tagging system
22 March 2017An asset manager has developed a system to tag equities according to whether they help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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TCFD: A full disclosure
20 March 2017Will the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report change the landscape for investors, asks Hamza Ali
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Chinese green bond indexes launched
20 March 2017A series of indexes tracking both labelled and unlabelled Chinese green bonds has been launched, and will be listed on the Shenzhen and Luxembourg stock exchanges.
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Luxembourg Green Exchange breaks €50bn mark
17 March 2017The value of green bonds on the Luxembourg Green Exchange has passed €50 billion, Environmental Finance can reveal.