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QBE joins UN Global Compact
29 September 2020Australia's QBE Insurance Group (QBE) has become a signatory of the UN Global Compact.
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MetLife commits to $20bn in green investments by 2030
28 September 2020MetLife Investment Management (MIM) plans to make $20 billion of green investments - mostly green buildings and renewable energy - over the next decade.
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Focus more on adaptation, Insurance Europe says
28 August 2020European re/insurers believe that even if radical measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were adopted, it would no longer be enough to mitigate climate change.
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Axa IM launches 'ESG-integrated' emerging market Euro debt fund
12 August 2020Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM) has launched a fund that will invest in euro-denominated emerging market bonds, while screening out companies with low environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores.
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Dai-ich Life joins SASB's advisory group
03 August 2020Dai-Ichi Life has joined the investor advisory group of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), an independent non-profit organisation that sets non-financial accounting standards.
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Mapfre to invest in impact debt fund
02 July 2020Mapfre Asset Management and Global Social Impact Investments (GSI) have launched a fund to invest in short- and medium-term private debt in emerging markets.
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Dai-ichi Life invests in Covid-19 vaccine bond
30 June 2020Japanese insurance company Dai-ichi Life has invested JPY15.8 billion ($147 million) into a vaccine bond, issued by the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm).
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ASI launches bond fund targeting companies with good ESG management
29 June 2020Fund will exclude companies with unsustainable business practices
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L&G to invest £100m in UK affordable housing provider
17 June 2020Legal & General Investment Managers Real Assets has invested £100 million ($126 million) in Bromford Housing Group, an affordable homes provider in central and south west England.
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UK insurer PIC invests £277m in Spanish solar parks
15 June 2020Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), a specialist UK insurer, has provided £277 million ($352 million) of debt funding, as sole investor, for eight solar parks in Spain.