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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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Q&A with MSCI's Laura Nishikawa
24 June 2021MSCI's managing director of ESG Research answers questions about the future of ESG, what investors are asking for, and efforts to harmonise reporting frameworks.
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Big oil needs big change to its sustainability approach in Africa
23 June 2021Establishing the correct way forward requires a bespoke framework for the region and alignment in efforts from investors, oil companies and governments, says William Pollen
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Textile wet processing companies need to improve environmental disclosures
22 June 2021Poor environmental disclosure by textile wet processing companies prevents investors and lenders from properly pricing ESG risks and opportunities in this sector, argues Catherine Tubb
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Sustainability-linked debt: the risk of ESG-washing
21 June 2021Sustainability-linked loans and bonds may have different sustainability performance targets and pricing mechanisms from one another, but innovative new pricing structures may increase the risk of 'ESG-washing' across the whole asset class, Lori Shapiro writes
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Climate Investment Funds and Green Climate Fund - where do they go from here?
18 June 2021While the GCF was intended to make the CIFs obsolete, the CIFs still have a key role to play, at least for the time being, argues Alexandra Tracy
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Sustainable underwriting is more arduous than sustainable investment
17 June 2021Axa, Zurich and Aviva discussed their journeys to carbon neutrality at the IDF Summit this week, and how they will meet their commitments to net-zero underwriting. Cintia Cheong reports
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Adjusting social infrastructure to the new reality
15 June 2021One of the biggest opportunities for impact investors, and one of the biggest needs within societies globally, is in social infrastructure, says John Levy
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Mapping the depletion of natural capital
11 June 2021Maps to showcase hotspots of relative natural capital depletion are a starting point for investors to understand its impact on portfolios, write Gemma James and Sylvaine Rols
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Japanese seafood: sustainable strategies are needed to safeguard the financial health of the industry
10 June 2021François Mosnier explores how the improved sustainability of Japanese seafood companies could drive improved operational and financial performance, as well as safeguarding the future of the industry
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