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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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The shifting regulatory landscape of ESG
07 April 2021There are numerous ESG regulations in Europe that firms need to know about, says Karan Kapoor
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Humanitarian & resilience investing: unlocking capital for a little known area of impact
25 March 2021Addressing data gaps is key to catalysing impactful humanitarian and resilience investments, writes Katherine Garrett-Cox
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Tilting markets towards material nature
24 March 2021Simon Zadek outlines a six-part framework for reshaping markets and economies in ways that reward nature-friendly, and penalise nature-destroying, investments.
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What is the true value of water?
22 March 2021Thomas Schumann, Markus Barth and Teresa Russell reflect on how we value and manage the world's most vital resource.
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Investors are obsessed with value - except when it comes to water
22 March 2021On world water day, Stuart Orr and Brian Richter identify three ways private investment in water can be transformed for the better
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Green bond fund assets double in 2020
17 March 2021Total assets in green bond funds hit $20 billion at the end of 2020, with some funds tripling in size, Ahren Lester reports, and fund managers expect inflows to continue to power ahead in 2021
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Green bonds in emerging markets: issuer Q&A
16 March 2021In response to a recent webinar on emerging market green bond issuance we have hand-picked a selection of audience questions for webinar speakers Dirk Dijksma, head of innovation investments at Symbiotics and Shushanik Hovsepyan, head of capital markets at Ameriabank
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SFDR will be a 'game changer' for sustainability reporting
16 March 2021The EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is now in play after a long gestation, and carries potential for standardisation and prevention of greenwashing. Christopher Marchant reports
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London pooling
15 March 2021A pool of London pension schemes is overhauling its responsible investment strategy, including managing climate risk and investing for impact, writes Michael Hurley
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- BTG Pactual TIG announces long-term tie-up with Facebook parent Meta
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- RIAA launches nature toolkit for investors
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
- Three-quarters of Article 8 funds potentially violate ESMA fund names rules, Bloomberg finds
- Forest restoration should not be overlooked