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'Milestone' impact comparison tool launched by GIIN
29 March 2022Impact investors can now measure and compare their performance against a newly launched benchmark from the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).
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Transition bond structure could be revived by EU taxonomy extension
29 March 2022A proposed extension of the EU's sustainability taxonomy to cover activities deemed to be in transition could spur more use-of-proceeds 'transition bonds', according to proposals by an expert group.
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Tobacco investor engagement 'would not yield results'
29 March 2022Investor engagement will not be able to help the tobacco sector avert its decline, an executive at pension and insurance provider Scottish Widows has said.
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EU ETS extension to shipping a 'game-changer' for industry
29 March 2022The extension of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) to include shipping will be a "game-changer" for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction trajectory for the industry...
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'Three problems' with Verra's first plastic waste reduction credits
28 March 2022Verra has issued the first "Plastic Credits" in the voluntary carbon market to Second Life Thailand, a plastic waste reduction program.
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Arowana Impact Capital invests in plastics recycler
28 March 2022Arowana Impact Capital (AIC), the impact investing arm of asset manager Arowana, has made a cornerstone investment in Green Antz, a convertor of plastic waste to construction materials.
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Make 'huge' taxonomy extension to cover entire economy, Platform says
28 March 2022The EU's taxonomy of sustainable activities should be extended to essentially cover every economic activity - including to define activities that must be "urgently exited", an expert group has told the European Commission.
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ESMA recommends EU tightens carbon market monitoring
28 March 2022European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has recommended that the EU improve transparency and tighten monitoring of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) in order to "maintain orderly markets".
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Scottish Widows divests from tobacco due to 'stranded asset risk'
28 March 2022Pension and insurance provider Scottish Widows will divest £1.5 billion ($2.1 billion) of assets from companies with exposure to tobacco or some fossil fuels.
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HSBC urges investors to support under threat social bond market
28 March 2022HSBC has urged investors to continue to support the social bond market or else it is "under threat", after social investment dropped materially following a boost in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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