Sustainability – Page 14
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Special ReportPlenty left for EU sustainable finance policy to tackle
European policymakers have gone full throttle on sustainable finance over the past five years. Do they have the wherewithal to finish the job?
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Special ReportWho decides if investors can pursue sustainability objectives?
Pension funds must be prepared in case their members don’t care about sustainability
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Special ReportCorporate reporting: UK pivots to a forward-looking view on climate transition plans
The Transition Plan Taskforce has given its final recommendations for climate transition plans. If adopted by the FCA they will lead to a step-change in reporting by financial institutions
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Special ReportInvestors’ climate lobbying turns from corporates to sovereigns
Engagement efforts with companies on climate issues have fallen short, and investors are now raising the stakes by lobbying governments on climate policy
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Special ReportNatural capital and biodiversity: betting on disclosure for nature
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has taken a pragmatic approach to developing its final recommendations
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AnalysisTrade finance – a sustainable asset class for institutional investors?
Trade financing, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in an analysis from September* “is critical for enabling international commerce and driving international development and poverty reduction”.
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Special ReportA blueprint for a transition-aligned financial architecture
Investors, governments and the entire international financial architecture must design their own their transition plans
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Special ReportESG Guide 2023: The future of sustainable finance
With or without the backlash against ESG in the US, big questions have been looming over the sustainable finance industry – like ‘is sustainable finance working?’.
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Special ReportPhase two of Climate Action 100+: five reflections
The landmark collaborative investor engagement initiative must prove its worth
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NewsBlended finance ‘well below threshold demanded by global climate goals’
Blended finance volume fell to 10-year low in 2022, according to latest Convergence report
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NewsRobeco broadens access to sustainable investing data
Asset manager is now granting access to the public
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NewsGerman IG Metall rejects DC schemes
The union is in favour of supplementary, employer-financed company pensions, with guaranteed minimum benefits and employer liability
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NewsSwiss finance ministry to draft anti-greenwashing bill
Up to 79% of sustainable investments said to be at risk of losing sustainable label
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NewsSwiss pension funds clean up investment portfolios
Climate Alliance has seen in the past year an increase in pension funds’ impact investments, ranging from 1% up to more than 10% of schemes’ AUM
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InterviewsLabels proposal about ‘lowering expectations where they were too high’, says PRI’s Fabian
‘Everyone in the sustainable finance industry knows there’s a problem with not being clear enough’: Fabian on updating the PRI’s member expectations
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NewsEIOPA addresses economic challenges, advocates for stronger financial resilience
Petra Hielkema, EIOPA’s chair, advocated for green investments, endorsing the EU’s commitment to becoming carbon-neutral by 2050
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NewsNOW: Pensions increases investment with sustainable objectives to 82%
A total of 23 green, social or sustainable bonds now make up over 15% of NOW: Pensions’ portfolio, up from 13% last year
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NewsEnergy company set to pay ‘largest ever step-up’ on sustainability-linked bonds
Think tank predicts that Italy’s Enel will miss its targets because of government policy
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NewsDWP advisers tell pension trustees to add social considerations to RfPs and mandates
Report on social factors contains recommendations and a framework its chair hopes will be picked up by ISSB
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NewsChurch Commissioners for England boosts responsible investment activity
‘Our integrated approach to responsible investment aims to affect real change in the wider economy,’ says First Church estates commissioner
