Sustainability – Page 24
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IPE Conference Day 1: Global political risk, sustainability and resilient portfolios
Tina Fordham (Avonhurst), Elizabeth Corley (Impact Investing Institute), Amin Rajan (CREATE-Research), and Marg Franklin (CFA) among other speakers
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CCLA to launch mental health benchmark
The benchmark will provide investors with an objective way of assessing companies on their mental health record
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NewsSweden’s Kåpan ups green bond weighting, expands fossils strategy
Swedish government employees’ pension fund says it bolstered sustainability in asset classes as well as overall operations this year
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Oxford Uni adds van Steenis to investment team, partners with BlackRock
OUem selected BlackRock to create the bespoke equity index fund following the firm’s commitment to make sustainability its standard for investing
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NewsKENFO adds ‘best in progress’ principle to track sustainability impact
The fund excludes investment companies that violate the core principles of the United Nations Global Compact on corporate sustainability
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Brunel chooses three for £1.2bn sustainable equities fund
Strategy goes beyond ESG risk to target exposure to companies providing sustainability solutions
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NewsBVI recommends new EU vehicle for ESG impact investing
The EIF would invest in long-term projects through European impact bonds, equity and debt instruments issued by the European Commission
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Commission to use rescue plan to create ‘European yield curve’
‘In addition to issuing bonds with a maturity of up to 30 years, there will also be an emphasis on the short end’
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NewsDanica’s corporate clients back new sustainable pension
New investment option includes companies supporting the UN’s SDGs
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NewsClimate roundup: LGIM readies Paris-alignment solutions after model work
LGIM’s Nick Stansbury excited to have cracked an ‘incredibly challenging problem’
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Iceland’s pension funds sign sustainable investment declaration
Using capital properly determines the future of generations to come, financial firms agree
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NewsNBIM urges GRI standards to track outcomes of human rights efforts
Norway oil fund manager suggests GSSB’s revisions of Universal Standards could go further
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Standard-setters outline ‘vision’ for ESG corporate reporting solution
Quintet says ‘conditions are ripe for the development of a market-based and globally coherent solution for sustainability disclosure standards’
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UK secretary confirms plan to match ambition of EU sustainable finance
‘We want to help asset managers become effective stewards on behalf of clients’
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NewsPandemic to cause ‘immediate effect’ on INPS financial sustainability
INPS had already recorded negative results before the pandemic started to hit Italy hard in February and March
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Special ReportEU sustainable finance: Impact uncertain
New EU climate benchmarks are getting industry take-up but not everyone is embracing them
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Special ReportEU sustainable finance: The promise of disclosures
New EU sustainability reporting requirements for investors could drive companies to improve disclosures. But making the new standards useful for end-investors could still be a challenge
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Special ReportEU sustainable finance: Commission renews green vows
The EU is proposing a taxonomy for non-sustainable industries following the publication of the green taxonomy last year
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Special ReportEU sustainable finance: Tentative steps on green classification
The first investors are already applying the EU’s green taxonomy but there are questions about the applicability of the Ecolabel to ESG funds
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ESG roundup: PRI enters ‘landmark’ collaboration on ESG reporting
Plus: big rise in number of pension plans formalising ESG beliefs; LAPFF, Australians on Rio Tino cave blast bonus cuts
