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January 12, 2022
SDG bonds: private funds, public goals
A new asset class drives sustainable development on multiple fronts Capital markets...
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January 12, 2022
Walmart/HSBC's plan to finance sustainable supply chains
Science-based targets to help narrow a global $100tn investment gap The next...
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December 16, 2021
2022 to test net zero commitments as thought leaders look beyond climate
Investors, companies and governments alike will have to put meat on the...
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December 15, 2021
Bond investors risk missing out on transition to low carbon
Lack of standards puts transition finance at risk, and keeps bond investors...
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December 8, 2021
Is any sovereign worth the greenium?
Issuance of green sovereign debt is rocketing and investors remain prepared to...
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December 8, 2021
The future of ESG thematic funds
Specialist funds that seek to target a specific environmental, social or governance...
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December 8, 2021
Sustainable investment is a ‘first-world’ option
Despite some progress, the work around defining and improving sustainable investment ignores developing markets’ reality Even in the midst of a global pandemic, sustainable investing is taking a victory lap...
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November 24, 2021
Dutch corporate pension fund calls for better climate risk reporting
While the €10bn Pensioenfonds Achmea has already established some ambitious sustainable investment objectives, Wiebe Hofstra, the scheme’s head of asset management, says the quality and consistency of data on climate-related...
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November 24, 2021
Investors keep faith in carbon capture to wash away biomass imperfections
Trial projects hope to unlock the potential for carbon-negative energy by storing emissions from the burning of biomass. Campaigners say there is still the prospect of climate harm and paint...
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November 24, 2021
Green public debt set to rise
Public commitments at COP26 are likely to result in greater green government debt, says IIF Government spending on climate change and the environment has so far been negligible compared to...
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November 17, 2021
European pension funds commit to climate investments
As several Nordic and UK pension funds commit to clean energy and green investments by 2030, they must also navigate the increasingly important world of climate reporting At the COP26...
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