Climate change – Page 38
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Chile prices first sovereign sustainability-linked bond
Issuer sizes $2bn 20-year deal on the back of orders totalling some $8bn
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New IPCC report valuable for ‘specificity’, shines light on adaptation
Second in AR6 report series focuses on climate change impacts, vulnerability and adapation
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Denmark’s P+ steps up CO2 engagement with Mærsk, Samsung and others
Danish pension fund places 20 firms on CO2 watchlist, including A.P. Møller-Mærsk and Samsung
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Country ReportQ&A: Regulator takes stock on climate risk reporting
IPE asks DNB climate policy specialist Sven van den Beld for a progress report on how pension schemes are monitoring carbon-related risks
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UK roundup: Railpen backs recipe box company Gousto
Plus: PLSA voting and stewardship guidelines; TPR’s extra help with new climate-related rules; Club Vita restructures
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NewsDanish pension funds defend themselves after €6bn fossils accusation
ActionAid: “Pension companies can’t both call themselves sustainable and invest in fossil fuel expansion”
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NewsPFZW gives fossil fuel companies two years to show Paris alignment
The €278bn Dutch pension fund previously said it would stick with fossil fuel companies, with intensified engagement efforts
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USS sees new £500m private markets move as net-zero help
University scheme announces interim net-zero targets
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Sampension demands more Paris alignment from external managers
Proportion of UN PRI signatories on Danish pension fund’s PE, infrastructure manager roster rose to 81% in 2021 from 54% two years before
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NewsAkademikerPension dumps €269m fossil-fuel corporate bonds
CIO sees tendency that fossil fuel bonds, like fossil fuel shares, are starting to price in stranded-asset risks
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Danish pensions lobby backs new ideas for forthcoming green tax
IPD warns CO2 levy must not be so high it chases business away
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KLP, Nordic banks, launch transition financing code for shipping
‘Guidelines for Transition-linked Financing’ for the shipping industry aimed at increasing transparency around firms seeking rate discounts on loan/bond financing
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ESG roundup: AkademikerPension gives up on Wizz Air after talks
Plus: Climate change for employer covenant practitioners, SFDR Article 8, 9 funds hit €4.05trn
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NewsPrivate equity component developed for IIGCC net-zero framework
New PE guidance relevant to both GPs and LPs
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NewsJoint effort delivers template for pension funds’ TCFD duties
New template an example of necessary collaboration across the investment chain
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NewsNew indices to monitor ‘anticipated actual’ green recovery
2° Investing Initiative’s indices are inspired by the Purchasing Managers’ Indices (PMI)
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NewsUK roundup: DC market concentration continues
Number of occupational pension schemes has declined by nearly 40% in a decade, regulator’s figures show
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AkademikerPension blacklists over 200 utility companies using coal
Danish pension fund excludes firms in which 25% of energy comes from coal, selling off €83.3m of assets
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USS shifts £5bn of DB, DC equity to climate transition benchmark
Adoption of EU standard-meeting benchmark means portfolio emissions will initially be at least 30% lower
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Border to Coast pushes for positive change as it reviews policies
The revised policies clarify and strengthen the pool’s voting position on issues such as climate change and diversity
