All Impact investing articles – Page 12
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News
International report finds investors often legally bound to go green
‘A Legal Framework for Impact’ report now out, commissioned by PRI, Generation Foundation, UNEP FI
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UK consultant sets up climate impact action group for pensions industry
The group is seeking the support of pension plans, with no cost or contractual commitment
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‘Naming parameters’ among ideas in IOSCO anti-greenwash consult
Consultation report identifies possible types, and examples, of greenwashing
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AP7, Impax team up in project to improve water impact reporting
Swedish pension fund says it worked with the manager to support increased transparency on how companies affect access to water
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New sovereign impact scoring model ‘removes wealth bias’
Impact Cubed model sees its pathway approach removing wealth bias found in traditional ESG sovereign scores
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ESG roundup: Deloitte shifts £1bn pensions to sustainable fund
Plus: Wells Fargo’s new climate transition credit strategy; PLSA’s RI quality mark; the first global investor engagement coalition for a just transition
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Danske saw ‘high investor interest’ for Alecta-bought social bond
Could take time for institutions to find right place in mandate for this type of impact investment, says Hökfelt
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PensionsEurope conference: Financial returns of impact assets must stack up
Plus: Fausto Parente, executive director of EIOPA, on IORPs and crossborder pensions
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Alecta invests $100m in part state agency-guaranteed EM social bond
Swedish pension fund giant achieves the scale it desires through placement
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Danish watchdog sees SFDR splitting investment products market
Some providers surprised by degree of detail in the regulations, and finding timescale hard, says FSA’s head of sustainable finance
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Impact practices weaker at later stages of investment cycle – research
BlueMark relays findings, creates benchmark after completing 30 verifications of alignment with impact management principles
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NBIM tackles child nutrition, continuing UNICEF collaboration
Initiative brings food retail firms together to improve business practices related to child nutrition
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Special Report
Interview: Pavan Sukhdev
Pavan Sukhdev, CEO of GIST Advisory, describes his firm as being at the “intersection” of technology and sustainability.
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Special Report
Social enterprises: Social return guaranteed
The European Social Innovation and Impact Fund is a pioneer in social enterprise finance
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COVID’s legacy: making an impact towards a just transition
An initial narrow focus by investors on the social consequences of the pandemic has shifted to a more holistic perspective and a recognition that it affects all of the SDGs
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The scaling up challenge
With ample diagnosis that the world is not on track to realise the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals by their target of 2030, and a significant setback in the coronavirus pandemic, what can institutional investors and asset managers do to scale up impact-related capital?
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Opinion Pieces
OECD: plans to mobilise institutional capital
The OECD is committed to facilitating development finance through structures that provide a commercial return
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Book Review
Book review: Shooting for the moon
Mariana Mazzucato calls on us to reformulate capitalism itself, and to return to the ‘Big Government’ rejected by the baby-boomer generation
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Special Report
Impact bonds: Clipping the impact coupon
High risk, costs and complexity have hindered the development of impact bonds. Could this be about to change?
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Making more of blended finance
Net-zero asset owners are trying to encourage larger asset managers to develop blended finance solutions at scale