All Impact investing articles – Page 14
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NewsPRI proposes SDG outcomes framework ahead of reporting changes
New reporting framework to include questions about policies and processes relating to real-world outcomes
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NewsNBIM launches child rights guide for garment sector with UNICEF
Tool contains metrics firms can use to monitor and report on child rights in their own processes
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NewsIFC: Impact investing market ‘growing and maturing’
Work to align the impact indicator sets used by most signatories to the Operating Principles for Impact Management is nearly complete
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NewsHSBC, IFC raise $320m extra for EM real economy green bond fund
European occupational pension funds and insurance companies commit to ‘impact solution’
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NewsICMA issues definitions in sustainable finance terminology move
Association flags problematic use of some terms ‘as if they were interchangeable’
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Special ReportInvestors: Making money matter
How are asset owners looking to scale up impact as their portfolios and experience grow?
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Special ReportImpact Investing Institute: The way forward
Sarah Gordon, CEO of the Impact Investing Institute, is building awareness of SDG-related opportunities
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Special ReportImpact integrity in private equity
Robust and credible reporting standards will be essential to avoid any suspicion of impact washing
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Special ReportPhenix Capital: Measuring the market
A new report by Amsterdam-based Phenix Capital runs the rule over the growing marketplace for impact funds
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Special ReportBribery and corruption: Sustainability’s nemesis
SDG 16.5, covering bribery and corruption, is central to other SDGs but hard to tackle in practice
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Special ReportImpact investing: Build back better
It is a common observation – supported by the likes of the World Bank and the United Nations – that incorporating resilience into communities after a natural disaster helps prepare them for future catastrophes. This is known in the jargon as ‘building back better’.
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Special ReportUpright Project: Applying tech to impact
Nordic institutions are backing an AI approach to assessing individual businesses and their impacts
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Special ReportZurich Insurance Group: Zurich’s ambition to measure and manage
With ambitious impact targets, Zurich Insurance Group needed to develop a robust framework to measure progress
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Special ReportImpact principles: Held to account
How will the IFC’s impact investment principles help investors seeking transparency and clarity about their investments?
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NewsSEC blocks Church climate proposal for Exxon AGM again
The proposal requested Exxon to issue a report describing its plans to reduce its total contribution to climate change
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NewsAsset owner long-term value creation statement gains traction
ABP, FRR, HESTA join after CalSTRS, GPIF, USS got the ball rolling
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NewsSwedish trio stows €271m into social bonds to support Corona-hit firms [Updated]
Swedish pensions and insurance groups buy debt issued by the International Finance Corporation
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NewsThink tank invites investors to support ‘evidence of impact’ work
2° Investing Initiative exits Science-Based Targets initiative project
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NewsNearly half of Nordic institutional investors now invest in impact
Research by NN IP and Kirstein shows impact allocations still limited to 5% of portfolios
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NewsLGPS pool puts investment system fix at heart of new climate policy
Brunel lays down challenge for asset managers, service providers, companies
