Impact investing – Page 19
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NewsESG 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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NewsImpact 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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NewsNBIM 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 ReportInterview: 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 ReportSocial enterprises: Social return guaranteed
The European Social Innovation and Impact Fund is a pioneer in social enterprise finance
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Special ReportCOVID’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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Special ReportThe 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 PiecesOECD: 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 ReviewBook 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 ReportImpact 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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Special ReportMaking more of blended finance
Net-zero asset owners are trying to encourage larger asset managers to develop blended finance solutions at scale
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Blended finance: Institutional opportunity?
Unlocking institutional capital for blended finance will require a thorough understanding of the long-term requirements of investors
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SDG reporting: Beyond SDG-washing
Only thorough processes and due diligence can make sense of the welter of claims and frameworks by companies using the SDGs as a reporting tool
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Ocean finance: The $24trn ‘blue’ economy
Ocean-focused investment funds are piquing investor interest as awareness of the importance of maritime ecology increases
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Special ReportSpecial Report – Impact investing 2021
In this special report, we take a close look at how COVID-19 has impacted progress regarding SDGs and other key topics in impact investing including blended finance, impact bonds, social enterprises and ocean finance
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Investment consultants endorse impact investing principles for pensions
Principles were developed by the Impact Investing Institute in partnership with Pensions for Purpose
