Impact investing – Page 21
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NewsSwiss schemes can impact climate change with VC investing, says SSF
The association says thematic equity funds can be used to pursue sustainable investment strategies
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ESG roundup: UBS AM launches own climate-aware strategy line
Plus: Oxford Uni partnership with Lombard Odier; FRC reporting lab project; Truvalue Labs indexes
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NewsUK consultants push for improved sustainable investment practices
More urgent and constructive action needs to be taken to address systemic challenges, particularly in relation to climate change
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Arisaig launches ‘pioneering’ public markets EM impact fund
IPE understands strategy includes seed money from a Scandinavian pension fund
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NewsAP7 tops up Impax mandate after impact measurement traction
Asset manager meets financial and impact evaluation performance expectations
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Velliv helps Nuveen to $150m first close of global impact strategy
The strategy targets direct private equity investments in growth stage companies in developed and emerging markets
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Scope claims ‘disruption’ with new corporate ESG impact model
Assessment process focusses not on risk but on a company’s environmental and social externalities
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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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NBIM 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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ICMA issues definitions in sustainable finance terminology move
Association flags problematic use of some terms ‘as if they were interchangeable’
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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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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 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 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 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 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 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 ReportImpact Investing Institute: The way forward
Sarah Gordon, CEO of the Impact Investing Institute, is building awareness of SDG-related opportunities
