Impact – Page 27
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Fiduciary Duty: Making the right impact
Impact funds range from those that seek to generate attractive returns while pursuing social objectives to those that focus solely on the social aims
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Legal Framework: The lay of the law
A new project aims to find answers to some fundamental legal questions about investing, people and planet
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Special ReportTricky, but worthwhile
Help is at hand for institutional investors interested in pursuing, or deepening their efforts in impact investing
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NewsChart of the Week: Alternatives investors bullish on UN SDGs
Survey shows SDGs hold a lot of promise, but current practice lags expectations
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NewsDanish pension funds set greener investment goals
PenSam pledges 10% green investments; Lærernes Pension blacklists coal and oil firms
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IFC unveils impact investing principles to provide ‘common standard’
Principles intended to bring clarity, discipline as ‘impact’ label becomes more popular
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Industry body sets out ‘core characteristics’ of impact investing
Communication of four main tenets comes amid concerns about ‘impact washing’
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NewsPension dashboard should display impact information, says taskforce
Social impact investing ‘implementation taskforce’ responds to government consultation
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NewsIPE Conference: Quantitative v qualitative in impact investing
Asset owners from Ireland, Sweden, France and the UK argue that numbers aren’t the only way of measuring impacts
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Making impact investing more investor-friendly
Impact investing – investing in a way that delivers both attractive financial returns and measurable social or environmental benefits – has come a long way in the last decade.
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Opinion PiecesLong-Term Matters: Disruptive change is coming – which side will you choose?
Paying good pensions is a noble purpose but much less so if investors, inadvertently or otherwise, help create a world that is not worth living in
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NewsPRI develops guide to identifying ‘mainstream’ impact investments
‘Market Map’ aims to bring clarity to process of identifying qualifying companies
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Cambridge University throws weight behind impact investing
£3bn endowment to consider joining climate change groups such as IIGCC
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UK seeks to ease pension funds’ access to impact investments
Government responds to 2017 recommendations from advisory body
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How to avoid ‘impact washing’ in ESG’s fastest-growing sector
Third-party certification, code of conduct less popular options
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Guest Viewpoint: Fiona Stewart & Georg Inderst
“A growing body of research shows ESG factors are a material credit risk for fixed-income investors”
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Commentary: How and why we allocate to impact
A pioneer in impact investing explains its approach
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Natural Capital: Back to the land
Natural capital solutions reduce harm to essential ecosystems but investors need to be convinced they can feel the benefits as well
