More ESG news – Page 118
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Swiss investor issues up to $500m in IPE Quest search
Plus: Benelux-based fund launches nine ‘Discoveries’ worth a combined €143.5m
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NewsEFRAG reports sketch out EU sustainability reporting standards path
… as IFRS Foundation trustees reach views about strategic direction for its sustainability reporting board
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Danish lobby group sees women’s pension pots overtaking men’s
Swedish Pensions Agency says ”Women’s pensions are and will be lower.”
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AP4 counters flak over fossils: ‘We have clear ownership criteria’
Swedish nature conservation group casts doubt on effectiveness of AP funds’ engagement approach over fossil holdings
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EU taxonomy alignment ‘unlikely to be material investment driver’ – Eurosif
Eurosif reacts to criticisms of taxonomy with call for ‘honest debate’
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Investor group hails IOSCO support for sustainability standards board
Securities markets regulators group seen giving credit to IFRS Foundation trustees’ proposal
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Greens press for NRW Pensionsfonds’ ESG strategy overhaul
NRW commissioned Stoxx, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse, to develop two sustainable equity indices
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Arabesque lands big industry names for sustainability, AI expansion
Herman Bril from UN Joint Staff Pension Fund and Ulrika Hasselgren, formely of Dankse Bank, come on board
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Academics find positive effects of investor environmental campaigns
‘Monitoring and threat of discipline key’
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NewsItaly records high demand for first green bond offering
Funds can be deployed in sectors including renewable electricity and heat, energy efficiency, transport, pollution prevention and control and circular economy
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ESG roundup: Devon pension fund makes 2050 net-zero pledge
Plus: NBIM puts Japan’s Kirin on watch as firm exits Myanmar army link; Exclusions dominate UK responsible investment funds; M&G sets out coal phase-out plan
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NewsUK’s ACCESS selects Minerva as ESG adviser
Minerva’s team will establish a baseline on a wide range of ESG and responsible investment issues across the full range of asset classes for the pool
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Italy roundup: Monte dei Paschi scheme seeks ESG, financial advisers
Plus: PreviAmbiente issues garantito mandate, Mario Negri tenders US equities, Fondo Creval searches DB manager
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UK government urged to stretch to sustainability-linked Gilts
Insight Investment urges government to take ‘creative and leading role’ by issuing a sustainability-linked bond
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NewsSwiss pension funds to benefit from cabinet’s new climate policies
Swiss companies can follow TCFD recommendations on a voluntary basis, but the government plans to draft a bill to make such recommendations binding
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NewsUK workplace pension scheme invests in LGIM’s new low carbon funds
LGIM’s new fund range will enable pension schemes to manage their climate risk exposure by investing in low-cost equity funds
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Industry veterans launch renewable energy multi-manager platform
Renewity aims to address absence of ‘scale and speed’ in accessing renewable energy opportunities by institutional investors
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NewsBlackRock builds energy transition into capital market assumptions
‘Climate-aware’ assumptions reflect view that successful transition will be a source of growth and return
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NewsPressure on AP funds to turn green wrong-headed, say Swedish academics
Four professors criticise political drive for AP funds to invest in exclusively sustainable manner
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NewsATP sees ‘major impact’ coming from EU’s green financing work
Denmark’s biggest pension fund takes issue with measuring carbon footprints
