More ESG news – Page 135
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Net-zero asset owner club gains UNJSPF, nears targets framework
UN Joint Staff Pension Fund becomes alliance’s 27th member
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NewsBrazil ministers meet investors to discuss deforestation fears
Meeting follows open letter backed by many heavyweight investors
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BT Pension Scheme names head of sustainable investment
Victoria Barron joins from Newton Investment Management
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LD Pensions picks Acadian for first active quant mandate
Early holiday allowance payouts makes eventual allocation more uncertain, says equities chief
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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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NewsIASB green light to revamp IAS 19 disclosure requirements
Plus: EU adopts proposal package for new IFRS 9 rule book; Amendements to IFRS 17
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PenSam hands €2.6bn equities to Amundi, keeps Nordea for rest [updated]
French asset manager wins Danish pension fund’s climate change index mandate
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Amundi pilots new forward-looking ‘temperature ratings’
Ratings translate corporate commitments into global warming trajectory, expressed in degrees Celcius
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Australian and Canadian pension funds join Dutch SDI platform
Three additional asset owners are to join the platform
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NewsIlmarinen invests €500m in passive ESG EM equities via Amundi
Finland’s biggest pension insurance firm announces seed investment via ETF it co-developed with Amundi
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Impax bids to guide policymakers in ‘clean energy investment quest’
Specialist asset manager says ‘time is now’ to help policymakers understand how to mobilise private finance
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NewsCompanies behaving badly will be post-crisis losers, say USS, BTPS
Universities’ scheme shifts to UK bonds after US debt soars
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NewsPGGM misses €20bn impact investment target
By the end of 2019, the Dutch asset manager invested €18.3bn in four themes – climate change, food security, water and health
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£900m in new UK pension allocations to climate-tilted tracker funds
UBS UK’s DC scheme and Tyne & Wear DB scheme invest in UBS AM, LGIM funds
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Norway’s SWF hands wish list on shareholder voting to EU
Manager NBIM calls for common approach across the EU to voting deadlines
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Swiss government outlines framework for sustainable finance
The Swiss Federal Council plans to conduct climate impact tests on a regular basis
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Denmark’s PFA says sustainable investment does not harm returns
MSCI’s Europe ESG Leaders outperformed in COVID-19 crisis, says chief strategist
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NewsAmundi claims first with EU climate benchmark-aligned mandate
Investment solution developed in response to request for proposal from 12 major French institutional investors
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Responsible investing roundup: Tailings review gets investors support
Plus: NEST backs calls at Tesco AGM to disclose sales of healthy products; Chevron on Paris Agreement
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Nordics roundup: ATP, PFA back EIB’s climate bond
Norway’s AFP pension fund taps eVestment; PFA re-hires NNIT as digitisation increases
