Sustainability – Page 25
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NewsUK pensions committee calls for pension fiduciary duty clarity
Pensions for Purpose called for a change in The Companies Act to better align company director duties beyond short-term profit maximisation
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Putting impact at the core of sustainable investment market stats
The question of whether sustainable investments actually make a difference was one of the reasons why Eurosif revised its methodology for its market studies
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AnalysisTPR to be lobbied after new fiduciary duty, climate report
it is crucial that TPR adds the report’s key messages to its official guidelines, says Maria Nazarova-Doyle
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NewsEthos slams Novartis for advisory vote on sustainability report at AGM
‘There is no doubt’ that a binding vote is necessary, says foundation
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NewsMirova creates new DFI-focussed role to boost impact financing in EM
Sébastien Duquet has been with Mirova since 2022 following the acquisition of Mirova SunFunder, a specialist in climate investment in emerging countries
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NewsESMA study finds SDG-labelled investment funds risk ‘impact washing’
Watchdog assessed 187 funds and found SDG claims did not correspond with contribution to goals
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Country ReportISIF: Impact investment fund with a difference
The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund’s focus is on driving the sustainable development of the Irish economy
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NewsBlue economy can provide investment opportunity, deliver environmental return
A research study shows that investing €1.85-3.4trn globally across the blue economy from 2020 to 2050 would generate €7.5-21trn in net benefits
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NewsPension insurers charter commits to sustainable pension risk transfers
‘The charter delivers on a better articulation of what the pensions community wants from insurers,’ says A4S
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NewsThink tank offers up ‘representative deforestation credit portfolio’
AFII developed open access product ’as a prod and and poke’ for investors to get started on deforestation risk
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NewsSweden’s restyled AP Funds’ ethics council completes team
Anna Warberg and Alexander Elving appointed as sustainability specialists to work under director Jenny Gustafsson
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NewsIESBA proposes draft ethics code to address greenwashing
The proposed standards from both frameworks are hoped to serve as a cornerstone of ethical behaviour, says IESBA chair
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NewsDutch funds fail to meet promise to implement OECD Guidelines
Only five out of 75 pension funds in the Netherlands have fully implemented a 2018 agreement to do so
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NewsEU parliament writes two-year delay into ESG reporting rules
The decision to delay the implementation of the new standards was welcomed by Eurosif
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NewsGRI revamps biodiversity standard, issues call for investor engagement
Understanding the impacts of organisations is ‘crucial aspect of implementing global solutions to halt and even reverse the damage and address existential threats’, says Carol Adams
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NewsGlobal ESG, sustainable fund flows fall for first time into negative territory
Investor interest for ESG appears to have waned amid a continuously challenging macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop
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NewsAllianz Leben adds DC fund investment options for support funds
InvestFlex and Variante InvestFlex Green open up access to Allianz TopFonds universe
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NewsIFRS S-1, S-2 implementation support takes priority, investors tell ISSB
Mixed views on which projects to prioritise, but there was general support for working on at least one of four proposed sustainability projects
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NewsReferendum on Dutch pension transition ‘logical’, says architects fund
This week, political party NSC is likely to propose a referendum about the transition of DB accruals to DC
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NewsNordic pension funds split over owning Saudi Aramco
AP7 said it is in dialogue with KLP about exclusion of the world’s biggest oil company
