All sustainable finance articles – Page 7
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NewsAsset owners offered EU taxonomy ‘compliance pre-screening’ tool
Impact-Cubed tool to help investors prepare for disclosure requirements
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Investing in green doesn’t equal greening the world
Financial products and services marketed as green must make a clear and measurable difference to the transition to environmental sustainability, argues Ben Caldecott.
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NewsESG, risk sharing and more in EU pensions expert group final report
High-level group delivers recommendations for developing supplementary pensions
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EC to initiate work on European non-financial reporting standards [updated]
EFRAG to be invited to begin preparatory work ‘as quickly as possible’
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UK standards body unveils first sustainable finance output
Standardisation programme tackles problem of lack of agreed definitions, understanding in sustainable finance
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Call for central banks to become climate change ‘coordinating agents’
Joint BIS, Banque de France analysis says scenario-based analysis only a partial solution
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EC promises ‘enabling framework’ for green investment
European Commission explains how its Green Deal will be financed
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NewsESMA backs ESG disclosure as short-termism bulwark
Watchdog recommends Commission amend legislation to introduce more specific disclosure requirements of companies
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NewsDid they come true? 2019 responsible investment wishes revisited
IPE asks asset owners, asset managers and others to look back on their wishes for the year
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NewsEU negotiators agree on sustainability taxonomy, approval still needed
Efama calls for action on corporate reporting given investor disclosure requirements
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NewsDutch pension fund body sets out stall on CMU agenda
Wishlist includes improvements regarding withholding tax, insolvency regimes and non-financial corporate reporting
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IPE Conference: Asset owners told fossil fuel debt key to net-zero goal
Andreas Hoepner speaks to delegates about the need to cut emissions in portfolios by at least 7% a year on average
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Reputational risk drives ESG at pension funds more than at other investors
But in Europe regulation was the top driver of pension funds’ adoption of ESG principles
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NewsInvestors warn EC over timeline for sustainable disclosure rules
PensionsEurope, EFAMA and others have called for a later application date but EC official says financial entities have had time to adapt to new requirements
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PRI in Person: Natixis IM CEO on empirical evidence in ESG investing
In a welcome speech to delegates, Jean Raby says investors need to ‘go back to basics’ and ask themselves what they are trying to achieve
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NewsEC tenders studies to advance sustainable finance action plan
The European Commission wants to conduct studies looking into sustainability-related products and services, and the integration of ESG risks by EU banks
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Promoting sustainable finance won’t help save the planet: consultant
Portraying sustainable investments as making a significant contribution to sustainable development is ‘a fairytale’, says Frank Wettlauffer
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EC sustainable finance approach ‘could expose EU to legal risk’
Think tank argues that a confused understanding of sustainable investment ‘spoils’ the Commission’s package of measures to engage finance in the fight against climate change
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NewsSwiss cabinet to form sustainable finance working group
Assessments by inter-departmental working group to inform decisions about potential financial market regulation
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Expert group releases climate taxonomy proposal
EC publishes guidelines for corporate reporting of climate-related information alongside three expert group reports on big day for the Commission’s sustainable finance plan
