All United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) articles – Page 6
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News
COVID-19 roundup: WTO, IMF voice concerns about trade restrictions
Bpifrance launches a COVID-19 response bond
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: The positive impact scorecard
The private sector is discovering positive ways to support the response to COVID-19
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Spektrum launches €50m equities tender for Danish institutions
Kirstein sister company hunts for managers for long-term mandate
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Largest Dutch schemes positive on SDG bond
Enel commits to paying additional 25bps if it fails to meet its target
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EBRD: Private equity offers bigger impact on employment
‘Private equity has the reputation to cut jobs after the takeover of companies’
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ABP targets carbon neutral portfolio in 2050
ABP has already started an energy transition fund to invest in companies and startups focusing on sustainable energy
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PKA combines ‘important values’ with new €44m microfinance investment
Fund, run by Maj Invest, targets DKK1.3bn in investor capital over next 12 months
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Norwegian SWF takes issue with PRI’s ‘real-world impact’ chapter
NBIM suggests signatories ought to vote on ideas to focus on impact
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AP7, APG chiefs join global corporates in new sustainability group
New alliance modelled on Swedish investor initiative
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Swiss banking group REYL sets up impact investing affiliate
Asteria Investment Managers created ‘from scratch’ to offer institutional investors wide range of impact investing products and strategies
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APG, PGGM to launch sustainable investing platform for asset owners
The artificial intelligence-based vehicle will assess potential sustainable development investments and has already earned the support of big investors such as USS
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PRI in Person: Danone CFO calls for new investor mindset about value
‘Join us’, CFO of global food company tells delegates at major responsible investment conference
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Netherlands roundup: KAS Bank sacks BlackRock from €100m mandate
Plus: The €700m Equens pension fund has opted to transfer to Centraal Beheer, insurance company Achmea’s consolidator subsidiary
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Alecta chief urges positive reforms as corporate governance overhaul looms
Magnus Billing hopes the Swedish Corporate Governance Board will take inspiration from the UK’s FRC after it updated its code of practice last year
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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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Schroders to buy majority stake in impact investor BlueOrchard
Deal underscores growing mainstream investor interest in impact investing, as distinct from ‘exclusionary and inclusionary SRI and ESG integration’
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Danish roundup: Prime minister starts talks on early retirement pension
Plus: Labour market pension fund PBU invests DKK100m in microfinance; Teachers fund Lærernes hires consulting firm for CEO search
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AP Pension launches sustainable pension product
Danish provider says the product supports UN Sustainable Development Goals and will invest in green bonds
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UK seeks to boost impact investing sector with new initiative
The Impact Investing Institute brings together two existing bodies that have been working to expand impact investing in the UK
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UK public pension pool allocates $60m to private equity impact fund
Allocation made on behalf of four of Brunel Pension Partnership’s local government pension scheme clients as impact investing appetite grows