Fedepalma and IDH – the Sustainable Trade Initiative signed a co-financing agreement for €1.2 million on 25 August to confirm their commitment to strengthening the sustainable production of Colombian palm oil, in an online ceremony hosted from Bogota (Colombia), with […]
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HSBC Global Asset Management Limited and Pollination Group Holdings Limited, the specialist climate change advisory and investment firm, today announced that they have entered into a joint venture agreement to establish HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management – subject to regulatory […]
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EIT Raw Materials has selected Circularise as one of the start-ups to support in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Circularise, founded in 2016 in The Netherlands, is a supply chain transparency start-up that helps plastic manufacturers, brands and OEMs to […]
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De outperformance van duurzame beleggingen gedurende de Covid-19 crisis in combinatie met het groeiend aanbod aan duurzaamheidsinformatie en kwantitatieve methoden om deze in portefeuilleconstructie om te zetten, versnellen de vergroening van het Nederlandse pensioenvermogen. En dat kan tot ver over […]
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Kommuninvest’s work to develop a new product, Social Sustainability Loans, has taken yet a few steps forward. The idea is for these loans to be used by municipalities and regions, including their companies, to promote investments in a socially sustainable […]
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The EU is intending to use its post-pandemic recovery plan to reinforce its fight against climate change. About 30% of the “Next Generation EU” €750 billion fiscal plan to aid the post-COVID-19 recovery would target climate-friendly projects, according to European […]
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Nederlandse banken lopen wereldwijd voorop als het gaat om het respecteren van mensenrechten en het naleven van de OESO-richtlijnen en de United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGP’s). Dat blijkt uit het eindrapport over het IMVO-convenant mensenrechten waarin banken, overheid, vakbonden en […]
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Univé gaat kosteloos asbestdaken saneren voor haar zakelijke leden. Vandaag lanceert de coöperatie het nieuwe energieconcept Duurzame Zekerheid, waarmee Univé in samenwerking met diverse partners bedrijfsdaken asbestvrij maakt en voorziet van zonnepanelen. De duurzame energie die het dak opwekt, levert […]
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CFA Institute, de wereldwijde vereniging van beleggingsprofessionals, publiceert vandaag een consultatienota waarin feedback wordt gevraagd over een nieuw wereldwijde standaard voor de communicatie rondom ESG aspecten van beleggingsproducten. Daarnaast doet CFA Institute een beroep op beleggingsprofessionals om de volgende fase […]
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The German energy service provider ista is linking its financing structure to the company’s sustainability successes. The new ESG-linked syndicated loan in the amount of up to EUR 1.85 billion in total was signed with an international consortium of banks. […]
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The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), a global collaboration of 70 financial institutions with total financial assets of more than USD 10 trillion, is publicly releasing a standard to provide financial institutions with shared methodologies and rules for measuring and disclosing the greenhouse […]
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In a new report members of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance (GISD) identify more than 60 concrete measures to accelerate and scale up funding for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report, Renewed, Recharged and Reinforced, focuses on […]
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