The prevalence and prominence of sustainability as a vital concept in the world – let alone the business community – is now clear. It has been driven by a host of dynamics that are both native to, and external from, […]
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Private debt or fixed income instruments comprise the largest asset class in impact investing, accounting for 34% of impact investors’ reported assets under management (AUM), according to the 2017 GIIN Annual Impact Investor Survey. A new report by the Global […]
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J.P. Morgan today announces a new suite of global fixed income indices, the J.P. Morgan ESG (“JESG”), which integrates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in a composite benchmark. The idea for the index was conceived in collaboration with BlackRock […]
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Huge progress on reforming the global financial system over the last four years has started to deliver desperately needed financing for sustainability and set up the next wave of action, according to a new United Nations report released this week. […]
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A new market study released today from Distilled Analytics and Boundless Impact Investing finds that despite the rapid growth of assets in impact investing, effective measurement of such investments are still elusive due largely to the lack of accurate, accessible data and […]
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Green bond issuance kept a good pace in 2018’s first quarter with 71 green bonds coming from 52 issuers, totalling USD25.8bn. Developed markets issued USD17.4bn, with a third of the volume coming from two Belgian deals: Belgium’s sovereign Green OLO and […]
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An overview of the market and how the oil and gas majors’ hesitant steps into renewables could turn into an offensive. The first three months of 2018 saw the issuance of c.€20bn self-labelled green bonds on the credit markets. In the […]
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Databedrijf SunData heeft tijdens een eerste investeringsronde bij DOEN Participaties en twee andere investeerders 300.000 euro aan durfkapitaal opgehaald. De start-up zorgt dat zonnepanelen meer duurzame energie opwekken door slimme data-analyse toe te passen. Hierdoor kunnen zonne-systemen tot 15% beter […]
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The US SIF Foundation released a guide for financial advisors on how to incorporate sustainable, responsible and impact investing into their practice. The Financial Advisor Roadmap was prepared with insights from financial advisors and other industry professionals. “This valuable guide […]
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Investors managing over $1 trillion USD, coordinated by ShareAction, are calling on companies around the world to drastically reduce the impact of their operations on the planet, and protect the financial assets they manage from climate change. Dutch investors that are part of this initiative are Achmea Investment Management, Aegon Asset Management, BPL […]
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The Dutch government’s MASSIF Fund, managed by development bank FMO, which aims to take the early high investment risks and act as a catalyst for the growth of the private financial sector and financial inclusion in developing countries, has this […]
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De financiële sector heeft behoefte aan betere gegevens van bedrijven over de financiële impact van klimaatverandering voor hun bedrijfsvoering. De sector heeft deze gegevens nodig om klimaatrisico’s beter te integreren in hun investeringsbeslissingen. Dit blijkt uit het vandaag verschenen eindrapport […]
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