Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) kondigt verheugd aan dat Narina Mnatsakanian per 1 juni 2017 is aangesteld als Director Impact & Responsible Investment. Zij gaat het long term ESG-commitment van Kempen verder gestalte geven. Narina is een gewaardeerd expert op het […]
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De ministeries van Binnenlandse Zaken, Economische Zaken en Infrastructuur en Milieu werken gezamenlijk aan nieuwe transitiepaden richting een CO2-arme samenleving in 2050. Ook de financiële sector wordt gevraagd hieraan bij te dragen. Het Platform voor Duurzame Financiering, dat in april […]
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When the index provider FTSE first started integrating environmental and sustainability factors into indices back in 2001, the landscape for environmental social and governance (ESG) investments looked drastically different. At the time, most ESG investing was associated with morally driven […]
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Investment of some $90 trillion is needed in the next 15 years to achieve global sustainable development and climate objectives, according to estimates put forward by the Group of Twenty’s Green Finance Synthesis Report. Over $800 billion needs to be […]
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The world’s biggest investors are responding to the global commitment to tackle climate change and are rapidly scaling up action to protect their portfolios, reveals the annual benchmark report on the industry from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project. Sixty percent […]
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Pierin Menzli, head sustainable investment research at Bank J. Safra Sarasin, tells Citywire Selector what the major concerns fund selectors face when trying to increase their green credentials. In 2017 sustainable investors will have to address three important challenges. Firstly, […]
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State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management business of State Street Corporation, announced the results of a global survey of 475 institutions, which found that 68 percent of respondents say the integration of an environmental, social and governance (ESG) […]
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De Europese Investeringsbank (EIB) en ABN AMRO tekenen vandaag een overeenkomst om investeringen in Europese groene scheepvaart te ondersteunen. Dit is de eerste overeenkomst op het gebied van investeringen in groene scheepvaart met een financiële instelling in Nederland. De overeenkomst […]
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The leaders of the world’s two largest corporate and investor sustainability initiatives today called on CEOs to ensure their corporate pension plans – an untapped sustainability area – adopt responsible investing policies – highlighting concrete benefits including improved investment performance, […]
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The green bonds market has experienced more than $20 billion issuance in January-March 2017, following another successful quarter from October-December 2016. Globally, total green bonds issuance stood at $21.76 billion during the first quarter of 2017, up nearly 42 per […]
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Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) , a leader in health technology, today announced that it has signed an agreement with a consortium of sixteen banks for a new EUR 1 billion Revolving Credit Facility with an interest rate that will be […]
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Against the backdrop of recent environmental and social scandals and a greater call for organizations to create long-term value, 82% of institutional investors say environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks have been ignored for too long by the business world. […]
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