Interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is set to grow despite no hard evidence on how it influences performance, according to Kelsey Biggers, head of investment risk at Franklin Templeton. “I’ve seen a number of reports and there […]
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Triodos Investment Management, PYMWYMIC and Wermuth Asset Management have launched the Divest Invest report, ‘Impact Investing and the Choice to Divest’ written by impact investors for impact investors. With the one-year anniversary after the Paris Climate Change Agreement was adopted, […]
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De laatste jaren winnen groene obligaties snel aan terrein. Ze zijn een effectief instrument gebleken voor de financiering van de overgang naar een economie die minder afhankelijk is van fossiele brandstoffen. De belangrijkste uitdaging is en blijft (de harmonisatie van) […]
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Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of ESG and corporate governance research and ratings, today launched ESG Signals, an innovative quantitative tool that provides securities-level financial risk and opportunity signals based on environmental, social and governance (ESG), trading and financial data. […]
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ING Real Estate Finance wil dat haar klanten binnen een jaar met concrete plannen komen om hun kantoorpanden te verduurzamen, want de bank biedt na 2017 alleen voor kantoorpanden die voldoen aan de voorwaarden groen label (energielabel A, B of […]
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New varieties of green bonds are sprouting up in unexpected places, as deal volume hits a new record. Only a few years ago green bonds were a novelty in the global capital markets. Apart from development banks and frequent borrowers […]
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The Swedish Government has appointed an inquiry to identify ways to promote the market for green bonds. Mats Andersson, former CEO of the Fourth AP Fund, is Inquiry Chair. “There is a great deal of demand for investments in green […]
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Two thirds of institutional investors want to put more capital into low carbon and climate-related investments, but a lack of information on firms’ climate credentials is hampering their ability to do so, according to a survey commissioned by HSBC. The global […]
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Sustainable Finance Lab en Circle Economy presenteren 6 richtlijnen voor de financiële sector in een circulaire economie. Het rapport, mogelijk gemaakt door Nederland Circulair, biedt financiers praktische richtlijnen om zich voor te bereiden op een essentiële nieuwe rol in een […]
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Kijk naar Parijs en Marrakesh: hernieuwbare energie staat hoog op de agenda. Maar ondanks recordinvesteringen vallen de productie en winstgevendheid van groene energie bar tegen. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de researchafdeling van kredietverzekeraar Euler Hermes. Zo zijn investeringen in […]
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On the one-year anniversary of the Paris climate agreement, the value of assets represented by institutions and individuals committing to some sort of divestment from fossil fuel companies has reached $5 trillion. To date, 688 institutions and 58,399 individuals across […]
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Impact investing refers to investments that intend to generate measurable social and/or environmental impacts, as well as a financial return. It is often described as ‘doing good while doing well’ and is part of a wider strategy to shift finance […]
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