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Don’t expect the earth from fund managers on climate change

Decarbonisation is the responsibility of government, not altruistic businessmen

Understanding climate risk - McKinsey Global Institute

How could Earth’s changing climate impact socioeconomic systems across the world in the next three decades? A yearlong, cross-disciplinary research effort at McKinsey & Company provides some answers.

Mark Carney handed COP26 climate finance role

His key focus will be mobilising ambitious action from across the financial system needed to help achieve the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement.

EU Commission and Parliament commit to Green Deal Investment Plan

The Commission will closely monitor and evaluate the progress on this transition path.

Investor demand for ESG to grow through 2020, outlines Cerulli

At present in the equity space, the strategies available to investors range from broad ESG funds with exclusion policies to thematic funds, impact investing products, and strategies targeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals."

Charities publicise RFP for impact-focused ESG mandate

Guiding principles included that the investment strategy be scalable to test the hypothesis that other impact-oriented pools of capital could come on board.

KBC continues its commitment to sustainability with new EIB lending for SMEs

KBC loans with EIB support are available to SMEs (up to 3,000 employees) investing in sustainability and/or the bioeconomy.

Global sports stars, entertainers, and citizens rally in support of wildfire relief and demand action on climate change

This article was initially published by Forbes on January 14, 2020.

KBI Global Investors helps get trees planted in Ireland

The WEF was established by the Irish government in 2019 to boost forestation across the country to 18% of total land from 11%.

The Global CIO Office releases its 2020 outlook today entitled “A World in Transition”.

The Global CIO team see ample opportunity to generate income streams of acceptable quality in global credit markets. Despite spreads being at their recent lows, they see scope for even lower spreads due to the weight of liquidity.

Private equity giants vow to show their ESG credentials in 2020

KKR and TPG to disclose their ‘impact’ investments as US politicians turn up heat

8 out of 10 millennials now prioritise responsible investing

Indeed, Environmental Social and Governance considerations now sit at the heart of that process.

New Year's resolutions: saving and environment come out top

“The start of a New Year is a natural time to review personal finances and begin the year as you mean to go on.

U.K.’s Top Banker: Fossil Fuel Investments Could Become “Worthless”

Carney stopped short of demanding that companies and pension funds should divest from fossil fuels

Greta Thunberg: Attenborough inspired me to act on climate change

“She has achieved things that many of us who have been working on it for 20-odd years have failed to achieve and that is you have aroused the world.”

Can you own a private jet if you care about climate change?

Climate change protest movements such as Extinction Rebellion, as well as growing popular awareness about the environmental impact of fossil fuels, are giving commercial flyers a sense of "flight shame".

Reaction: Andrew Bailey appointment welcomed by sustainable finance body

Finding ways to make UK financial services not just more responsible, but more responsive to the big challenges facing society

We’ve released our climate change disclosures report and announced bold measures in support of the Paris Agreement

The Group is supporting its clients transition to a low-carbon future by increasing its target for financing and facilitating of clean technology and renewables to $35 billion by 2025

Sustainability is the future

“This is the cusp of the big opportunity, and I hope we’re all in it together, as definitely Guernsey is.”

Hype Around Green Investing Has Norway Warning of ‘Exploitation’

In western Europe’s biggest oil producing nation, the financial Baltzersen oversees a market pumped up by decades of reliance on fossil fuels, making Norway one of the richest places on Earth.

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