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Asset Management, a lever for preserving biodiversity

It’s a reality that is no longer up for debate: biodiversity loss represents financial risks that are just as major as those stemming from climate change.

HSBC, Barclays confronted by naked Extinction Rebellion protesters

Further demonstrations outside JPMorgan, across the City as part of divestment march

ESG Foundation’s Top 50 ESG ‘Ones To Watch’

Some are CEOs of sustainable start-ups, scholars at ESG think tanks, sustainable investors or outspoken advocates on transparency and accountability, gender parity, sustainable and ethical supply chains.

EBRD backs Estonian green development

Bank invests €16m in a €100m bond issued by financial services company LHV Group

UK appoints syndicate for first green gilt' sale

Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and JPMorgan will act jointly as bookrunners for the sale of the 2033 green gilt

The Summer of Climate Chaos

Now we know exactly who is to blame

ESG momentum will further strengthen GCs’ clout in listed firm governance

As soft law principles are increasingly transposed into prescriptive legislation, our GC panel believes that codified ESG requirements will further raise their boardroom influence.

How Green Gilts will help mobilise finance to fight Climate Change

Like many investment houses, Coutts is committed to sustainable investing to help grow clients’ wealth.

Britain’s economy is already seeing a rapid shift due to climate change

Michael Christie, professor of environmental and ecological economics at Aberystwyth Business School in Wales, told CNBC in a phone call that unless drastic measures were taken in the U.K. and internationally, temperature rises would have “more and

LSEG launches dedicated sustainable finance innovation unit in Singapore

The Singapore-based sustainable finance unit provides a strong combination of data science, data engineering, design thinking and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) expertise.

Former boss of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund issues climate change warning for asset managers

‘We normally don't take a bad company and make it good,’ says Knut Kjaer

Wealth managers are expanding range of investment strategies with a focus on ESG

Half of wealth managers also integrate impact considerations, up from 18% three years ago (a 177% increase), while a third (33%) state they are actively considering doing so – showing that the impact theme is moving rapidly up the priority list both

Advisers adapt to growing ESG interest

The most common change, one that 30 per cent of advisers said they had implemented, was to revise client fact finds to ask outright about ESG preferences.

BBVA, global leader for sustaining communities, according to Global Finance

With three awards in Western Europe, BBVA was the bank with the highest number of awards in this region.

Axel Weber Wants Green Capital Market in Europe

The issue is deeply personal for the German former central banker, who has been a vocal backer of making finance more environmentally, socially, and governance-sustainable.

EU banks vulnerable to climate-change risks

Implementation of new ESG measures "needs to be accelerated.

Climate crusade or greenwashing?

Not a week goes by when a company doesn’t unveil some new climate or ‘sustainability plan’. Now the regulators are asking to see the evidence

How climate-focused are sovereign funds?

There is broad acknowledgement of the need to change.

Carey Olsen acts as listing agent for two new issuers listed on TISE Sustainable

TISE Sustainable aims to enable the flow of capital into investments that promote environmental, social or sustainable activities

Climate and Resilience Law: new features for renewable energies

The Commission confirmed that the aid was necessary for the further development of renewable energy production and found the scheme to be in line with EU state aid rules.

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