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How this boutique’s sustainable shift supercharged equity returns

Fondita's Marcus Björksten reveals the bets in firms is taking to help tackle environmental challenges and why he removed Kingspan.

Schroders explores the landscape of impact reporting and ESG integration at the launch of the UN Global Compact’s UK-Norway Sustainable Finance Action Platform

The measurement and reporting of ESG data is a key deliverable that will drive real progress within sustainable finance.

R&M boss: It is ‘critical’ fund houses double down on ESG

“We are being more explicit about it and making our strategies available to a wider audience — those asset managers that don’t do this will struggle.”

Kingswood launches short-dated ESG bond fund

Targeting five-year duration

Citi Launches ESG World Indices in Response to Ongoing Demand for ESG Benchmarks

The Citi ESG World Indices are Citi’s first proprietary indices to offer a benchmark for best-in-class ESG performers from across global markets.

ESG opportunities at forefront of a wave of new launches

Investors have a increasing array of ESG opportunities and eight products from four different providers have launched in the last month.

A blueprint for scaling voluntary carbon markets to meet the climate challenge

The market for carbon credits purchased voluntarily (rather than for compliance purposes) is important for other reasons, too.

Close Brothers Asset Finance funds development of innovative waste park

The first loan will enable a 200,000 metric tonne recycling facility to be built, creating 55 new jobs.

The “must have” ethical funds for your ISA in 2021

The issue when approaching ethical, sustainable or ESG investing is where to put your money.

Bank of England convenes members of the public and businesses to join the climate change debate

Its objective is to build a UK financial system that is resilient to the risks from climate change and supportive of the transition to a net-zero economy.

From Paris to Glasgow: the return of the US to the climate fight

President Joe Biden has taken the US back into the Paris Agreement framework.

Advisers face ‘high barriers’ to integrate ESG

“When we asked for views on the types of tools and materials advisers might reach for to stay afloat in the foamy seas of ESG, [advisers] returned a definitive ‘trying but could be better’.”

Lombard Odier extends partnership with Plastic Bank® to fund educational programmes

The initial partnership with Plastic Bank, a social enterprise committed to stopping ocean plastic, was announced in July 2020

More than half of investors plan to raise ESG allocations, says UBS

The survey polled more than 4,000 investors and business owners across 14 markets globally in December and January.

JSS Sustainable Asset Management Launches New Climate Strategy

This combination allows the Fund to identify companies that are well-placed to gain from long-term structural trends, and helps it to build solid investment cases.

Responsible Investment Is Emerging As The New Norm

From a human standpoint, the pandemic has sadly reinforced social inequalities, prompting increased government intervention, in particular in terms of social benefits.

BIS launches second green bond fund for central banks

The launch follows the successful introduction of a first BIS green bond fund denominated in US dollars in September 2019.

European Commission launches Green Consumption Pledge

Their aim is to accelerate the contribution of businesses to a sustainable economic recovery

Schroders adds Global Sustainable Growth and Global Energy Transition to its UK sustainable fund range

According to Schroders’ UK Adviser Study 2020[4], 74% of the UK financial advisers surveyed now explicitly consider ESG factors as part of their fund selection process, a significant rise from 43% in 2019.

Dealing with the effects of climate change through climate adaptation

EBRD joins call for more reporting of climate risk

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