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The Externality Destroying the Planet: The Case for Carbon Pricing

Establishing a cost on pollution is critical if we are to tackle climate change. Carbon pricing is the attempt to do just that.

World Federation Of Exchanges releases sixth annual sustainability survey

ESG is a core strategic mandate and principle of the WFE, and this year’s survey mapped exchange activities to the WFE’s Sustainability Principles for the second time.

Northern Trust Asset Management Offers Pioneering ESG Fixed Income Strategies

These strategies are designed to provide investors their desired yield exposure while improving their ESG score within a risk-controlled framework.

Lyxor ETF consolidates its leadership in the green bonds segment with more than EUR 300 million in assets under management

These investments do not follow short-term tactical allocation patterns

Investing in the fight against climate change

In 2019, the majority of the projects supported were in relation to infrastructure.

Island’s insurance sector aims to make its ESG commitment official

Guernsey’s insurance industry recognises its place in the ILS value chain.

Forward Thinking on Sustainability

The reality is that sustainable finance has been recognised as a strategic priority for some time now – even before coronavirus became household terminology, ESG, impact investing and sustainable finance was on a clear upward trajectory.

Make like Rishi and go green with your investments - Hargreaves Lansdown

The Climate Change Committees open letter to the Government on how to build a resilient recovery from COVID-19 can be found here

Impact investor Fortunis Capital secures World Bank seal of approval

The operating principles for impact management were launched by the World Bank and sister organisation International Finance Corporation in Washington.

Can a ust like BlackRock World Mining really do ESG?

While Hambro also touted the miner’s unexpected resilience during the coronavirus pandemic and growing income potential

Why ESG investing makes fund managers more money

By actually knowing their supply chains, do-gooding companies have made better returns

Is the UK financial advice sector ready for ESG demand?

Strategy will ‘have a much more significant role to play’ in post-coronavirus retail investments

Sharpening the Tools of the ESG Investor

Why ESG Factors Are Important, How Investors Use ESG Data, and What Policies Promote (or Impede) Effective ESG Investing?

Refinitiv debuts ESG scores

The Fund ESG scores are available on Refinitiv Workspace, Eikon or API Feed.

It starts from the top

Mandate for a sustainable strategy comes from the institution - which makes a big commitment - and it trickles down into advisory for clients

EBRD unveils proposal to be majority green bank by 2025

The Bank’s Board of Directors approved the new Green Economy Transition plan at its meeting on 8 July.

Citi creates new team of bankers for ‘fast growing demand’ in ESG bonds

A memo to staff said Philip Brown, head of Citi's public sector DCM business, will run the new global unit

Building a greener future stretches Axa’s alternatives chief

Isabelle Scemama on why she thinks interest in zero carbon buildings will stay strong

Environmental Finance awards Nordea Asset Management “ESG Engagement Initiative of the year”

In response, the industry developed an action plan taking an industry approach to address pharma water pollution in India, which included capability training of Indian suppliers through training conferences and webinars.

Leading the change: climate action in the financial sector - speech by Sarah Breeden

Given at the UK Finance Webinar held during London Climate Action Week

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