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Climate rebel tycoon nets tainted millions: How Extinction Rebellion's British hedge fund backer profits from 'dirty' firms

Sir Chris Hohn has donated £200,000 to Extinction Rebellion

Davos 2020 and climate change: How investment risks have shifted over a decade

As recently as ten years ago the environment didn’t register in the top risks for discussion at the World Economic Forum. Now it dominates. This has important implications for investors.

How to Change Course on Climate

The situation is dire, but it’s not too late.

The Great Climate Shift - Saxo

The green transformation will also drive many positive advances as the need for adaptation spurs

‘Green Swan’: Bankers warn of climate change risks

Traditional backward-looking risk assessments and existing climate-economic models cannot anticipate accurately enough the form that climate-related risks will take.

Davos 2020: Greta Thunberg is saving the planet AND reshaping the global investment industry

Her comments at the elite meeting in the Swiss mountain town came just before U.S. President Donald Trump – a global warming sceptic – was due to make a keynote address.

Aberdeen Standard Investments - 2020 outlook

Aberdeen Standard Investments sees structural growth opportunities in Chinese equities and emerging market (EM) bonds in 2020.

Austrian Boerse to join Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative

As politically anchored in the new Austrian government program, sustainability goals and innovative business models should go hand in hand.

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.

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