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ESG Investments Poised to Reach $30 Trillion by 2030

Asset managers need to better plan and prepare for expected ESG funds growth, according to Broadridge research

From Pledges to Action: What’s Next for COP26 Corporate Commitments

Business can be a force for good, innovating and scaling solutions to climate change.

KKR announces formation of sustainability expert advisory council

Six-member independent council to bolster KKR’s ESG expertise and capabilities and advance the firm’s ESG strategy and practices

EU unveils huge global investment scheme

The Economic and Investment Plans we have recently launched for the Western Balkans, the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood are all built around connectivity.

FCA Targets ESG Data Providers

The business plans also announced that the FCA would focus on addressing greenwashing concerns as a priority.

EU drafts plan to remove more carbon emissions from the air

The Commission will also propose in 2022 an EU system of certifying carbon removals

EBRD boosts renewable energy in Central Europe

Photon Energy is a fast-growing developer whose portfolio has tripled from 32 MW to 89 MW over the last three years. Its portfolio spans the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Australia.

HSBC Asset Management: 'We are hoping to get rid of ESG as a label'

Christine Chow and Erin Leonard

Integrating ESG and carbon metrics alongside active engagements

The 2021 United Nations’ COP26, took place early November.

Investing for a carbon free world: Investors support an inclusive transition post COP26

71% of investors felt that richer countries should be helping poorer countries to transition to net zero.

Swiss pension funds are investing more sustainably: Strong motives, but obstacles too

Credit Suisse publishes its 2021 Pension Fund Study

Reflections on COP26: a long path ahead

These developments represent the tip of the iceberg of the COP26 announcements, with more policy positions expected to be fleshed out in the coming year.

Switzerland, sustainable energy and the challenges of net zero

Switzerland is among the countries that had net-zero pledges in place before COP26 and which, in early 2021, published its roadmap to net zero.

Schroders and GIC bolster climate portfolio analysis

The Avoided Emissions framework aims to quantify the emissions saved through the substitution of high carbon activities with low carbon alternatives.

TISE lists world-first humanitarian catastrophe bond

This demonstrates the growing demand which we are seeing for listings on both the QIBM and TISE Sustainable and I believe that we have the right environment for listing many more similar catastrophe bonds in the future.”

FC4S Welcomes Jersey to its Global Financial Network

The international Network of Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) has welcomed Jersey, a forward-thinking international finance centre (IFC), to its global network.

Banque Internationale à Luxembourg Signs the UN Principles for Responsible Banking

The Principles are the leading framework for ensuring that banks’ strategy and practice align with the vision society has set out for its future in the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement.

Germany to pump more than $56bln into climate fund: sources

Govt working on 2021 extra budget for debt-financed injection

Why investors see oil companies as part of the net-zero solution

Large oil companies have publicly committed to addressing the issues.

Amundi leads European money managers with green-labeled assets — study

The development follows Europe's enforcement of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation in March, a landmark rule book designed to fight greenwashing by forcing transparency on the market for environmental, social and governance investing.

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