12/22/2020
Refinitiv's Leon Saunders Calvert on sustainable investing in 2021 (financial materiality, funds & financing)
As we move into 2021, how will 2020’s effects shape the financial industry? What will emerge as break through themes and trends?
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12/22/2020
Refinitiv builds out ESG Research Offering. MSCI ESG Research now available on Refinitiv Eikon and Workspace
MSCI ESG Ratings help institutional investors identify environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities within their portfolio.
12/22/2020
Global green bond market seen hitting 1 trillion euros in 2021
EU to drive surge with new regulations and issuances, says NN Investment Partners
12/18/2020
Fund managers need to prepare for sustainable finance disclosure
Managers are responding with fund products that look to meet these priorities.
12/18/2020
The 12 ESG challenges of Christmas
Through our Soapbox we will continue to shout about innovative companies that are making a difference while also resolutely calling-out behaviours that need to change.
12/16/2020
Aberdeen Standard Investment Launches Emerging Market Sustainable Development Equity
It is the second fund in ASI’s Sustainable Development Equity range following the launch of the Asian Sustainable Development Equity Fund in August this year.
12/16/2020
ESG preferences and MiFID suitability
Investment advisors and portfolio managers will soon be required to incorporate clients’ sustainablity (or ESG) preferences into their suitability assessments – what kind of challenges will this pose?
12/15/2020
Sustainable Investing Perspectives - UBS
Our latest monthly issue of UBS Sustainable Investing Perspectives discusses SI equity strategies, why exclusions shouldn’t be an exclusive strategy, and UK's 10-point green plan
12/15/2020
Paris Anniversary Marked by New Finance Initiative
The FCCM is aimed at ensuring finance sector-focused initiatives are aligned with the objectives of next year’s COP26 climate conference in order to better coordinate efforts at mobilising financial institutions and service providers in support of c
12/15/2020
Morgan Stanley Investment Management launches ESG fixed income fund
The fund has a particular focus on low carbon footprint, with the portfolio designed to be less carbon intensive than its index.
12/15/2020
EBRD signs up to Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles
The largest ecosystem on earth, the ocean is the lung of the planet, providing the oxygen for every second breath we take.
12/15/2020
New guidance will help family offices embrace sustainable investing
The promotional agency, in collaboration with Ogier in Guernsey, has produced a guide for developing sustainable trust deeds, ‘Sustainable Investing for Private Wealth and Family Offices.’
12/14/2020
Schroders joins Net Zero Asset Manager initiative
Climate change is one of the most pressing long-term issues that we face, and one that I expect to come further into focus as we look to the future.
12/14/2020
BNP Paribas Asset Management launches two new infrastructure debt funds
Investments will be in European non-investment grade infrastructure debt offering stable and predictable cash flows.
12/10/2020
Emissions cuts in line with Paris Agreement would see benefits ‘within two decades’
In a new study published in Nature Climate Change, researchers investigate how different levels of mitigation affect global warming rates over a 'key period' for policymakers making adaptation decisions.
12/09/2020
After Attracting a Record $32 Billion from Abroad in 2019, Clean Energy in Emerging Markets Endures a Rough 2020
BloombergNEF’s annual Climatescope survey illustrates investors’ pre-pandemic appetite for clean energy in developing markets; Chile finishes atop the market ranking
12/09/2020
Environment, Sustainability and Governance in Financial Services
This report focuses on how financial organisations can adopt ESG practices and contribute to helping the world achieve a low carbon economic future.
12/08/2020
Fidelity International Launches Climate-Related Financial Disclosures Report
The report is based on the 4 “pillars” of TCFD recommended disclosures, namely: Governance; Strategy; Risk Management and Metrics and Targets.
12/08/2020
Call for more detail on meeting UK's emissions targets
The new target replaces a previous 53% reduction target that had been outlined for 2030 as prime minister Boris Johnson reiterated his government's intention to "go further and faster to tackle climate change
12/08/2020
Wider use of carbon markets to boost net-zero future – EBRD paper
Also companies, when authorised by countries, could use these instruments for their investments and operations to be aligned with the objectives of the Paris Agreement.