On Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 October the annual meeting of the Platform for Living Wage Financials (PLWF) took place. Financial institutions, NGOs and representatives from the garment and food, agri & retail industries discussed the impact that COVID-19 has […]
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Insurance Europe has today published its response to a consultation by the European Commission on its EU Green Bond Standard (GBS). In order to maximise investment in the transition towards sustainability, investors must be able to invest in the green bond market […]
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For the first time, interconnected data on corporate ownership structures, and the direct and indirect financing of deforestation, can all be found in one place. Trase Finance, an initiative of Global Canopy, Stockholm Environment Institute and Neural Alpha, launches today, […]
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Rockstart, een van de eerste Europese accelerators en internationale accelerator-VC, lanceert zijn tweede fonds met een investering van €21 miljoen in energie-startups. Het fonds is gelanceerd in samenwerking met het Nederlandse pensioenfonds ABP en investeringsmaatschappij De Hoge Dennen Capital als […]
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Governments and regulators should urgently work together to improve the data used for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, according to a new OECD report. The OECD Business and Finance Outlook 2020 says that ESG investing has grown steadily in recent […]
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A number of countries have created official definitions of sustainable finance as well as more comprehensive classification systems, referred to as sustainable finance taxonomies. A new report by the OECD maps sustainable finance definitions and taxonomies in five jurisdictions: the […]
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Het kabinet wil bedrijven stimuleren om tijdens deze coronacrisis te blijven investeren met een nieuwe investeringskorting, de Baangerelateerde investeringskorting (BIK). De uitwerking van deze tijdelijke regeling van twee jaar is maandag naar de Tweede Kamer gestuurd. De tijdelijke regeling, waarvoor […]
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The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission on the consultation on the EU GBS. ICMA is a membership association, headquartered in Switzerland, committed to serving the needs of its wide range […]
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Green bonds have passed their biggest milestone yet, with more than $1 trillion issued since these securities first emerged in 2007, according to research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). They are the longest standing and most heavily used instrument in the sustainable […]
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Vermogensbeheerder ACTIAM is gekwalificeerd als World Leader 2020 door de Principles for Responsible Investments (PRI). ACTIAM behoort tot de absolute wereldtop van duurzame investeerders. ACTIAM wordt als koploper als voorbeeld gesteld voor de uitstekende manier van beleggen rondom het thema klimaat. De manier van […]
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Aviva has set a new 2050 net-zero carbon emissions target for its own auto-enrolment default pension funds. This is aligned to the Paris Agreement and the Government’s own net-zero target. Aviva is committed to making progress towards the net-zero target […]
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ECBF Management GmbH kondigde gisteren de lancering aan van het European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF). ECBF is het eerste venture fonds dat zich uitsluitend toelegt op de bio-economie en de circulaire bio-economie in Europa. Met een beoogde omvang van €250 […]
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