Impactbeleggen kan een kanaal zijn voor institutionele beleggers om hun grootte en capaciteiten in te zetten om een marktbrede mobilisatie op gang te brengen ten gunste van een nationaal of mondiaal doel. Een voorbeeld daarvan is het aanpakken van de […]
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With increasing demand for, and increasing issuances of, green bonds, it is important for market participants and particularly new entrants to keep up-to-date with the applicable principals, guidelines and standards which are developing alongside the green bond market. This article highlights […]
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When investors gathered in Amsterdam in late 2016 for perhaps the largest annual conference on “impact investing”, the mood was upbeat. The concept of investing in assets that offer measurable social or environmental benefits as well as financial returns has […]
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A new report by Global Footprint Network, Carbon Disclosure and Climate Risk in Sovereign Bonds, outlines a methodology for investors to disclose and manage carbon exposure in their sovereign bond holdings. Global Footprint Network is seeking market feedback on the report […]
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Ondernemers die investeren in elektrische bussen, duurzame gebouwen of het efficiënter omgaan met grondstoffen kunnen in 2017 rekenen op fiscaal voordeel via de Milieu-investeringsaftrek (MIA) en de Willekeurige afschrijving milieu-investeringen (Vamil). Voor het jaar 2017 is er € 137 miljoen beschikbaar […]
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The European Commission has announced the composition of the High-Level Expert Group on sustainable finance. The Group, which will start meeting as of January 2017, comprises 20 policy leaders from civil society, the finance sector and academia. The establishment of […]
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The ESG ratings industry is in full transition. Driven by demand from institutional investors and the awakening of the retail investment market, asset managers increasingly consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues an integral part of their investment approach. Gone […]
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There is no doubt that assets attributed to “SRI” or “ESG” are growing across Europe. Data from Luxembourg, the jurisdiction with some €3.46trn in domiciled assets, estimated in its European Responsible Investing Survey 2015 – which covered data to the end […]
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Norges Bank has decided to exclude 15 companies from the Government Pension Fund Global based on the product-based coal criterion in the guidelines for observation and exclusion. The exclusions follow Norges Bank Investment Management’s second round of analysis of companies […]
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The risks posed by “stranded assets” — assets that unexpectedly lose value as a result of climate change — are rapidly climbing the investment industry’s agenda. The 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21), held in Paris during December 2015 […]
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Cofinimmo heeft op 02.12.2016 met succes de private plaatsing van haar eerste uitgifte van ‘groene en sociale obligaties’ (Green and Social Bonds) afgesloten voor 55 miljoen EUR over 8 jaar, met een vaste coupon van 2,00 %. De opbrengst zal […]
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Oekom Research, een toonaangevend ratingbureau op het gebied van duurzaamheid, heeft in december 2016 aan BNG Bank de rating C ‘prime’ toegekend. De ‘prime’ kwalificatie houdt in dat Oekom BNG Bank als een duurzame bank beschouwt. In de ogen van […]
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