ING is one of 52 firms recognised in the 2017 Bloomberg Financial Services Gender-Equality Index (BFGEI). The index, announced in London yesterday (23 January), measures gender statistics, employee policies, gender-conscious product offerings as well as community support and engagement. Those […]
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French pension fund Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has chosen Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (Robeco), as one of the asset management companies in charge of implementing best practice for its ‘Optimized Equity index strategy with an ESG approach’. These […]
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A new report examining 28 of the world’s largest banks on their management of climate-related risks concludes they are failing to align their business practices with targets to keep global temperature rises below two degrees. The investor assessment comes despite […]
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Moody’s Investors Service says that global green bond issuance will reach another record in 2017, and could even rise to USD206 billion, following an increase of 120% to USD93.4 billion in 2016, reflecting strong China-based issuances and momentum from the […]
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The U.S. State Department is announcing that it has made an additional $500 million grant to support the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Consistent with last year’s GCF grant, this funding is provided from the fiscal year 2016 Economic Support Fund […]
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New investment in clean energy worldwide fell 18% last year to $287.5bn*, despite a record year for offshore wind financings, according to the latest authoritative figures from research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The 2016 setback in global investment, signaled in […]
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The World Bank Group announced that a group of prominent leaders will add their support to its efforts to drive climate action that will deliver on the Paris climate change agreement. The three global leaders are: Kofi Annan, founder and chairman […]
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FMO, the Dutch development bank, launched recently an updated sustainability policy. Through its investments in developing countries, FMO pledges to contribute to limiting global temperature increase to 2°C and preferably 1.5°C, as agreed at the Paris Climate Summit in 2015. […]
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BMO Global Asset Management’s Responsible Investment Advisory Council (RIAC) today announces the appointment of Marga Hoek to the Council with immediate effect. The Council further consists of five highly regarded experts1 in their fields, including the Most Reverend Council President […]
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Washington watchers who see a gloomy future for environmental issues may be missing something Wall Street already sees: an $8.7 trillion boom in sustainable investments. One of every five dollars invested in the U.S. today targets sustainable investments. Not to be outdone, […]
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Now that you’ve got a job and are thinking about more than how to pay next month’s rent, are you ready to start putting your money to work? I’ve got two words for you: impact investing. Millennials focus much more […]
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In its white paper for the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, UBS unveils a blueprint for channeling private wealth towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) – one aspect of the WEF’s Annual Meeting theme […]
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