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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Uit een onderzoek van Policy Research Corporation blijkt dat een procedureel samengaan of integratie van de Milieu-investeringsaftrek (MIA) en de Willekeurige afschrijving milieu-investeringen (VAMIL) – of varianten daarop – niet tot een efficiencyverbetering leidt. Daarom stelt staatssecretaris Wiebes van Financiën […]
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The concept of green bonds dates back to 2007, when the European Investment Bank and the World Bank pioneered this type of instrument as a way of raising funds for projects tackling climate- and environment- friendly projects. Since then, multilateral […]
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As the world changes, there is a growing appetite for environmental, social and governance (ESG) related practices to be incorporated when considering investment decision making and stewardship. For over 15 years the FTSE4Good Index Series, and more recently our ESG […]
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Interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is set to grow despite no hard evidence on how it influences performance, according to Kelsey Biggers, head of investment risk at Franklin Templeton. “I’ve seen a number of reports and there […]
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Triodos Investment Management, PYMWYMIC and Wermuth Asset Management have launched the Divest Invest report, ‘Impact Investing and the Choice to Divest’ written by impact investors for impact investors. With the one-year anniversary after the Paris Climate Change Agreement was adopted, […]
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