In its latest report on responsible investment, the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) presents the European asset management industry’s role and involvement in responsible investment and puts forward key recommendations for the future. The report is an update […]
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Bedrijfspensioenfonds voor de Landbouw (BPL) heeft via Syntrus Achmea Real Estate and Finance 43 zeer energiezuinige woningen aangekocht in Amersfoort. De woningen in de wijk Vathorst, gerealiseerd door Heijmans, zijn allemaal verhuurd. De Amersfoortse wethouder Menno Tigelaar verricht vandaag de […]
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As much of the Southeast U.S. is cleaning up from Hurricane Matthew, the country’s 13th billion-dollar weather disaster this year, a new Ceres report ranks the nation’s largest insurance companies on their responses to escalating climate risks, including severe weather […]
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The European Investment Bank’s (EIB) InnovFin Advisory service received requests from the European Commission’s Research and Innovation Directorate General (DG R&I) and from the government of Luxembourg to study issues related to risk financing for circular economy projects. The result […]
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Dutch pension fund APG shared insights on long term investment today during a press conference in Guangzhou, China, indicating its long-term investment oriented strategy and highlighting its partnership with China’s E Fund. E Fund and APG has made an agreement to […]
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Na Amsterdam roepen nu ook de gemeente Utrecht en de Haagse gemeenteraad pensioenfonds ABP op zo snel mogelijk een eind te maken aan beleggen in de fossiele industrie. Utrecht schrijft in een brief aan het ambtenarenpensioenfonds dat het graag wil dat […]
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Opkomende markten staan nou niet bepaald bekend om hun gunstige duurzaamheidsprofiel. En dat terwijl duurzaam beleggen voor westerse beleggers steeds belangrijker wordt. Is India eigenlijk wel een land om in te beleggen als we kijken naar duurzaamheidscriteria? “Ondanks een opmerkelijk […]
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Crowdfunding is a popular way for people to invest. In 2015, an estimated EUR 4.2 billion was raised through crowdfunding platforms in Europe. And, increasingly it is being used to finance the growth of renewable energy. Part of the issue […]
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Energie besparen doe je nu. Dat is het motto van een campagne om huiseigenaren te stimuleren hun dak, vloer, gevel, spouwmuur of ramen te isoleren. Veel mensen hebben geen idee wat isolatie kost, en 60 tot 70% schat te laag […]
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The Climate Standards Board has approved a new standard for climate-resilient water bonds, providing investors with a verifiable, science-based screening process to evaluate bond investments earmarked for financing sustainable water-based infrastructure projects. The new standard, or “Water Climate Bonds Criteria,” […]
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FossilFreeFunds.org, a website created by As You Sow, an environmental advocacy non-profit focused on climate finance, that enables all investors to know the climate risk embedded in their retirement accounts has now added carbon footprinting of over $11 trillion in […]
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We already knew the greenback, here come the green bonds. This emerging security, whose yearly issuance still represents only 1% of the global bonds market, has the wind in its sails. Used primarily by institutions, large companies and local authorities, […]
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