Fondsnieuws start een doorlopend educatief programma over ‘duurzaamheid – van trend naar transitie’. De eerste bijeenkomst vindt op 22 juni plaats en zal gaan over de kansen die deze ontwikkeling naar een duurzame samenleving beleggers biedt. Een tweede bijeenkomst is gepland […]
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Sustainability is increasingly important for investors, as evidence mounts that companies’ environmental, social, and governance performance has an impact on long-term financial success. BCG’s seventh sustainability report in collaboration with MIT Sloan Management Review found that 75% of senior executives […]
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Biomimicry Nederland organiseert samen met o.a. RVO en Triodos Bank een middag over Biomimicry & Finance. Katherine Collins (CEO Honeybee Capital, Board Member Biomimicry 3.8), auteur van “The Nature of Investing” komt uit de USA om haar inzichten over op natuur geïnspireerde […]
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An important new study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, says that climate change will be expensive. Extremely expensive. It turns out that if you mess with the planet’s thermostat, it’s not great for the economy or investments. Forget […]
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MSCI launched on 12 April the MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index and MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics (provided by MSCI ESG Research Inc.), designed to allow institutional investors to measure their exposure to public companies whose products and services help […]
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, the company behind a chain of down-home restaurants, might not seem an obvious model for advanced financial technology. Its specialty is vintage: vintage food, and in its gift shops, vintage toys and vintage music in […]
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Onder de titel ‘Duurzaam Financieel” is vandaag de vernieuwde webportal van start gegaan op het gebied van duurzame financiële producten en ontwikkelingen. De website www.duurzaam-beleggen.nl (sinds 16 jaar actief) maakt daarmee een doorstart en voorziet in de nog steeds toenemende […]
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A group of global institutional infrastructure investors, including AIMCo, APG, ATP, Aviva Investors, CalPERS, Mirova, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and PGGM, representing US$1.5 trillion, today announced the launch of GRESB Infrastructure, a global sustainability benchmark for infrastructure assets. The new […]
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Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings introduced a website Thursday that plans to make available a comprehensive database of ESG rating firms and ESG indexes for institutional investors, designed to bring more transparency and comparability for investment decision-makers, said Mark Tulay, […]
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A growing number of investors are exploring sustainable investing. In 2012, $1 out of every $9 of US assets under professional management was invested in some form of sustainable investment, primarily in public equities. In 2014 that number increased to […]
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DIF Renewable Energy had its first closing on September 28th with the European Investment Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited, Stichting Pensioenfonds DSM Nederland and Stichting Pensioenfonds Sabic as investors. DIF Renewable Energy is an independent fund offering investors […]
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Duurzaam beleggen is populair, en dus komt ook de Postbank met een klimaatfonds. ‘Uit recent onderzoek onder Nederlandse particuliere beleggers is gebleken dat tweederde van hen bereid is te beleggen in fondsen die een positieve bijdrage leveren aan het veranderende […]
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