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Major investor alliance working to clean up greenwash lurking in ESG

Corporate Knights

Oversight lacking The CARET project is a response to a problem that has its roots in the early 2000s, when small and medium-sized money management firms started to issue funds and other products with little regulatory oversight using basic ESG screening, engagement, thematic and impact investing strategies. A 2015 report from the U.S.

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This Week’s Fund News: Robeco Introduces SDG-Aligned Indices

Chris Hall

“We are very pleased to have been an anchor investor of the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, which provides crucial financing for innovators in the bioeconomy sector,” said Christian Kettel Thomsen, Vice President of the European Investment Bank.

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List of the Top Sustainability Focused Private Equity Firms

Richard Matthews

North Sky is an independent manager (100% employee controlled) with no affiliations to an investment bank, commercial bank or wealth management platform. Triodos Investment Management (subsidiary of Triodos Bank) is headquartered in Zeist, the Netherlands and has more than $5 billion in assets under management.

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Synergies and Trade-offs at the Climate-nature Nexus

Chris Hall

As Siga suggests, factoring climate change into investment decisions is more of a known quantity, if far from an exact science. The experience of climate-conscious investing can benefit efforts to align with the GBF, including a familiarity with double materiality, which Roslyn Stein, Senior ESG Strategist, AXA IM Prime, regards as crucial.

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USAID announces partnership with Rabo Foundation to sustainably invest in Asia’s future

Eco-Business

BANGKOK, November 19 2019 - USAID is partnering with Rabo Foundation to accelerate the foundation's ability to invest sustainably by designing and conducting carbon monitoring of the foundation's investments.

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Avoid a major blind spot: Gender-smart investing is risk management

GreenBiz

"Let's name it what it [is] and move forward," Jackie VanderBrug, head of sustainable and impact investment strategy at Bank of America, said of the blind spots companies operate with when they fail to consider gender dimensions related to business strategy. . the risk of not paying attention is tremendous.".

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Today’s climate legislation is likely only the beginning

Jon Hale

As readers are probably well aware, Republicans are fighting a rear-guard action at the state level, trying to intimidate banks and asset managers that are addressing climate change by threatening to pull state business from them. I provide some pointers on it, but this needs more attention.