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News Schroders Greencoat builds on renewable energy demand with launch of semi-liquid energy transition fund

Schroders Greencoat, the specialist renewables and energy transition infrastructure manager of Schroders Capital, today announces the launch of the Schroders Capital Semi-Liquid Energy Transition Fund, the latest addition to its innovative fund range which also addresses (...)

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SUEZ successfully launches a 500 million euros green bond issuance

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SUEZ successfully priced an inaugural £600 million Green Bond issuance

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December 2015

News COP 21: Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA) Announces INDCs Investment Implementation Task Force

The Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA) announced today that it has launched a pilot program to provide research, investment and implementation support to volunteering countries on the investment portion of their Intended Nationally Determined (...)

December 2015

News Euronext pursues commitment to SRI with new version of its Low Carbon 100 Europe Index®

Euronext, the eurozone’s leading exchange, today announced a major change in the methodology used for its Low Carbon 100 Europe Index®, revolutionising the traditional approach to assessing companies’ CO2 emissions. This new method is based on a more efficient means of (...)

December 2015

Opinion The ‘Road to Paris’: this time is different

With only a few weeks to go until the start of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, Charlie Thomas, Head of Strategy, Environmental Investment, is optimistic about the talks.

November 2015

News CNP Assurances announces its key measures to promote energy and ecological transition

As a responsible investor, CNP Assurances has announced, on the occasion of the Novethic Annual Event and in the run-up to COP 21, the publication of the carbon footprint of its equity investments portfolio and its reduction target. It has also announced its decision to (...)

November 2015

News CNP Assurances and Meridiam help finance the energy transition by launching Meridiam Transition

CNP Assurances, the leading personal insurer in France, operating in Europe and Latin America and the project organiser, along with management company Meridiam, announces the launch of the Meridiam Transition fund.

October 2015

News CalPERS to Set Talks With Thermal Coal Companies

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced that it will begin to engage thermal coal companies in its investment portfolio on climate change risks as a first step required by Senate Bill 185, authored by Senator Kevin de Leon, and signed by (...)

September 2015

Innovation Mirova Green Bond - Global, the first green bond

Mirova, a subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management dedicated to responsible investment, has received the Novethic Green Fund Label 2015 for its fund Mirova Green Bond - Global. Mirova Green Bond - Global has thereby become the first green bond fund awarded the Novethic (...)

September 2015

News CalPERS Announces Results of its 2015 PRI Assessment Report

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has released the results of its Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Assessment Report. CalPERS received an A+ for the 2015 Overarching Approach Module, which is the highest grade a signatory can receive (...)

August 2015

Innovation S&P 500 Catholic Values Index Launched by S&P Dow Jones Indices

S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), one of the world’s leading providers of financial market indices, announced the launch of the S&P 500® Catholic Values Index which is designed to include the companies within the S&P 500 whose business practices adhere to the (...)

August 2015

News Norges Bank has decided to exclude the companies IJM Corp Bhd, Genting Bhd, POSCO and Daewoo International Corp from the investment universe of the GPFG.

Norges Bank has decided to exclude the companies IJM Corp Bhd, Genting Bhd, POSCO and Daewoo International Corp from the investment universe of the GPFG. The companies are excluded based on an assessment of the risk of severe environmental (...)

August 2015

News Robeco and RobecoSAM awarded highest scores in latest UN PRI assessment.

Robeco Group and RobecoSAM have announced that they have been awarded A+ scores by the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) for their overarching approach to responsible investment.

July 2015

Strategy Reducing your carbon footprint with the Low Carbon 100 Europe THEAM Easy UCITS ETF tracker

According to Sébastien Denry, Investment Specialist ETF at THEAM, the Low Carbon 100 Europe THEAM Easy UCITS ETF tracker, created in 2008, provides immediate access to major European companies at the cutting edge of their sector in terms of reducing CO2 (...)

July 2015

Interview Olivier Pleasant : "With Ecofi Enjeux Futurs, we want to invest in growth over the next decades"

According to Ecofi Investments "Meeting the actual needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" is the challenge of sustainable development, and the philosophy that we wanted to use when we set up this (...)

June 2015

Innovation Euronext and Vigeo create a new esg index dedicated to companies from emerging market countries

Euronext, the primary exchange in the Eurozone, and Vigeo, the leading European agency in Corporate Social Responsibility ratings, will launch a new ESG Index on the 22 June 2015: Euronext-Vigeo EM 70.

June 2015

Opinion Portfolio decarbonisation: making sure tomorrow never dies

The need to de-carbonise portfolios seems to have been broadly accepted, and many initiatives have been launched by investors on this topic: the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition, the Montreal Pledge, and events such as the Climate Finance Day, to name only a (...)

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News Agence France Trésor announced the successful launch of the first French sovereign green bond

Today, Agence France Trésor announced the successful launch of the first French sovereign green bond with a maturity of 22 years. The Green OAT 1.75% 25 June 2039 issuance amount was €7bn, making it the largest and longest-dated green bond ever (...)

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Interview Emmanuel Brutin : “We have chosen to move towards a 100% ESG allocation”

Emmanuel Brutin, Head of Insured Portfolio Management at CNP Assurances, indicates that over the course of 2022, the insurer has repositioned itself on bond products in order to benefit from the upward trend in interest (...)

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Note CNP Assurances publishes its responsible investment report and for the first time measures the dependence of its investment portfolio on biodiversity loss

With more than €370 billion invested across all sectors, CNP Assurances is a major player in financing the real economy. In accordance with the new requirements of Article 29 of France’s Climate Energy Law, CNP Assurances is today publishing its responsible investment report, (...)

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Regulation Will climate risks be incorporated into cost of capital calculations under Solvency 2?

ESG and climate risks appear to be a real source of concern for most of those who responded to the request for information that the EIOPA conducted in order to prepare its opinion. The EIOPA rendered its opinion on 30th September; at this stage it advises undertakings to (...)

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News ISS Announces Acquisition of Investment Climate Data Advisory Division of South Pole Group

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), the leading provider of end-to-end corporate governance and responsible investment solutions to the global financial community, today announced the acquisition of the investment climate data division of South Pole Group which (...)

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Video Impact investing

With more than 20 billion euros of assets under management in thematic equities, and investment philosophies committed to the major challenges of our century, such as access to education and care, the food chain, reduction inequalities or even the protection of the planet, (...)

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Note Pandemic has strengthened the sustainability and ESG focus in Islamic Finance, research shows

Islamic Finance is set to drive a growing focus on ESG and sustainability in the wider Halal economy, new research* with leading Islamic Finance professionals working across a wide range of sectors shows (please see the attached press (...)

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Note New research reveals institutional investors and wealth managers plan to switch to metal investment funds with stronger ESG credentials

New research with institutional investors and wealth managers reveals the growing demand for metal investment funds with a strong ESG focus, ensuring the metals are sustainably and ethically sourced.

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News CNP Assurances and Tikehau Capital launch a unit-linked product bringing individuals access to private equity in the energy transition sector

CNP Assurances and its partner Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management group, are launching the first private-equity unit-linked product on the energy transition theme, exclusively for CNP Patrimoine customers.

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News Schroders completes acquisition of majority shareholding in Greencoat Capital

Schroders is today announcing that it has completed the acquisition of a 75% shareholding in Greencoat Capital, one of Europe’s largest investment managers dedicated to the high-growth renewable infrastructure market.

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News Solactive Launches PAB High-Yield (Y) Indices and Enlarges Paris-Aligned Index Family

Investors have been increasingly considering aligning investment decisions with ESG values. In 2021, this focus increased as the entire world watched heads of states’ debates on effective actions against climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, (...)

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News Strives Asset Management Launches Strive 500 ETF, Tracking Solactive GBS United States 500 Index

With the increasing likelihood of a recession on the horizon as inflation rises, investors might want to turn into diversifying their portfolios with options that traditionally are less susceptible to downturns or usually recover from bear markets and (...)

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News Varma invests EUR 230 million in State Street’s sustainable climate bond funds

Varma invested EUR 230 million in the Sustainable Climate Corporate Bond Funds of the world’s third-largest asset manager State Street Global Advisors. The funds aim to achieve a significant reduction in investors’ exposure to carbon emissions and allocate capital to fund the (...)

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Regulation EIOPA investigates how ESG and climate risks will be included in Solvency 2

In March 2018, the European Commission adopted an action plan to integrate sustainable finance within the financial system. For this purpose it asked EIOPA and ESMA to submit proposals on how to take ESG and climate risks into account under Solvency 2 and the Insurance (...)

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Interview Charlotte Alliot: « Index and Futures Euronext ESG 80 allow investors to invest in the 80 best performing ESG and best energy transition score listed companies in the euro zone »

According to Charlotte Alliot, Head of Institutional Derivatives, Euronext, the index ESG 80 improves the overall ESG score by 16.1% and the energy transition score by 26.2% compared to its benchmark…

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Interview Yves Chevalier: "The FRR aims to decarbonise the majority of its equity indices portfolios"

According to Yves Chevalier, Executive Board member of the "Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites - FRR", the fund aims to decarbonise almost all of its equity index portfolios. Currently, its outstanding assets involved in decarbonization are estimated at about 1.1 billion (...)

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