Sustainable Responsible Investing News
The latest SRI news from our partners around the world.
Candriam releases its 2017 ESG Country Report
Candriam’s 2017 ESG Country Report meets the growing demand for an investment approach which takes account of environmental or social ‘externalities’ until recently considered ‘immaterial’. Traditionally, sovereign credit analysis does not assess a...
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12 UK investment consultants say they will strengthen push to pension funds on regulator’s ESG Guidance
Twelve investment consultants representing the lion’s share of the UK pensions advisory market say they will raise awareness among clients of guidance from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) that schemes should examine where environmental, social and governance...
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Organisers call on investors to back ‘Canadian HLEG’
Efforts are underway to create a Canadian High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG), in an attempt to mirror current efforts by the European Commission to support responsible investment through regulation and policy. An event will be hosted at Norton Rose...
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Global Climate 100 investor collaboration initiative to be launched at PRI in Person
The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) says it plans to introduce the Global Climate 100 Initiative – a groundbreaking worldwide asset owner climate engagement plan – alongside other investors at the Principles for Responsible...
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Montreal Carbon Pledge – Candriam discloses its carbon footprint
As a pioneer of 20 years in Sustainable and Responsible Investing (SRI) and a signatory to the Montreal Carbon Pledge Initiative, Candriam discloses the carbon footprint of its strategies from the SRI category. Candriam fully integrates the principles of...
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A first as EIB makes social impact part of new loan, for Italian hospital project
The European Investment Bank has made its first loan in which a social impact initiative is part of the agreement; a model that the deal’s originators hope will be replicated. A loan of €29m has been made by the EIB to support the design, construction and...
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