BlueBay Q&A: ESG integration is a journey that is never ending
BlueBay’s My-Linh Ngo discusses the firm’s progress on ESG, goals for 2020, product innovation and regulatory shifts
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Carney launches Taskforce to fuel voluntary carbon market growth
Voluntary carbon markets enable buyers to purchase credits to support emissions-reducing projects
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How can investors take part in the change for good?
Lars Dijkstra, CIO at Kempen Capital Management, discusses how active managers and private investors can support the EU’s green recovery
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Women in Asset Management US Summit opens for registration
The summit takes place from 9 to 10 September 2020
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Asset managers collaborate to create Net Zero Investment Framework
A blueprint for asset managers to maximise their contribution in tackling climate change and achieving net zero emissions by 2050
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PLSA issues Implementation Statement guidance
Guide was created by the PLSA’s Voting and Implementation Statement Working Group
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Diversity Project sets 50% female fund managers target
Refocusing efforts in a bid to halve investment industry’s gender pay gap by 2030
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Interest in ESG investing grows in Asia
Interest driven by commitments from large institutional investors and increasing regulatory pressures
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Message from America: Government proposal limiting ESG investing draws criticism
Supporters of ESG investing are worried a rule proposed by the US Labor Department will discourage racial justice and ignores evidence that retirees would do better ESG investing criteria
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European Commission adopts climate benchmark rules
Climate benchmarks will address the risk of ‘greenwashing’ and contribute to an increased level of transparency and comparability
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New international body unveils professional ESG qualification
The International Association for Sustainable Economy (IASE) launched this week
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‘A generational opportunity’: PRI issues recommendations for renewed sustainable finance strategy
PRI head of EU and UK policy responds to EC consultation on revised sustainable finance strategy