The power of positive storytelling
Liontrust’s Parker looks at how far we’ve come towards a sustainable future and the part investment has to play
SDGs
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SDGs: Top Trumps of sustainable finance?
Scale and ambition of the goals risks getting lost in the investment community’s attempts to silo and simplify them
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UNCDF: Bridging the gap for LDC funding
Multi-faceted approach includes funding the ‘missing middle’, showing commercial viability and activating more finance
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Tech risks could turn the sector into a ‘sustainability disaster’
Tech sustainability solutions can also be the sector’s biggest risks, including in supply chains, taxation and data privacy
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Liontrust ESG Trust IPO cancelled
Firm not proceeding with launch as fund raising fails to meet £100m target
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Selectivity to spur EM impact strategies
Investors must assess each sector’s potential to deliver both positive impact and returns in disparate emerging markets (EM), says UBP Asset Management (UBP AM).
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How the digital revolution is transforming blended finance solutions
UNCDF’s Henri Dommel explores how digital technologies are boosting financing of the SDGs
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Place-based impact investing will become a main theme
The Good Economy CEO Sarah Forster sets out three steps for pension funds to invest locally
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Ninety One sets out action plan for joining Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative
Global head of ESG says firm commits to carbon reduction, supporting EMs and learning from Africa
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New benchmark to ‘root out impact-washing’ finds room for improvement
BlueMark study launches new impact benchmark and finds follow up with investees on impact performance to be lacking
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EC should extend sustainable regulation to social and governance
Refinitiv’s Detlef Glow says investors may be left disappointed by funds focused just on the ‘E’
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Which sectors have become more sustainable over the past five years?
Util CEO uses data to align sectors with SDGs