Invesco names director of ESG research
Molly Betournay joins from Vermont-based advisory firm
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IFC and T. Rowe Price to launch blue bond strategy
Strategy to build on UN Sustainable Development Goals 14 and 6
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Asset manager execs fear legal risk from failing sustainability rules
Simmons & Simmons report finds reputation also plays a decisive role
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Nine in 10 investors doubt corporate sustainability claims
PwC investor survey finds scepticism is up 7% from last year
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ESG investing in EM sovereigns: An example framework
Six measures by which a sovereign issuer may be ruled in or out
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CFA Institute releases climate risk analysis certificate
Addressing the practical application of climate factors in investment decisions
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Investors call for ‘strong and robust’ Global Plastics Treaty ahead of talks
Nordea AM, LGIM and CCLA are among signatories of a letter to the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution
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Return ESG to ‘common-sense’ values investing
NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights report argues one composite score makes ESG ‘a bundle of contradictions’
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Standard sustainable investment definitions were long overdue
US SIF CEO says the recently released terminology will help guide the investment industry
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Five takeaways from PRI in Person
This year’s conference in Tokyo looked at adapting to local contexts, the expanding role of private markets and more
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Company revenue covered by net-zero targets hits $27trn
But credibility of targets is lacking and found not aligned with Paris Agreement
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CFA, GSIA and PRI unify definitions of responsible investment
Harmonised definitions to help investors ‘communicate with confidence’