Sustainable Investor
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This Week’s People Moves: HSBC AM Launches Sustainability Office and Bolsters Team
July 9, 2021ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector including HSBC AM, AllianzGI, Jupiter Asset Management, Van Lanschot Kempen, EIRIS Foundation.
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Tech Investments Expose Investors to Social Risks
July 8, 2021Tax, data privacy, workforce and other S factors highlighted by S&P’s 451 Research, as investments flow to low carbon-emitting tech firms.
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FSB Urges Climate Coordination ahead of G20 Meeting
July 8, 2021Interconnected climate-related financial risks demand coordinated action, warns FSB, ahead of G20 Venice Summit.
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Healthcare Funds Fail to Align with SDG 3
July 7, 2021Far from all healthcare funds deliver measurable social impact alongside a financial return, finds MSCI, as JPM AM and Credit Suisse partner on nutrition.
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Net Zero Asset Managers Pot Grows by US$7 Trillion
July 6, 2021Contributing to global decarbonisation; French-based investors collaborate on just transition efforts.
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Asset Owners Call for Carbon-pricing Overhaul
July 6, 2021NZAOA proposal would treble carbon price, providing “guardrails” to avoid shocks for investors and companies.
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Robust Governance Key to Post-pandemic Recovery – OECD
July 5, 2021With significantly fewer companies using public equity markets, OECD calls for strengthening of corporate governance policies and frameworks.
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CSRD to Improve Investor Trust – EC’s Bassi
July 2, 2021New European sustainable reporting regime aims to phase-in third-party verification and avoid concentration of business among top audit firms.
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IOSCO Proposes Sustainability Rules for Asset Managers
July 2, 2021Recommendations for securities regulators cover practices, product disclosure, supervision and enforcement, terminology, and investor education.
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NBIM Halves Equity Portfolio Carbon Footprint in Seven Years
July 2, 2021Reduction suggests market finally pricing in climate risk, but challenges remain in identifying future risks, says Norwegian SWF.
