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Sustainable Investing:

Bank of America Pension Opts for DIY Sustainable Strategy
Institutional Investor
Frustrated with off-the-shelf ESG products, Bank of America Merrill Lynch's U.K. retirement scheme is building its own sustainable investment strategy ...

Responsible investing will be replaced by 'investing with no prefixes'
Financial Post
A quarter of a century back, forming your own Canadian-based research organization focused on sustainable investing was probably regarded as an ...

Investing for Impact: How ESG is changing the game
InvestmentNews
Over the past decade, the market for socially responsible and sustainable investing has evolved. From 2014 to 2016, total global assets in responsible ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Safety and the Supply Chain: CSR Investments Lower Global Risk Exposure
EHS Today
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 403 standard – part of the first global standards for sustainability reporting – details reporting practices related to ...

Locus Technologies introduces all new Sustainability software
GlobeNewswire (press release)
Some companies may choose to report their sustainability metrics via voluntary programs, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) or the CDP, ...
 

Teranga Gold Files Technical Report for Banfora Gold ProjectFirst reserve update expected in H1 ...
Markets Insider
Teranga Gold Files Technical Report for Banfora Gold ProjectFirst reserve .... Global Compact and in alignment with the Global Reporting Initiative ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Rwanda seeks increased investments in renewable energy
Xinhua
KIGALI, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda is looking for big investments in renewable energy sources in order to stimulate the country's green economic ...
 

Dissident Coalition MPs push for earlier end to renewable energy subsidies
The Guardian
... have a fight with political opponents about subsidies for renewables. ... to some renewable energy investments in 2020, rather than the current plan, ...

Renewable energy sector requires traditional risk transfer options
Business Insurance
Very few insurers are investors and shareholders in renewable energy companies, but insurers cover renewable energy risks and are strategic risk ...

CDP Sustainability:

Climetrics empowers investors to back climate action
Daily Planet`
Climetrics was created by CDP—a global disclosure system that enables ... Research shows that a lot of people would like to integrate sustainability ...

Impact Investing:

How To Start Impact Investing With Just $50 And Five Minutes
Forbes
Fifty bucks and five minutes will make you an impact investor. I did it. So can you. Swell Investing is a new impact investing platform created by social ...
 

Why Impact Investing Funds Need To Invest In Creativity
Fast Company
Callanan founded Upstart Co-Lab in 2015 as the bridge between artists, creative entrepreneurs, and the impact investors whose funding will enable ...
 

What building capacity means for family office impact investors
Campden FB
Beyond Investment: The Power of Capacity-Building Support was launched by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) this month and highlights ...

Resource Conservation Investments:

The Trust for Public Land Commends California Leaders for Approving Parks Bond (SB 5); Vows ...
PR Newswire (press release)
... SB 5 will be the largest investment in conservation and natural resources in ... and protection from climate impacts that result from these investments.

Socially Responsible Investing:

Clarity Capital Launches Socially-Responsible Investment (SRI) Strategy
PR Newswire (press release)
The company is working with Greeneye, an advisory firm specializing in socially-responsible investments, in order to implement this initiative. SRI has ...

Yet Another Fossil-Fuel Free ETF Hits the Market
Nasdaq
The fund targets fossil fuel free as well as socially responsible investing. Equities that are associated with social factors like low carbon emissions and ...

Venezuela has reached a breaking point for investors
CNBC
Venezuela has reached a breaking point for investors ... think owning Venezuela bonds is no longer compatible with socially responsible investing.".

Funds for Sustainable Investing:

The European Fund for Sustainable Development: What's it all about?
Devex
BRUSSELS — At the end of September, the European Union launched its new European Fund for Sustainable Development, an instrument worth ...

Bank of America Pension Opts for DIY Sustainable Strategy
Institutional Investor
The decision follows similar steps taken by major asset owners worldwide, including the Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds and New Zealand Super Fund ...
 

INVESTMENT
gulfnews.com
Named the Dubai Green Fund, Dewa intends for it to directly invest in environmentally-focused companies, whilst offering loans to businesses in the ...

Sustainability Investing:  

Smith Trustees Approve Recommendations on Climate Change, Endowment
Smith College Grécourt Gate
Examples of such investments might be industries and funds focused on sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, energy efficiency, conservation, ...

Philanthropic Investing:

Greater New Orleans Funders Network works for equity, justice | Letter
NOLA.com
We wanted to harness the power of collective action to inspire continued philanthropic investment in the Greater New Orleans area. From this vision ...

George Soros transfers $18 billion to his liberal philanthropic foundation
Fox News
But the Hungarian-born heavyweight has spent years investing money to support fiercely liberal, partisan causes in the U.S. and throughout the world.

Food Waste: A New Investment Frontier
Triple Pundit (blog)
The panel included representatives from the philanthropic, impact investment and innovation sectors to examine traditional and emerging approaches ...

Green Bond Funds:

We're First In Region With Green Bond
Fiji Sun Online
The Green Bond will fund projects for climate mitigation and adaptation to build a stronger, more resilient Fiji. In announcing the details of the Bond, ...
   
China's Winning Formula for 'Green Bond' Investment
Caixin Global
Therefore, China's burgeoning green bond market shows that private capital is ... This includes within green bonds, green stock indexes, green funds, ...
 

Climate Mitigation Finance Update: First Emerging Economy Green Bond, Large Scale Forest ...
IISD Reporting Services
Climate Mitigation Finance Update: First Emerging Economy Green Bond, ... government of an emerging economy to issue a sovereign green bond. ... the World Bank, the Brazilian Fund for Biodiversity (FUNBIO), Conservation ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Yet Another Fossil-Fuel Free ETF Hits the Market
Nasdaq
The fund targets fossil fuel free as well as socially responsible investing. Equities that are associated with social factors like low carbon emissions and ...
 

Super funds strengthen support for low carbon economy
Financial Standard
A handful of Australia's superannuation funds are among the first clients to invest in a new low carbon global shares fund from Russell Investments.

Caisse to Reduce High-Carbon Investments, Boost Renewables
Bloomberg
Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, one of Canada's largest pension funds, will scale back its high-carbon investments such as coal while ...



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