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Sustainable Investing:
Why is Asia lukewarm to sustainable investing? | South China Morning PostSouth China Morning Post
According to a report by Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, of the “professionally managed” assets it tracked globally, some 26 per cent or ...
Performance, transparency and risk cited as the biggest barriers to sustainable investing — survey
Pensions & Investments
Seventy-seven percent of institutional investors globally believe sustainable investing remains a challenge, with performance, transparency and risk ...
BlackRock recruits former Obama climate adviser to head sustainable investing
Pensions & Investments
Brian Deese was named global head of BlackRock (BLK)'s renamed sustainable investing group, said an internal memo to staff obtained by Pensions ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
Piraeus Bank Publishes 2016 Sustainable Development ReportCSRwire.com (press release)
ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 13 /CSRwire/ - Piraeus Bank Group has published its 2016 Sustainable Development Report, in accordance with the GRI ...
On carbon, cities, circular, coal and consumer goods
GreenBiz
The report finds that 65 percent of companies used the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) reporting guidelines, and most companies following ...
RadiciGroup uses more renewable energy: report
Fibre2fashion.com
... annual Sustainability Report, which, as in the prior year, has been drawn up according to the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative. For the 6th ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
Gore optimistic about growth in renewable energy investmentSeattle Times
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Despite continued denial of global warming in some circles, former Vice President Al Gore told a national green energy ...
BNP Paribas plans to stop working with shale oil players and shift to renewable investments
CNBC
The bank previously said it planned to spend 15 billion euros ($17.72 billion) to finance renewable energy projects by 2020 and invest 100 million ...
Turkey exercises full commitment to environment with increasing renewable investments
Daily Sabah
Turkey's increasing investments in renewables, particularly in solar and wind power plants within its framework for the Renewable Energy Resource ...
CDP Sustainability:
CDP: Chemical Companies Must Do More to Meet Paris Agreement GoalsSustainable Brands
Despite making progress on climate risks, the chemical industry is failing to meet the goals outlined by the Paris Agreement, says a new report by CDP ...
CDP accredits Bullfrog Power as its first Canada-focused renewable energy partner
Markets Insider
CDP accredits Bullfrog Power as its first Canada-focused renewable energy partner ... performance and public accountability," said Jim Johnston, Director, Environmental Sustainability & Compliance, BMO Financial Group.
Trends this Week: Retail Giants and Investors Talk Risk and Supply Chains
Environmental Leader
And Target has vowed to source 100% sustainable cotton by 2020. Others giants tooting their own sustainability horns this week included P&G, which ... Another report, this one from CDP, found that as investors increasingly ...
Impact Investing:
Impact Investing and SOCAP Turn 10HuffPost
There's a birthday party this week in San Francisco. SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) and impact investing are both celebrating their tenth birthday.
Hong Kong fund managers are cautiously warming to 'impact investing' | South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post
Investing with the intention of generating a discernible social impact, along with positive financial returns, has begun to attract a trickle of interest ...
Can impact investing help promote peace between Israelis and Palestinians?
Financial Times
They are all cited by investors and entrepreneurs as examples of impact investments in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Impact investing means ...
Resource Conservation Investments:
USDA's $7.6M aids 2 flood projectsArkansas Online
The Natural Resources Conservation Service will invest $150 million in its projects and will work with conservation districts, local governments and ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
Another New ETF For Socially Responsible InvestorsBenzinga
Investors looking to apply socially responsible investing tactics to their portfolios while adhering to environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...
Want to make money and be socially responsible? Try an ethical fund
HeraldScotland
THE MAJORITY of Scottish investors want to back companies that make a positive contribution to society and the environment, as well as making ...
Funds for Sustainable Investing:
Sustainable Investing Hits Its StrideBarron's
As Art Steinmetz, CEO of Oppenheimer Funds, notes in our cover story, we are only at version 1.0 of sustainable investing. Version 2.0 is where ESG ...
A Look at the Largest Sustainable Investing ETF
Investopedia (blog)
At the end of last year, the number of funds espousing virtuous and sustainable investing – including mutual funds and ETFs – was over 1,000, with ...
Why ETFs Don't Work For Sustainable Investors
Seeking Alpha
Unlike ETFs and mutual funds used in traditional investing approaches, these instruments are inherently ill suited to satisfying ethically minded ...
Sustainability Investing:
Sustainable investing not big in SA, despite high awarenessIndependent Online
When asked how often they personally contribute to a more sustainable society, sustainable investing was near the bottom of the sustainable ...
Philanthropic Investing:
This venture capital fund is trying to make its investors as passionate as philanthropistsMashable
To build the same sense of connection that philanthropists feel with their causes, The Helm is trying to create a community along with its investments.
Philanthropy Expert Kris Putnam-Walkerly Puts Charitable Assets Front-And-Center in New ...
Broadway World
"Many investors incorrectly think of philanthropy as altogether separate from their strategies to build wealth, generate return and make change," said ...
Impact Investing—Five Trends Advisors Need To Know
WealthManagement.com
In addition to providing advisors and their clients with an entry point to impact investing, philanthropic impact investing has the potential to double the ...
Green Bond Funds:
ESG Investing? Don't Forget About BondsBarron's
That's harder than you might think in a green-bond fund. Green bonds (many are foreign) are issued by companies or countries to fund environmental ...
BNP Paribas launches green bond fund
Renewables Now
October 6 (Renewables Now) - BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has this week announced the launch of a green bond fund to invest in ...
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Lists $300 Million Green Bond In London
CleanTechnica
The funds raised by IREDA through green bonds will be used for providing debt funding to renewable energy projects. The Agency plays a major role ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Funds That Can Put Your Investments on a Low-Carbon DietNew York Times
Fossil Free Funds sprang from Mr. Behar's effort to determine the carbon .... The variety of low-carbon stock funds makes it easier for people to invest ...
The Government finally switches on to a clean growth strategy
Telegraph.co.uk
In a 164-page document crammed with 50 low-carbon policies and plans, the Government has planted the seeds for a new era of green economic ...
Sustainable Finance Senior Policy Adviser
Environmental Finance
If we are to limit average global temperature rises to 1.5/2°C then the transformation to a global low carbon economy must happen over the next 35 ...
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