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    Nature Bonds May Be the Next Big Thing for Emerging Markets

    2021-02-25 

    BNN BloombergEmerging-market nations are looking at issuing the first nature-linked bonds as part of talks involving the World Bank and major sovereign creditors to make their debt more sustainable. 

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    Here's Why Companies Should Assess Double Materiality

    2021-02-24 

    GreenBizAfter years of debate over the definition of materiality, 2020 has brought a consensus that materiality is double — meaning that businesses should report on financially material topics that influence enterprise value as well as topics material to the economy, environment and people. 

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    Big Oil’s Biggest Banker Is Pledging to Change Its Ways

    2021-02-24 

    BNN BloombergMore than any other bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co. finds itself stuck at the center of a fossil-fuel quagmire. 

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    East Sussex Pension Fund and the Case of a (Non) Divestment

    2021-02-22 

    IPE: Pension fund says NGO campaign played no part in decision behind move leading to Elbit Systems dropping out of portfolio. 

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    Black Women in Asset Management Launches Leadership Accelerator Programme

    2021-02-22 

    Institutional Asset ManagerBlack Women in Asset Management (BWAM) has launched the BWAM Leadership Accelerator - a transformative six-month programme that will bring together a cohort of high-performing Black women from across the asset management industry (including professional services). 

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    AllianzGI Warns It May Vote Down Big Payouts if Firms Have Cut Jobs

    2021-02-22 

    The Guardian: Asset manager says it will also scrutinise generous pay packages if companies have had state aid in pandemic. 

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    Human Rights and Climate Crisis Give HSBC an Image Problem

    2021-02-21 

    The GuardianThe bank, which is due to reveal its annual results this week, faces more challenges than the impact of Covid-19 on profits. 

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    Spotlight on Investors: Inspirit Foundation

    Founded in 2012 with the proceeds of the sale of Vision TV, the Inspirit Foundation aims to promote inclusion and pluralism through media and arts, specifically addressing discrimination based on ethnicity, race or religion. Their current strategic plan focuses on fostering reconciliation and addressing Islamophobia.  

    In 2020, 98% of the foundation’s portfolio was dedicated to impact investing. The Inspirit Foundation employs a mix of impact investing strategies, including program and mission related investing in their private portfolio, and positive screens, ESG integration as well as low-carbon considerations in their public portfolio, along with shareholder engagement. With regards to climate change, the foundation tracks its public portfolio’s exposure to carbon emissions and risks.

    Investment Policy Statement

    Roadmap Towards a 100% Impact Portfolio

    2019 Annual Report

    BlackRock, Accused of Discrimination, Says It Can Do Better

    2021-02-19 

    BNN Bloomberg: BlackRock Inc. said it’s instituting new measures to address diversity and inclusion issues after two former employees leveled discrimination complaints against the company.

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    Pimco Hit With New Sexual Harassment Claims From Three Women

    2021-02-18 

    BNN Bloomberg: A former employee of Pacific Investment Management Co. claimed she was sexually harassed by men at the firm and demoted after she rejected advances by her boss, the former chairman of Pimco funds, Brent Harris. 

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