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IPE: Sweden’s biggest pension fund, Alecta, has invested just over SEK1bn (€100m) in the first African social government bond, financing welfare and development in an unnamed West African country.
IPE: Everyone knows about ‘big oil’ and how much influence the global agribusiness sector has. But there is less awareness about the negative impacts of meat producers – the ‘global meat complex’.
IPE: Today, greenwashing is discussed in the investment industry. To some extent, it is not a new phenomenon, actual or alleged. Not quite as old as time, but a bit part of the furniture, perhaps.
Financial Times: A financing programme for sustainable commodities backed by green bonds aimed at supporting Brazilian farmers and avoiding the clearing of the country’s grasslands is being launched in London today.
Pensions Age: Aviva has launched a workplace pension default investment strategy incorporating ethical and environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations.
CNBC: Central banks around the world must proactively fight climate change in their own investment portfolios in order to safeguard their key priorities, according to research.
Top 1000 Funds: Around 750 of the world’s largest listed companies are being encouraged by investors to disclose more workforce data. These companies have this week been sent the ‘Workforce Disclosure Initiative’ (WDI) survey. Supporting this call for data is a group of 127 investor signatories – including AustralianSuper, PGGM, OPTrust and USS – collectively managing $14 trillion.
Green Biz: Global issuance of green bonds has hit yet another milestone: for the first time surpassing $100 billion inside six months, the Climate Bonds Initiative confirmed.
IPE: Renewed calls from hundreds of major investors for governments to act to cap further global warming may this time be followed by political action, analysis has suggested.
Wall Street Journal: When Floris Fooij proposed a $1.7 million upgrade for the vitamin plant he oversees in New Jersey a few months ago, he did something he wouldn’t have done in the past: He mapped out for the finance team how the upgrade would affect the firm’s greenhouse-gas emissions.
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