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    ESG Interventions Attract Green Premium for Property Investors

    2023-04-06

    Professional Pensions: Active management is required to promote sustainable outcomes from Real Estate assets; shorter leases enable earlier direct intervention to deliver sustainability improvements.

     

    Driving Sustainable Finance With a Clear Purpose

    2023-04-04

    GreenBiz: Take a look at the price tag of any new car, appliance or home improvement project. High upfront costs and installation fees may leave you with sticker shock. Cleaner alternatives, such as an electric vehicle or rooftop solar panels, may seem even further out of reach. However, that may not always be the case.

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    VC Dealmaking in Climate Tech Slows Dramatically

    2023-03-31

    Pitchbook: VC funding for climate tech startups has slowed to its lowest pace in nearly three years, a worrying sign for an industry which had, until recently, brushed off the tech market downturn.

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    Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Views on Climate Evolving Rapidly

    2023-03-21

    CIO: In less than two years, sovereign wealth funds’ views of climate change’s impact on investment returns has evolved rapidly, according to a report that finds that the funds now see the issue as a financial one, rather than a social one.

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    Allianz Global Investors Unveils ESG Data Platform

    2023-03-21

    Portfolio Adviser: Allianz Global Investors has launched the Sustainability Insights Engine, a data platform which the firm says simplifies ESG data from different sources into a single readable data set.

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    How Will ESG Perform in a Recession?

    2023-03-17

    Nasdaq: With many economists predicting an economic downturn, investors may wonder how ESG investments will perform in a major recession. To find the answer, Portfolio Adviser asked a cross-section of industry commentators for their views. According to Max Richardson, senior director, of wealth planning at Investec Wealth & Investment, research on ESG performance during recessions is limited, but available studies suggest mixed results.

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    Study Reveals ‘No Relationship’ Between Credit Ratings and ESG

    2023-03-15

    ESG Clarity: Hazel Ilango, a Singapore-based energy finance analyst for debt markets at the IEEFA, carried out an analysis of more than 700 companies who received credit ratings from the big three credit rating agencies – Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors and S&P Global Ratings.

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    How Will ESG Investing Weather a Recession?

    2023-03-14

    Portfolio Adviser: Research on the performance of companies that manage ESG risks during recessions is limited, but the available studies suggest mixed results. 

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    abrdn: Covid Halts ESG Progress for Second Year

    2023-03-06

    Funds Europe: Covid-19 continues to constrain ESG advancements across major economies, according to abrdn's Research Institute's Global Macro ESG Index.

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    ESG Funds Hit by ‘Staggering’ Inflows Head for Issuance Freeze

    2023-03-05

    BNN Bloomberg: The ESG fund class drawing in the most client cash has become too difficult to handle for a growing number of asset managers, according to lawyers advising the industry and analysts monitoring the market.

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