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A 24-Year-Old Is Suing Pension Fund for Not Being Green Enough
The Federal Court battle is shaping up to be a unique test case. Are pension funds in breach of their fiduciary duties by failing to mitigate the financial ravages of a warmer planet?
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- Environment, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Germany To Give 1 Billion Euros To India To Lower Green House Gas Effect
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed grave concern about the currently inadequate global level of climate action and called on all countries to step up their efforts.
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- Environment
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- South Asia
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RSF-Purpose Initiative Responds to Demand for Mission-First Business Models
A grassroots global movement is emerging behind mission-first business models rooted in stakeholder governance—rather than shareholder control—and RSF Social Finance and the Purpose Foundation are collaborating to help that movement grow. Today they released a report that serves as a handbook for companies exploring alternative business structures and financing.
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- Entrepreneurship, Environment, Finance, Investing, Technology
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Facebook, Visa among the stocks with high ESG marks — enough to outrun the S&P 500
Companies that improve their environmental, social and governance reputations outperform the S&P 500 — major technology and financial services firms among them.
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- Environment, Finance, Investing
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Future Returns: Green Bonds on the Rise
The volume of outstanding green bonds—both “labeled” and “unlabeled”—has reached around US$2 trillion, according to Stephen Liberatore, a managing director at TIAA’s Nuveen and manager of the TIAA-CREF Social Choice Bond Fund.
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- Environment, Investing
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Press Release: Fiera Capital Invests in World Bank Sustainable Development Bond
This is the latest example of the World Bank's engagement with investors around specific development challenges and the Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"). Through this engagement, the World Bank and Fiera Capital are raising awareness for SDG 6, Clean Water and Sanitation, and SDG 14, Life Below Water.
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- Environment, Investing, WASH
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Danone cultivates multinational effort to restore biodiversity
A diverse group of 19 multinational companies — including food giant Danone, cosmetics queen L’Oreal and data powerhouse Google — are digging deep to plant the seeds for a global push to protect and promote biodiversity.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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Climate Capitalists Have Serious Money in Climate-Friendly Investments
All want to do good by the planet. Most expect to do well for themselves.
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- Energy, Environment
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