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ESG Bond Fund Growth Beats Stocks After COVID-19 Boost
Sales of debt for projects aimed at helping society surged a record 376% to 41.9 billion in the first half of the year from the same period a year ago, according to BloombergNEF.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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COVID Disruption: ESG Investment Catches on Fast & Is Here To Stay
Though ESG investments have not become a dominant theme in Indian markets as compared to the markets in the US and Europe, investor pressure could result in the rollout of not only governance oriented but also environmentally focused and socially viable investment practices.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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- ESG, governance, impact investing
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Analysis: COVID-19 Pushes Social Issues to ESG Forefront
One of the many upheavals caused by the COVID-19 crisis has been some reordering of environmental, social and governance priorities for institutional investors.
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Viewpoint: Demise of ESG Investing Overstated
The Department of Labor’s recent notice of proposed rulemaking on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in pension fund investments has received a lot of responses, both in the official Federal Register docket and in the news media and blogosphere.
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, governance
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HSBC Launches New Funds Targeting Niche ‘Natural Capital’ Industry, Hoping To Take It Mainstream
HSBC Global Asset Management and climate change advisory and investment firm Pollination Group are teaming up to launch a series of billion-dollar funds that will target “natural capital.”
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG
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Press Release: Sparkmeter Completes $12 Million Series a Financing Led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures and Goodwell Investments
The company is launching its Digital Solutions product for utilities and scaling its smart metering technology to bring reliable electricity to African, Asian and South American emerging markets.
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Impact Investor Acumen Fund Backs Agri-Tech Firm Kheyti
Kheyti Tech Pvt. Ltd, an agricultural-technology firm focussed on improving the yields and income of small farmers, has raised funding from impact investor Acumen Fund.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- South Asia
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COVID May Be Impact Investing’s Defining Moment, Actis’s Shami Nissan Says
In the corporate world, socially responsible behavior is being put to the test, too — revealed as either phony marketing or a true commitment to global betterment.
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- Investing, Technology
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