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Why asset owners need a good sustainable investment policy and strategy?

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Asset owners’ duties involve rectifying inconsistencies in impact mandates

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Why Investors should rely more on Impact Investing than ESG Investing?

Nordea Life & Pension transition plan factors in real economy impact

Climate as Core | Arabesque Asset Management

ESG-Compliance: Vom Trend zum Standard

GRI ‘co-constructor’ of new EU sustainability reporting standards

ESG criteria crucial for outperformance

NEST invests USD 2 billion in Climate Transition Credit Strategy

Social sustainability connecting to social market economy | BST-Impact

Striving for sustainability in global food systems | GRI

Only 10 percent of Investors active in EM | New Infrastructure Debt RFP

Druck von Stakeholdern verändert Schweizer Versicherungen | ASI

FNG-Marktbericht: Nachhaltige Investments in Deutschland steigen um 25 Prozent

FNG-Marktbericht: Nachhaltige Geldanlagen bleiben in Österreich auf Wachstumspfad

Taxonomie allein ist kein Maßstab für Nachhaltigkeit von Fonds | BVI

Carbon Pricing & Net Zero Targets

CFA Institute Publishes Exposure Draft of ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products

The Common Market, sustainability and the basic values of the EU

This is living up to International Obligations

Taxonomy-related sustainability disclosure | Eurosif

Sustainability in EM Bond Strategies – Interpretation of data is crucial | GAM

Institutional Investors: Human Rights & Due Diligence

Certificate in ESG Investing | CFA Society Germany

Assurance of Sustainability Reporting

ESG – The rules of alpha engagement in China | ASI

Eurosif welcomes proposal on the taxonomy and the corporate sustainability reporting

University of Cape Town (UCT) | Rebuilding and Recreating | Chancellor’s Message

ESG-Bestandsaufnahme für institutionelle Mandate | QNG

China and ESG | Franklin Templeton

Investor priorities in a post-Covid-19 world | PRI

Can ESG metrics ever converge globally? A view from the U.S.

SASB Publishes Updated Climate Risk Technical Bulletin

Climate scenario analysis – a unique investment framework

GRI and SASB reporting ‘complement each other’

Aviva Investors steigert ESG-Engagement-Aktivitäten

Climate Action in the MENA Region | Regional Dialogue in UAE

LGIM’s company engagements rise due to COVID-19 and climate change threat

ESG and Emerging Markets | J.P. Morgan Asset Management

ESG Policy & Strategy – Key Questions

Cyclical Process

Green bonds are on the rise | AXA Investment Managers

ESG Disclosure and Scoring – a new feature on the CEO dashboard

Awareness and attention towards rights and standards

ESG as a real sustainability tool

Private Impact

Bring it down to “earth”

ESG Investments and proxy voting by employee benefit plans | U.S. DOL

ESG Disclosure Best Practice for Municipal Bonds

Due Diligence, Supervision and Enforcement Mechanisms

Right, necessary and urgent | Nordea

ESG ratings: diving into divergences | DPAM

Eurosif very supportive of European Single Access Point (ESAP)

Working towards the SDGs – at 360 degrees

EU requirements for impact-focused sustainability reporting are one step closer | GRI

The Impacts of SFDR on the European Distribution Landscape

SFDR aims at preventing greenwashing and ensuring data comparability

Jede Stiftung hat eine ESG Investment Policy

SFDR vs. CFA Institute ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products

The Responsible Investing Podcast Ep. 14: Assessing the impact of different climate pathways – with Jeremy Lawson

EU: Mandatory Reporting System With Global Reach Required | GRI

How Investors can implement rights | Working towards the SDGs with true ESG

Supply Chain Decarbonization | Opportunities for Companies | World Economic Forum

Social Bond for Impact | Mission-related Investments | Ford Foundation

VBV Gruppe | EU-Öko-Audit „EMAS“ zertifiziert | Seit 2018 klimaneutral

USA Back on the Road to Net Zero | Accelerate Innovation | John Kerry’s Keynote

Impact Investment & the Role of SDGs, Global Standards and Regulation

Labour Rights & Regulation of Less Concern in Asia | Climate Change & Public Health Dominate

Double Materiality and Taxonomies | Internal Assessment vs. External Reporting & Disclosure

Sustainability Reporting as a Global Governance Challenge | Perspectives & Comments

Scaling Sustainable Finance Through Integrated Corporate Finance | Jerome Lavigne-Delville | IFC | UN Global Compact

Correlation between XDC Temperature Alignment and Financial Performance | right. based on science

Climate Risk Metrics Can And Should Be Integrated Into Risk Assessments | ETH Zurich | CEP

Why The Pensions Industry Should Be Ambitious In Tackling Climate Risk | Joanne Etherton | ClimateEarth

Corporate Climate Responsibility: From Reputational to Liability Risk | Andreas Hoesli

Measuring What Matters: A New Approach to Assessing Sovereign Climate Risk | Four Twenty Seven

Lessons from the Great Recession for a COVID-19 Green Recovery | World Resources Institute | WEF

Are U.S. Corporates Ready for Climate Risk Disclosures? | Four Twenty Seven | Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme

Sustainability in Investment Management at a Pivotal Juncture | Demand Will Drive Growth if Industry Adapts | CFA Institute

Proxy Voting Records Challenge Asset Managers’ Responsible Investment Claims | ShareAction

Green Bonds: Thinking Beyond Standardization | Christa Clapp | CICERO Shades of Green

Long Read | Short-Termism Revisited | CFA Institute | Matt Orsagh, Jim Allen, and Kurt Schacht

This Is How COVID-19 is Affecting Europe’s SMEs | McKinsey & Company

Developing Countries Cannot Achieve Net Zero Emissions Alone, Creating Unique Opportunities for Investors | Entelligent

IIRC and SASB Announce Intent to Merge in Major Step Towards Simplifying the Corporate Reporting System

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Examines Financial Stability Implications of Climate Change

First Investors with Over $7 trillion AUM Join Initiative to Unite against ‘Super-Sized’ Threat of Antibiotic Resistance

ESG From a Norms-Based Perspective | Kristina Touzenis | Managing Partner BST-Impact

Investors Must Act to Address Biodiversity Loss | Gemma James, Head of ESG Issues | PRI

Private Equity and ESG: Moving Beyond Box-Ticking? | Claudia Zeisberger | INSEAD

Climate Action 100+ Adds to Focus List of Companies

What’s a Carbon Credit? | Douglas Broom | The World Economic Forum

Closing The Climate Skills Gap | Will Goodhart | CEO of the CFA Society UK | Impact Investing Institute

55 Leading International Asset Owners and Asset Managers Ask Companies to Use SASB Standards | SASB

How Investors Can Take Human Rights Into Account | Dustin Neuneyer | PRI

Virtual Event | The Emerging Markets Investors Alliance 4th Annual ESG EM Conference

NGOs Release the 2020 Global Coal Exit List: 935 Companies That Banks, Investors and Insurers Need to Avoid

IMF: How COVID-19 Will Increase Inequality in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

Why Doesn’t The World’s Largest Infrastructure Investor Have a Coal Policy? | Justin Guay

COVID-19 Could Distract the World from Even Greater Threats | Peter Giger, Chief Risk Officer | Zurich Insurance Group

Forum: Driving Corporate Reporting for the SDGs | The Global Reporting Initiative

Promoting Consistency in Corporate Sustainability Reporting | Marsh & McLennan | Davis Polk

Across The Globe, Major Investor Groups Call on The United States to Rejoin The Paris Agreement | Ceres

Superpowers, Covid-19 and ESG | Andrew White | Sustainable Investment Consultant

Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt and ESG: Where Investors Can Shape Today and Tomorrow | Emerging Markets Investors Alliance

EU | Commission Report: Europe’s Nature Under Threat as World Suffers Worst Year on Record for Forest Fires

Green Finance: How Competition Can Bring Polluting Firms Into the Fold | Imperial College Business School

INVITATION: How to Secure Partnerships for Action on the SDGs | GRI & Enel

In Case You Missed It: TCFD Climate Strategy Assessment Released by Vigeo Eiris

Tailings Management & Steps Investors Can Take to Assess Tailings Risk | Emerging Markets Investors Alliance

Unemployment Main Concern for Business Leaders but Climate is Moving Up List of Top Risks | World Economic Forum

Sustainability in the EU Financial System Between Classifications and Disclosures | Bianca Nalbandian

Strategic Asset Allocation: ESG’s New Frontier | Aberdeen Standard Investments

Investing in a Changing Climate | Aberdeen Standard Investments

Solar: The New King of Electricity? World Energy Outlook 2020 Shows How The Response to The Covid Crisis Can Reshape The Future of Energy

Myths About the EU | #4: An Article 9 Product is an Impact-Product, an Article 8 Product Not | QNG

Consolidation, Climate Change, Technology and Saver Engagement The Key Future Trends for UK Pensions

The EU-Taxonomy as The Next Step in the Evolution of Corporate Non-Financial Reporting | Kerstin Lopatta

Aviva Investors SDG Case Study | PRI

Unpuzzling ESG from Impact Investing | Hedda Pahlson-Moller | Private Investor & CEO of TIIME

Callan’s 8th Annual ESG Survey Shows Record Number Considering ESG in Future Investment Decisions

Eurex to Launch Next Generation of ESG Derivatives

The Risk Management Association Survey Finds ESG Investing and Securities Lending Can Coexist

The Great Connector for Smart Associations to Map the Future Together | Joachim von Halasz

Ceres Introduces the Ceres Roadmap 2030: A 10-year Action Plan for Sustainable Business Leadership

How Metrics Can Operationalize Europe’s Heightened Emissions Ambitions | Janine Guillot | SASB

Ceres and Berkeley School of Law Announce New Executive Education Course for Corporate Directors on Overseeing ESG Risks

ESG in the UK: Regulatory Pressure Continues to Grow, but Schemes May Need More Support to Engage | PPI

Investors Are Hungry for More Than Just Low-Methane Burgers | FAIRR

New WorldGBC Report Outlines How The Asia Pacific Can Build Back Better by Tackling Embodied Carbon in Built Environment

New Sustainability Curriculum Launched by GRI | Certified Training for the Sustainability Profession

Physical Climate Risk Amplifies Financial Risk | CICERO

Dame Ellen MacArthur

Rebooting The Economy With Circular Solutions | The Ellen MacArthur Foundation | INVITATION

Ghana, Indonesia, Viet Nam on Leadership Track in Fight Against Plastic Pollution | World Economic Forum

Sustainable Development Goals – Solution or Part of the Problem? | Fabian Scholda | Vienna University of Economics and Business

European Commission to Boost Europe’s Capital Markets | Single Access Point to Company Data for Investors

NGOs Perspective: PRB Banks Responsible for Over US$1.25 Trillion in Climate-Destructive Financing Since Paris Agreement

Why Reporting Can Be a Force for Social Good – And Where to Start | Robert E. Moritz | Global Chairman, PwC

Sustainability Metrics Debate Must Include Multi-Stakeholder Input | GRI

New Consumer Goods Coalition – Remove Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Business World Now Able to ‘Walk the Talk’ on Stakeholder Capitalism, Says World Economic Forum Chairman Klaus Schwab

With Peak Plastic Looming, Investors Are at a Crossroads | Tatiana Luján | Plastics Lawyer, ClientEarth

European Commission adopts revised EU Emission Trading System State Aid Guidelines*

ESAs Launch Survey On Environmental and/or Social Financial Product Templates

These Charts Show How Little the Global Energy Supply Has Changed Since the 1970s | World Economic Forum

The European Banking Authority Seeks Input from Institutions on Their ESG Disclosure Practices

Just 1 in 10 Fashion Companies Show Awareness of Water Pollution Across Whole Value Chain

In Case You Missed It | Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) Launches UK Coalition

Report: The Graying of Japan and ESG Credit Implications | Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA)

Refinitiv Announces the 2020 D&I Index Top 100 Most Diverse & Inclusive Organizations Globally

The carrot or the stick? Trends Towards Better ESG Disclosure | GRI & University of Stellenbosch Business School

Coronavirus and Climate Change Crises Under EU Law | Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law

State of the Union: Commission Raises Climate Ambition and Proposes 55% Cut in Emissions by 2030

New Zealand first in the world to require climate risk reporting | Hon James Shaw, the Minister for Climate Change, New Zealand

Global Climate Groups Issue Guidance to Finance Giants on Aligning with Paris Agreement Goals

Carbon Pricing is Effective in Reducing Emissions, Largest-Ever Study Finds | Australian National University

Largest US Investors Undermine Efforts to Halt Rainforest Destruction, New Report Finds

The Responsible Investing Podcast Ep.3: Responsible Capital Allocation | Aberdeen Standard Investments

Emerging Markets Investors Alliance | Invitations and Announcements

The World Will Not Achieve SDGs Until 2082 | 2020 Social Progress Index

What is Needed for Progress Towards Comprehensive Corporate Reporting? | Global Organisations’ Perspective

What Is the Connection Between SASB and the SDGs? | Janine Guillot | CEO, SASB Foundation

Financing the Circular Economy – Capturing the Opportunity | Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Testing The Taxonomy: Insights From the PRI Taxonomy Practitioners Group | Recommendations to Investors | UN PRI

The Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis on The Corporate World | Marc Randolph, Co-founder of Netflix | NN Investment Partners

NGFS Promotes Environmental Risk Analysis in Financial Industry

Green Recovery & Circular Economy | NN Investment Partners | Webinar

Emerging Markets Investors Alliance | Questions & Recommendations for Investors | Brief on Community Consent

Ceres Welcomes Climate Risk Report from Subcommittee of CFTC, as Calls to Regulate Climate Change as a Systemic Financial Risk Grow Louder

CFTC’s Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee Releases Report

INVITATION | Five Considerations For a Sustainable Recovery | OMFIF | Virtual Panel

NGO’s Perspective | New Analysis Tool Sheds Light on Financial Institutions’ Coal Policies

Bank of America Takes Steps to Increase Representation of Diverse Asset Managers Across the Industry

The Covid-19 Recovery Requires a Resilient Circular Economy | Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Perspective | ING THINK Economic and Financial Analysis | ESG to Outperform in the Long Term

Myths About the EU | #3: The ESG-Score of a Fund Shows How Sustainable an Investment Is | QNG

NGFS Publishes Its 2020-2022 Work Program and Announces Changes in the Governance

Banks Funnelled Over USD 150 Billion Into Companies Driving Deforestation Since Paris Agreement, New Data Analyses Shows

Climate Risk Analysis Requires Common Standards | ETH Zurich and The Council on Economic Policies

Cbus is the First Australian Member of the UN-Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance | UNEP FI

In Case You Missed It | Over 70% of Animal Agriculture Firms at “High Risk” of Fostering Future Zoonotic Pandemics

PRI and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Join Forces to Drive Corporate-Investor Action on Sustainable Development

Pensions Policy Institute to Explore Ways of Overcoming Barriers to Scheme Consideration of ESG | UK

Improved Climate Action on Food Systems Can Deliver 20 Percent of Global Emissions Reductions Needed by 2050 | UNEP

Climate Change After COVID-19: Harder to Defeat Politically, Easier to Tackle Economically | David Klenert, European Commission | Franziska Funke, Vox EU

INVITATION | Conceptual Framework & Rules of Procedure: Public Comment Launch | SASB | Webinar

Strong Institutions for Responsible Investing: Business Integrity in ASEAN | NN Investment Partners | Webinar

Contribute to the evolution of the GRI Standards | The Consultation is Open for 10 More Days

INVITATION for Public Comment | SASB Released Proposed Revisions to the SASB Conceptual Framework and the SASB Rules of Procedure

Consultation Announcement | Mandatory TCFD Reporting For Occupational Pension Schemes? | UK’s Department for Work & Pensions

The 2020 GRESB Benchmark Expands its Coverage to US $5.3 Trillion AuM Amid Growing Demand for Comparable and Reliable ESG Data

INVITATION | Climate Week NYC 2020 Webinar: The Future’s Not in Plastic, Benjamin | Carbon Tracker

Myths about the EU | #2: The Planned EU Ecolabel Will Identify Sustainable Investments

Moving Towards Transformative Resilience | NN Investment Partners | Summer Course | Webinar

Green Bonds Fade While Social Bonds Blaze | ING THINK Economic and Financial Analysis

Charter for Sustainability Action in South Asia | Milestone Reached as Organizations Commit to Support the SDGs | GRI

3 Innovations Which are Leading the Fight to Save Our Ocean | World Economic Forum

Plastics, the Circular Economy and Global Trade | World Economic Forum | White Paper

NGOs After Evaluation of Dutch Banking Sector Agreement: Legislation Needed to Ensure Respect for Human Rights

Myths about the EU | #1: The EU Defines Sustainable Investments | Roland Kölsch | QNG

INVITATION | Water and Green Recovery Opportunities | Addressing Water and Climate Interactions | World Water Week

Asset Manager Submission Deadline: 31 August | Diversity Project Releases a Digital Diversity and Inclusion Request for Asset Owners

CFA Institute Publishes Consultation Paper on ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products

Video Game Industry and ESG? | 250 Million Players to Protect the Planet | UN Environmental Programme

Climate Change and Wildfires: Projecting Future Wildfire Potential | Four Twenty Seven | Report

INVITATION | Projecting Future Wildfire Potential | Four Twenty Seven | Webinar

INVITATION | 10th New Energy Investor Summit

In Case You Missed It | Short Selling is an Essential Tool for Responsible Investment | AIMA | Paper

Barclays Expands Leadership in ESG Banking With Appointments in ECM, DCM and Advisory

First ESG Guidelines for European High Yield Market | The Association for Financial Markets in Europe

Trump Administration Rollback of Methane Standards is Unconscionable and Ill-Advised | Ceres

INVITATION | Solar Fuels Research & Invest | Centre for European Policy Studies | Webinar

How China is Stimulating the Transition to a More Sustainable Society Post Covid-19 | NN Investment Partners | Webinar

European Banks Financing Trade of Controversial Amazon Oil to U.S. | Banks Respond | Amazon Watch

In Case You Missed It | 56% of Investors Say Sustainable Investments are a New Safe-Haven | deVere Group

Fourfold Increase in Projects to Combat Marine Litter | The Global Plastics Alliance

Private Equity and the Importance of Responsible Investment | Aberdeen Standard Investments

BP’s Production Cut of 40% by 2030 Makes Them Unquestionably the Industry Leader | Carbon Tracker

In Case You Missed It | BP Sets Out Strategy for Decade of Delivery Towards Net Zero Ambition

Change Agency for a Sustainable Future | NN Investment Partners’ Responsible Investing Summer Course

In Case You Missed It | Making Sense of Climate Scenarios: Toolkit for Decision-Makers | Stockholm Environmental Institute

US: Major Investors Oppose Proposed Rule That Would Impede ESG Investing | Ceres

US GAO: ESG Disclosure Is Prevalent but Problematic | Janine Guillot | CEO, The SASB Foundation

In Case You Missed It | The Rise of ESG in Passive Investments in the US | US SIF Foundation Report

How the Banks of Latin America and the Caribbean Incorporate Climate Change in Their Risk Management | UNEP FI & CAF

INVITATION | Circular Economy & Waste Reporting | Business Leadership Forum | GRI

First Global Standard Drives Financial Institutions to Measure and Track the Climate Impact of Their Lending and Investment Portfolios | Consultation

Circular Economy To The Rescue? | Centre for European Policy Studies | Webinar

$16 Trillion Investors Develop First-Ever Framework For Net Zero Investing | Consultation | IIGCC

ESG Handbook for Institutional Investors | The Long-Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA)

Scientific Perspective | How Earth’s Plastic Pollution Problem Could Look by 2040 | University of Leeds

© Emma MacDonald, The University of Warwick

The 2020 Consumer | NN Investment Partners’ Responsible Investing Summer Course

INVITATION | Sustainability-Linked Bonds: A Pathway to a Lower Carbon Economy | CFA Society NY

Aberdeen Standard Investments | Sustainability as a Global Investment Opportunity

INVITATION | Biodiversity: What Are The Pathways for Priority Sectors? | Webinar by UNEP FI & PRI

Investor Tool for Natural Capital Risk Assessment | Created by UN Scientists

PLSA Launches Guide on New Trustee Investment Disclosure Duties

Climate-Related Risk Exposure: Can We Count on Hydrogen ? | Free eBook by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Carbon Tax or Emissions Trading – which one works best? | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Pandemic: Another Climate-Related Risk? | The Role of Weather, Climate and Environmental Factors in COVID-19 | WMO Symposium

TODAY | Webinar | Racial Justice and Climate Change | Moody’s & Four Twenty Seven

Research: Deforestation Risk in the Brazilian Soy Supply Chain | Emerging Markets Investors Alliance

Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme | 427 | Director, Communications | Racial Justice and Climate Change: Adaptation

TODAY | Debt, Sustainability and Governance Forum | Emerging Markets Investors Alliance

40% of leading food firms, including Kroger, Tesco, Nestle and Unilever, now have dedicated teams for plant-based products

World Economic Forum Toolkit for Leaders | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in post-COVID-19 Workplace

Deutsche Bank’s New Fossil Fuel Policies: Much Needed Movement, Still a Long Way to Paris

White Paper on the Emerging Markets Debt Crisis | Emerging Markets Investors Alliance

Helge Wulsdorf | Bank for Church and Caritas | Investments With a Clear Ethical Compass of Values

Aberdeen Standard Investments | Covid-19 and the Environment: a Ray of Light

Daniel Gros | Centre for European Policy Studies | Europe’s Good Crisis

In Case You Missed It | 2020 Green Bond Pioneer Award Winners

CFA Institute Webinar | ESG and Responsible Institutional Investing Around the World

Meat Companies May Face $11bn Carbon Tax Bill | FAIRR

World Economic Forum | 395 Million New Jobs by 2030 if Businesses Prioritize Nature

Halting Biodiversity Loss is Key to Preventing the Next Pandemic | Krystyna Springer | ShareAction

Investor Support Tool | AI and Satellites to Monitor GHG Emissions Worldwide in Real Time

Responsible Investors Live Conference in Paris | 7 October 2020

Voting matters! | Martha Oberndorfer | ESMA SMSG

There is a ~20% Chance That one of the Next Five Years Will be at Least 1.5°C Warmer than Pre-Industrial Levels

Impact Investing: Challenges and Opportunities for Institutional Investors | Fabian Scholda

Cecilia Tortajada | Asit K. Biswas | A COVID-19 Bridge Over Troubled Water?

A Sustainable Recovery Must Be More Than Green | Mark Cliffe | Head of Global Research at the ING Group

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