Sustainability – Page 15
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NewsInsurance Sweden says SFDR should be simpler, not used as product label
Design of regulation makes it hard to convey information to the customer, lobby group says
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NewsMorningstar expects up to 300 funds to opt for sustainability label
The most popular label for managers will be ‘sustainability focus’, which requires a fund to invest in sustainable assets, says Morningstar
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NewsPension funds barely contribute to stewardship, claims former sustainability chief
‘Stewardship is a fraction of a pension fund’s fee basis and the highest impact stewardship activities are the least funded within that,’ says Will Martindale
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Country ReportFirst-pillar pension reform versus fiscal consolidation in Romania
The law reforming the first-pillar pension system could amplify fiscal deficit problems in the shorter term
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InterviewsGrégoire Haenni: How Switzerland’s CPEG is building resilience
Grégoire Haenni, CIO of CPEG, the public pension fund for the Swiss canton of Geneva, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about his views about markets and the fund’s sustainability journey
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NewsSwiss scheme to assess compliance of private market managers with ESG standards
The scheme wants to apply ESG standards to all asset classes
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NewsPension bodies and asset managers disagree over SFDR reform
European Commission acknowledges need to review legal foundations of SFDR and proposes two new options in consultation
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NewsUK to conduct transition finance market review
Review to be led by Vanessa Havard-Williams, former head of Linklater’s global environmental and climate change practice
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NewsEU watchdog spells out rules for ‘transition’-labelled funds
Guidelines will be formally published next year
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NewsEthos reviews voting guidelines for sustainability and climate disclosures
Swiss listed companies will have to submit sustainability reports to shareholders vote from next year.
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NewsSwiss scheme disengages from energy sector to cut portfolio temperature
The scheme is excluding companies in the energy sector to progressively disengage from the fossil fuels sector
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NewsFrance is first country to transpose CSRD into national law
The Directive will replace the Non-Financial Reporting Directive, laying out much stricter expectations for companies reporting on environmental and social impacts
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NewsISSB: Scope 3 emissions emerge as key challenge
ISSB’s Transition Implementation Resource Group will aim to understand what challenges constituents are facing and attempt to avoid diversity in practice
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NewsBrunel Pension Partnership achieves 75.4% reduction in reserves intensity
The investment pool will work closely with S&P to help with scenario analysis for physical climate risk
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NewsSkandia stows $100m in Dutch-backed sustainability blended-finance fund
Swedish pensions firm praises ‘innovative’ structure of SDG Loan Fund for easing flow of institutional money to developing countries
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NewsUK pension funds align impact investing with fiduciary duty
Research from Pensions for Purpose shows impact investing and fiduciary duty are not mutually exclusive
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NewsUK regulator finalises labelling regime for sustainability funds
After roughly a year of consultation with the market, the FCA has made a number of changes to the rules
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NewsBpfBouw crowned most sustainable Dutch pension fund
The scheme for the Dutch construction sector has taken the first place from ABP
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NewsImpact Disclosure Taskforce created in bid to scale financing of UN SDGs
Guidance to be drafted with aim of helping corporates and sovereign entities provide disclosures helpful for accessing pools of capital
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NewsGRI seeks comments on draft standards to enhance climate action transparency
The consultation comes on the eve of the United Nations COP28 climate change summit
