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Schroders publishes stewardship framework on climate risk resilience and adaptation
Previous research found the cost of extreme heat and flooding could equal more than 5% of operating profits
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Q&A with Candriam’s Thomson: A science-led, transparent regulatory process is key for biotech sector
Cuts to US FDA funding are fuelling fears of delays to drug approvals that could kickstart a biotech stock selloff
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Macro matters: The big deal
Would a US/Ukraine mineral deal act as a stimulus or inject more volatility into an already fraught global commodity market?
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Q&A with TNC’s Heffernan: Financial institutions are failing to price in commodity market volatility
Finance ‘is the oxygen of commodities’ and should be leveraged to address deforestation risk
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NZBA members vote to drop 1.5°C alignment target requirement
The external landscape for banks ‘has rapidly changed’ in recent years, NZBA said
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Global food supply chain faces ‘significantly increasingly climate risks’
The First Sentier Sustainable Investment Institute report warns investors to take action to support food security
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Franklin Templeton launches ESG versions of S&P 500 and S&P World
The ETFs will re-weight the original indices based on ESG scores and exclude controversial companies
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ESG investing: The three elephants in the room
In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is
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ESMA study finds adding ESG-related terms to fund names increases inflows
Inflows increased by as much as 8.9% in the year after a fund’s name changes
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University of Cambridge to develop first global bond index to address fossil fuel expansion
Roughly 90% of new financing for fossil fuel expansion comes from loans and bonds
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The investment case for rivers as ecosystem services and business-critical infrastructure
Investors need to reframe their understanding of nature, not as an externality to be protected, but as an asset to be valued


