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Regulators Warn Against Blurry Bank Net-Zero Promises

Stockholm (NordSIP) - In an article published in the ECB's occasional Paper Series at the start of April, eight analysts at the central bank...

Ratings: in or out?

At the beginning of the week, the European Commission officially adopted the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), but not without significantly...

Swiss Pension Funds Launch New Climate Ratings

Stockholm (NordSIP) - While European regulators have had considerable success in pushing through a number of reforms requiring increased transparency from companies and asset...

Conor Kehoe Lined Up As Next PRI Chair

Stockholm (NordSIP) – The United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) organisation has announced a nominee to succeed current Chair Martin Skancke, whose third...

Latest Version of EU and China’s Common Ground Taxonomy

Stockholm (NordSIP) – Enormous systemic changes are needed for the global economy to shift towards mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis.  One key...

Standard Setters Work Towards Holy Grail of Integrated Reporting

Stockholm (NordSIP) – A common complaint among institutional investment professionals is the proliferation of different sustainability reporting standards.  Operating globally means adapting to local...

EU Parliament Ready to Negotiate Green Bond Standards

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Following the proposal of the European Commission for a regulation on European green bonds in July 2021, the members of the...

Sustainable Private Lending to Middle Markets

Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to the National Center for the Middle Market, 200,000 “middle-market” companies - private and publically-owned firms with annual revenues between...

Factoring ESG into Factor Investing

In this new edition of NordSIP Insights, we explore a somewhat less known area within sustainability: the intersection between ESG integration and factor investing. As...

Wellington Management Broader Perspectives

Wellington manages a variety of equity and fixed income strategies that have explicit sustainability objectives. This includes impact investing strategies, in addition to strategies...

Wellington Management Advancement of Women

Wellington manages a variety of equity and fixed income strategies that have explicit sustainability objectives. This includes impact investing strategies, in addition to strategies...

Wellington Management Low Carbon Emerging Markets Systematic Equity

Wellington manages a variety of equity and fixed income strategies that have explicit sustainability objectives. This includes impact investing strategies, in addition to strategies...

New Sustainable Fund at Erik Penser Bank

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Erik Penser Bank (EPB) announced the launch of Penser Sustainable Impact, a new fund combining sustainability analysis with a quantitative investment...

S&P Global Launches Proprietary ESG Scores

Stockholm (NordSIP) - S&P Global has launched the S&P Global ESG Scores. The proprietary system provides an annual evaluation of over 7,300 companies’ sustainability...

Lyxor Launches New Megatrend ESG Funds

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Lyxor has launched five new thematic ETFs focusing on the investment megatrends reshaping the globe, including the digital economy, disruptive technology,...

Varma Freezes Restaurant and Café Rents

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Varma, the Finnish pension fund, has announced that it will not be collecting rent from its café and restaurant tenants in May...

The Week in Green: March 20 – Remote Meetings & Social Bonds

As we get used to working remotely, this week, we reached out to the AP funds 1, 2, 3 and 4 to find out how their sustainability efforts contributed to the strong financial performance they announced for 2019, as they reported a 17.6% average return. Magdalena Håkansson, Ulrika Danielson, Anne-Charlotte Hormgard and Tobias Fransson share the progress they made recently. At the beginning of the week, AP1 coincidentally decided to divest from fossil fuel.

The Week in Green: March 13 – Will the Regulators Kick Laggards into Gear?

One of the most anticipated news this week is the European Commission's publication of the Technical Expert Group's (TEG) final recommendations on the taxonomy. Another important report this week was ShareAction and the Asset Owners Disclose Project's "Point of No Return", where the organisation attempts to classify the sustainability of major asset managers. There is certainly room for improvement!

KiwiSaver Default Funds to Exclude Fossil Fuels

Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to the government of New Zealand, the default providers of its ‘opt-in’ pension funds, KiwiSavers, will start excluding companies involved...

The Week in Green: February 28 – Dips & Bubbles

While the market takes stock of the coronavirus epidemic, we look at the current estimates of the effect on the worldwide GDP as well as the related dip in CO2 emissions in China. In a recent interview with HedgeNordic, hedge fund investor Graham Clapp argues that ESG-focused companies are now trading higher without the consideration of short-term fundamentals.

MSCI Launches New ESG Corporate Bond Indices

Stockholm (NordSIP) - MSCI announced the launch of a new range of fixed income tools and solutions for institutional investors, including two new Fixed Income ESG...

Institutional Investors Call for Action on Deforestation

Stockholm (NordSIP) - In an effort coordinated by Ceres and the PRI, 230 institutional investors representing US$16.2 trillion in AUM called for urgent corporate...

New Green Bond for Carbon Capture

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Reykjavik Energy (“Orkuveita Reykjavikur”; OR) issued a 15-year inflation-linked green bond worth ISK2.04 billion (approx. €14 million) on August 27th. The...

Future thinking: 30 years of global sustainability investing

APs Form Alliance to Fund Infrastructure

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Together, the Swedish state pension funds AP1, AP3 and AP4 annouced joint venture to invest in unlisted Swedish companies focused on...

The Week in Green

The Tipping... Point of Impact Stockholm (NordSIP) - Back from The Hague, where NordSIP had a chance to take part in the inspiring Impact Summit...

Companies Continue to Fail the Climate

Stockholm (NordSIP) - The Transition Pathways Initiative published a scathing report on the state of the energy transition according to which, over 80% of...

The Week in Green

A Big Green Giant Stockholm (NordSIP) - In Stockholm, on Tuesday, NordSIP met with the team behind Amundi's EGO, the largest green bond fund in...

BMO SRI Hightlights

Long-term commitment to sustainability BMO GAM launched Europe’s first ethical strategy, the Responsible UK Equity Growth Fund in 1984. The firm was a founder PRI signatory...

Green Bond Review – May 9

Swedish Green Bonds on a sharp trajectory, boosted by Real Estate Stockholm (NordSIP) - According to data provided by Nordea’s green bond team, the Swedish...

Green Bond Review – May 4

Stockholm (NordSIP) - This week’s Green Bond Review is about the "greenium" and the hunt for yield. NordSIP met with Anna Reuterskiöld, Green Bond...

Green Bond Review – April 13

Stockholm (NordSIP) - This week, the Nordics saw yet another successful green bond issuance. Jernhusen is a Swedish state-owned single A-rated company which owns,...

The Green Bond Review – April 6

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Following up on our debuts last week, we bring you some more insights from Danske's Lars Mac Key, who gave us...

The Green Bond Review – March 29

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Inaugurating a new NordSIP feature this week, we bring you what should become a regular update of the green bond market,...

Danish Fund Offers Ecological Investment

Stockholm (NordSIP) Several Danish ecological companies are deciding to invest in the spread of organic farming via a public offering made by Denmark’s Ecological...

Natixis Survey Highlights Millennials’ Interest For ESG

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Natixis Global Asset Management recently published the results of their 2017 ESG Report. Viggo Johansen, Country Head Nordic at Natixis Global...

Moxie Future Launches RI Platform For Women

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Moxie Future, the Hong Kong-based company dedicated to the empowerment of women investors and sustainable investment, has launched a Responsible Investment...

Danish Energy Giant DONG Completes Green Transition

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Dong Energy, the largest integrated energy company in Denmark, has sold its oil and gas business to Anglo-Swiss chemicals firm Ineos...

Denmark Invests In Kenya Local SDG Projects

Stockholm (NordSIP) - Denmark has committed an investment of KSh 15 billion (roughly USD 145 million) to the Kenyan market, with half of the...

Nobel Foundation celebrates “Women Who Changed the World”

Stockholm (NordSIP) -The Nobel Foundation published a video featuring woman who have become Nobel Laureates. Literary mastery, pioneering science, life-saving discoveries and actions for...

The Performance Impact of ESG Integration

The past few years have seen a dramatic increase in the attention paid to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria in the investment process....

MFS Integration in Action: Palm Oil

Using the palm oil industry for illustration, MFS research analyst, Pooja Daftary explains how our ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) integration helps us understand...

How do institutional investors view sustainable investing?

In the current economic environment, even the strongest companies will face challenges from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps now more than ever,...

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