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UBAM – Positive Impact Fund: Emerging Opportunities Amid Challenges

UBAM – Positive Impact Fund: Emerging Opportunities Amid Challenges

🕔10:07, 7.Jun 2023

In "UBAM – Positive Impact Emerging Equity | Impact investing in EM: after a challenging first quarter, opportunities are emerging", the document discusses the compelling business case for impact investing in emerging markets, despite the difficulties of the initial quarter.

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UBAM – Positive Impact Fund: Celebrating Three Years of Growth and Impact

UBAM – Positive Impact Fund: Celebrating Three Years of Growth and Impact

🕔16:52, 6.Jun 2023

In the insightful discussion, "UBAM – Positive Impact Emerging Equity | Third anniversary," portfolio managers Mathieu Nègre and Eli Koen celebrate the fund's third anniversary with a reflection on their journey so far. The conversation underscores UBP's pioneering spirit in

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Seizing the Green Opportunity: The Role of Private Equity in Decarbonization

Seizing the Green Opportunity: The Role of Private Equity in Decarbonization

🕔09:38, 29.May 2023

The text articulates the vital role private equity can play in transforming a 'grey', high-carbon economy into a 'green' one, reflecting sustainable practices. The author highlights the necessity of long-term investments for sustainable growth and prosperity, despite existing pressures to

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Voedselzekerheid in Crisis: Trends en Uitdagingen

Voedselzekerheid in Crisis: Trends en Uitdagingen

🕔10:50, 15.May 2023

In de laatste dertig jaar is er aanzienlijke vooruitgang geboekt op het gebied van wereldwijde voedselproductie en hongerbestrijding. Helaas lijkt deze trend de afgelopen vijf jaar te zijn omgekeerd. Experts wijzen op verschillende onderliggende trends, waaronder een groeiende wereldbevolking die

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ESG Considerations: A Comparative Study of the Banking Industry

ESG Considerations: A Comparative Study of the Banking Industry

🕔17:03, 11.May 2023

The banking industry's landscape varies dramatically on either side of the Atlantic. Europe is focused on regulatory issues, particularly around climate risks and disclosure, with new regulations set to take effect in December 2023. These rules will require banks to

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Embracing Biodiversity: Robeco’s Approach to Sustainable Investing

Embracing Biodiversity: Robeco’s Approach to Sustainable Investing

🕔16:43, 1.May 2023

In "Robeco’s approach to biodiversity – Towards the integration of nature-related risks, opportunities, and impacts in our investments," the authors emphasize the role of the financial sector and asset management industry in preventing biodiversity loss. They discuss Robeco's strategic priorities,

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Navigating the World of Impact Investing with AXA IM’s Expertise

Navigating the World of Impact Investing with AXA IM’s Expertise

🕔10:45, 25.Apr 2023

Driving impact in listed assets investments Impact investing has become a powerful approach to achieving financial returns while addressing the world's most significant social and environmental challenges. This essay discusses AXA IM's approach to impact investing in listed assets, which

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Nieuwe SFDR regels: geen appeltje-eitje Aandachtspunten voor 2023

Nieuwe SFDR regels: geen appeltje-eitje Aandachtspunten voor 2023

🕔14:37, 21.Apr 2023

Op 10 maart 2021 is de Verordening betreffende informatieverschaffing over duurzaamheid in de financieledienstensector, ook wel bekend als SFDR1 , in werking getreden. Per 1 januari 2023 gelden specifiekere regels voor transparantie over duurzaam beleggen.  Vooruitlopend op deze specifiekere transparantieregels

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War and Peace

War and Peace

🕔12:02, 10.Jan 2023

In 2019, James Sweeney, then chief economist at Credit Suisse, popped into my office and said “you know this pandemic and lockdowns… this is where your world [funding] and my world [global industrial production] intersect, because supply chains are payment

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Maximale intensiteit: portefeuilles met bedrijfsobligaties uit opkomende markten worden koolstofarm

Maximale intensiteit: portefeuilles met bedrijfsobligaties uit opkomende markten worden koolstofarm

🕔12:51, 6.Jan 2023

Opkomende markten gaan efficiënter om met hun koolstofgebruik. Dat zou beleggers moeten helpen om hun bedrijfsobligatieportefeuilles af te stemmen op duurzame doelstellingen. Hoe meer fossiele brandstof je verbrandt, hoe rijker je wordt. Sinds de industriële revolutie gaan hogere koolstofemissies en

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Outlook 2023 – Why testing times call for sustainable solutions

Outlook 2023 – Why testing times call for sustainable solutions

🕔14:13, 2.Jan 2023

The macroeconomic backdrop in 2023 will be a real test for companies, with the impetus for authentic solutions to sustainability challenges being greater than ever. Here, we share our perspective on key themes that will shape global markets in 2023

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Seven megatrend themes to watch

Seven megatrend themes to watch

🕔16:45, 27.Dec 2022

Find out about the key themes across science, technology and sustainability which are helping shape our future over the coming year – and beyond. 1. Focus on food security The recent supply chain disruptions – and the resulting empty supermarket

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Sovereign Sustainability Report 2022

Sovereign Sustainability Report 2022

🕔10:12, 15.Dec 2022

Our sustainable strategies have often been in a minority with their clear stance against investing in the sovereign debt of autocracies. Having rationalised the annexation of Crimea, many academics, politicians, and investors believed that as long as business is flowing,

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Sovereign Sustainability Report 2022

Sovereign Sustainability Report 2022

🕔13:08, 8.Dec 2022

Our sustainable strategies have often been in a minority with their clear stance against investing in the sovereign debt of autocracies. Having rationalised the annexation of Crimea, many academics, politicians, and investors believed that as long as business is flowing,

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Artificial intelligence for sustainable finance: why it may help

Artificial intelligence for sustainable finance: why it may help

🕔10:16, 28.Nov 2022

Developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning have led to the creation of a new type of ESG data that do not necessarily rely on information provided by companies. This paper reviews the use of AI in the ESG

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Artificial Intelligence and ESG: How do they fit?

Artificial Intelligence and ESG: How do they fit?

🕔08:32, 28.Nov 2022

The good news is that AI tools are available now which can collect and analyse more information on ESG risks and opportunities than ever before. These tools improve the quality of data, analyse it effectively and create new exciting opportunities. 

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Harnessing the power of investment to accelerate a nature positive future

Harnessing the power of investment to accelerate a nature positive future

🕔12:22, 23.Nov 2022

The world has woken up to the vital role that nature plays in supporting our economy and society. With more than half of our global GDP dependent on the natural world, 1 we believe that the reality is stark: nature

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Duurzaamheid blijft belangrijk in opkomende obligatiemarkten

Duurzaamheid blijft belangrijk in opkomende obligatiemarkten

🕔08:40, 18.Nov 2022

In een verder ongunstige omgeving voor obligatieemittenten en -beleggers ziet de toekomst voor obligaties uit opkomende markten er zonder twijfel groen uit. Stijgende wereldwijde rentes en volatiele markten hebben zwaar gewogen op zowel het aanbod van als de vraag naar

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Q3 2022 ESG Impact Report

Q3 2022 ESG Impact Report

🕔08:37, 17.Nov 2022

To be successful, companies need to have people at the helm who are wellequipped to create resilient long-term growth. By voting and engaging directly with companies, we encourage management to control risks while seeking to benefit from emerging opportunities. We

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To COP and beyond

To COP and beyond

🕔08:10, 15.Nov 2022

In this report, which shares LGIM research on sustainability themes ahead of the climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, we argue that these objectives are not mutually exclusive; rather, they are inextricably linked. The document, penned by our Investments and Investment

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Duurzaamheid blijft belangrijk in opkomende obligatiemarkten

Duurzaamheid blijft belangrijk in opkomende obligatiemarkten

🕔12:06, 11.Nov 2022

In een verder ongunstige omgeving voor obligatieemittenten en -beleggers ziet de toekomst voor obligaties uit opkomende markten er zonder twijfel groen uit. Stijgende wereldwijde rentes en volatiele markten hebben zwaar gewogen op zowel het aanbod van als de vraag naar

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Asset owners widely adopting sustainable investment

Asset owners widely adopting sustainable investment

🕔16:24, 8.Nov 2022

2022 global survey findings from asset owners: By now, we’re all aware that sustainable investment isn’t a new phenomenon, idea or even a quick fix, but rather the current and future of investments. With that in mind, our findings demonstrate

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Do public equities have a role to play in impact investing?

Do public equities have a role to play in impact investing?

🕔09:05, 29.Oct 2022

Impact Investing In terms of asset class, impact investing has traditionally been associated with private capital. Public equities make up just 17% of the USD 502 billion in assets managed in impact strategies1 , a negligible amount compared with the

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Attractive valuation, but selectivity is required

Attractive valuation, but selectivity is required

🕔10:49, 21.Oct 2022

Flash Update: The recent round of positive performances in local currency markets has offered investors hope of some recovery after the asset class dropped by 16% between mid-February and mid-May 2022. Rising yield levels have contributed the most to the

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Sustainability Ranking Emerging Countries

Sustainability Ranking Emerging Countries

🕔08:12, 5.Sep 2022

The War in Ukraine is a daily reminder of how precious freedom and democracy are, and how essential security is. The respect of civil liberties and political rights has been at the core of our proprietary model for sustainable countries

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Sustainability – Europe Institutional Investor Study 2022

Sustainability – Europe Institutional Investor Study 2022

🕔12:09, 1.Sep 2022

The 2022 Schroders Institutional Investor Study confirms once again how European investors have made sustainability an integral part of their activity, ahead of the global average in the race to net zero, regulatory agenda, and commitment to their role in

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Blok voor blok

Blok voor blok

🕔08:10, 1.Sep 2022

Nu de vastgoedsector steeds meer wordt aangesproken op het verkleinen van zijn enorme ecologische voetafdruk, is modulair bouwen weer in de mode. Het is groener, sneller en efficiënter. Modulaire bouw is niet nieuw. In de negentiende eeuw verscheepten Britse immigranten

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Decarbonising fixed income investment

Decarbonising fixed income investment

🕔12:12, 31.Aug 2022

As investors increasingly look to manage the carbon exposure in their portfolios, it is critical that they have the right tools. There are many ways investors can address the carbon exposure in their portfolios, including explicit …

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Decarbonisation of electricity generation: The foundation stone for achieving net zero

Decarbonisation of electricity generation: The foundation stone for achieving net zero

🕔12:00, 27.Jul 2022

Humanity’s strategy for reaching net zero could be crudely described as “electrify everything we can and decarbonise electricity generation”. There is, of course, much more to it than this. But it is true that the virtual elimination of carbon emissions

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Sustainability Report 2021

Sustainability Report 2021

🕔14:18, 21.Jul 2022

I am delighted to introduce you to UBP’s 2021 Sustainability Report. This report highlights our efforts to embed sustainability at UBP. It outlines our vision and strategy as well as progress towards strengthening our responsible investment activities and improving our

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Electric vehicles: charging towards a sustainable world

Electric vehicles: charging towards a sustainable world

🕔08:08, 1.Jul 2022

What has driven the recent acceleration in electric vehicle (EV) sales? Jason Zhang: The acceleration has been largely driven by regulations and incentives in Europe and China. In Europe, for example, 2020 was the first year when automakers faced stringent

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Food innovation: Investing to feed our future

Food innovation: Investing to feed our future

🕔10:03, 28.Jun 2022

At the recent COP267 conference, members of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), of which Franklin Templeton is a member, signed a commitment to deploy over US$100 trillion in financing over the next three decades to move the

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Emerging Market Green Bonds Report 2021

Emerging Market Green Bonds Report 2021

🕔08:53, 28.Jun 2022

Riding the Green Wave: Green and sustainable investment in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) rebounded from pandemicrelated challenges to reach record levels in 2021. This report provides an overview of developments in the market for green bonds issued in

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Swiss Sustainable Investment Market Study 2022

Swiss Sustainable Investment Market Study 2022

🕔13:41, 14.Jun 2022

This is the fifth Swiss Sustainable Investment Market Study published by Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF) in collaboration with the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP) at the University of Zurich. After the impressive increase in the amount of

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Our carbon framework for sustainable investing

Our carbon framework for sustainable investing

🕔10:07, 26.May 2022

The urgent need for action on climate change and likely policy responces means that investors need to think about carbon in their portfolios. And they need to do so from multiple perspectives.

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How to address the challenges of sovereign sustainability

How to address the challenges of sovereign sustainability

🕔12:29, 4.May 2022

What does sustainability mean to you? We recognise that this can be an emotive topic and it is difficult to consolidate disparate sustainability concepts into one investable package. What we can do however is be clear in our objectives, encourage

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The state of the sustainability-linked bond market

The state of the sustainability-linked bond market

🕔08:29, 29.Apr 2022

Before we go further, we should define our terms. A sustainability-linked bond (SLB) is a general proceeds debt instrument, meaning the issuer does not have to predetermine projects and allocation of proceeds. Instead, the funds may be used for general

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Does every Financial Services organisation need a Paul Polman?

Does every Financial Services organisation need a Paul Polman?

🕔12:46, 25.Apr 2022

Sustainable Leadership in Financial Services Sustainable leadership. What does that actually mean? And what does it entail for the Financial Services sector? Does it mean shifting strategies from making profits to ensuring the planet is ok? To care about the

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Global Sustainable Outcomes – Q4 2021

Global Sustainable Outcomes – Q4 2021

🕔16:04, 5.Apr 2022

While the word inflation again dominated markets over Q4 2021, a new word rivalled it by December: Omicron. This Covid-19 mutation was identified by South African scientists and soon it was spreading fast. The world flew into a panic, banning

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Sustainability Report 2021

Sustainability Report 2021

🕔08:49, 5.Apr 2022

Our world is constantly changing. People are redefining the way they live, work and interact. Expectations from our clients, investors, employees and society are also evolving, and so should we. In April 2021, after a wide-ranging review, including cross-firm brainstorming

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Bonds that build back better

Bonds that build back better

🕔16:06, 10.Mar 2022

Some might argue that building a sustainable economy is a technological problem. It isn’t. The world is sufficiently stocked with greenhouse gas-reducing technologies such as renewable fuels, carbon capture and energy storage. What it lacks is capital. According to the

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Integrating climate change into capital market assumptions: our approach and findings

Integrating climate change into capital market assumptions: our approach and findings

🕔08:09, 7.Feb 2022

Our CMA process and how we aligned macro, fundamental and climate variables Our CMA process follows a classic building-block approach in which the components of total return — income, growth and valuation — are forecast independently. We use a number

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Our top four sustainable equity investment themes for 2022

Our top four sustainable equity investment themes for 2022

🕔14:14, 2.Feb 2022

Sustainable investing has continued to grow at record pace. We believe one of the ways to generate value is to stick to long-term sustainable growth investing focused on the sustainable revolution underway in society. A growing number of companies and

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ESG Global Study 2021

ESG Global Study 2021

🕔08:19, 21.Jan 2022

Executive summary Global investors strongly prefer an active approach to ESG. Threequarters use active funds to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues  more than double the proportion using passive funds and trackers. Rather than investing in funds that merely

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Investment views for uncertain times

Investment views for uncertain times

🕔11:57, 18.Jan 2022

One year after the discovery of anti-Covid vaccines, financial markets will soon have left (or slowly leaving) the pandemic behind. The economy has not.  This is demonstrated by the numerous disruptions among supply chains, on labour markets or on commodity

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Why might investors be interested in waste?

Why might investors be interested in waste?

🕔09:19, 18.Jan 2022

The challenge of waste management has long been one of society’s primary challenges. Indeed, we can trace the origin of the waste management industry all the way back to the creation of the first municipal dump in Ancient Greece where,

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Country Sustainability: Finland takes the lead

Country Sustainability: Finland takes the lead

🕔08:38, 12.Jan 2022

Update – December 2021 Covid-19 with adverse and complex implications Tentative hopes of a foreseeable end to the coronavirus pandemic have been dashed again with new waves of Covid-19 raging in many parts of the world and the recent detection

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Sustainability linked bonds: bedrijven uit opkomende markten verhogen de inzet

Sustainability linked bonds: bedrijven uit opkomende markten verhogen de inzet

🕔12:45, 1.Jan 2022

Bedrijven uit opkomende markten maken steeds vaker gebruik van een innovatief type obligatie om hun inspanningen voor de groene transitie te ondersteunen. Van kustoverstromingen tot een mogelijke ineenstorting van de landbouwproductie, opkomende economieën zijn kwetsbaarder voor de gevolgen van de

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Global Sustainable Outcomes – Q3 2021

Global Sustainable Outcomes – Q3 2021

🕔11:39, 16.Dec 2021

We’re now seeing the economic consequences of shutting down the world and then hitting the restart button. As most economies re-open, demand for goods and services has largely recovered to pre-Covid levels, however supply chains have remained under stress. What

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Duurzame Voeding: een defensieve belegging met sterke groei

Duurzame Voeding: een defensieve belegging met sterke groei

🕔14:56, 5.Dec 2021

De transitie naar een meer duurzame voedselwaardeketen, ‘from farm to fork’, vergt innovatieve oplossingen. Dat opent een hele nieuwe wereld van opportuniteiten voor beleggers. ‘Voedselwaardeketens vormen de kern van veel van de milieu- en sociale problemen waarmee we vandaag worden

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