ESG news – Page 30
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PensionDanmark to buy 49% stake in UK wind farms
EUROPE – Deal comes as part of infrastructure strategy targeting inflation-linked returns.
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Lancashire County Pension Fund backs solar installations
UK – Basingstoke installation first of dozen to be fit on directly held properties.
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Kapoor 'optimistic' about SRI sea change at Norway's oil fund
NORWAY – Re-Define MD has been one of Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global's sharpest critics.
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40 Percent Symposium: Real estate managers reveal sustainability challenges
UK – Experts cite investor demands, proliferation of green initiatives as main issues.
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PensionDanmark calls for socially responsible construction code
DENMARK – Danish pension fund initiating talks with big private, public contractors.
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Unipension extends responsible investment guidelines
DENMARK – Danish pension fund's guidelines to cover real estate, private equity.
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Number of property companies managing sustainability risk soars
GLOBAL – All 543 companies surveyed by GRESB now perform sustainability risk assessments.
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PensionDanmark to invest nearly £130m in UK biomass power plant
EUROPE – Danish scheme also in talks with Faroe Islands on undersea tunnel project.
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World Bank launches $550m, two-year green bond
GLOBAL – Investors include Swedish buffer funds, BlackRock, CalSTRS and State Street.
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Clwyd, Environment Agency pension funds invest in low-carbon trust
UK – Local authority pension schemes make commitments to Threadneedle Low-Carbon Workplace Trust.
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PFA, SE acquire Dong Energy's onshore wind-power business
DENMARK – New company aims to become market leader in onshore wind turbines.
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ABP, PFZW to stick with controversial palm oil firm
NETHERLANDS – Dutch schemes defend engagement process to date with Singapore-based Wilmar.
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Experts warn of regulatory impact on sustainable real estate
UK – Investors may struggle to deal with existing building stock, panelists say.
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AP2 criticised for lack of transparency on farmland investments
GLOBAL – Swedwatch says buffer fund refused to disclose location of farmland in Brazil.
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Environment Agency PF hires Townsend for real-assets push
UK – Existing property portfolio to sit alongside infrastructure, farmland, forestry.
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ESG roundup: IIGCC, UK Green Investment Bank
GLOBAL – IIGCC releases report on impact of climate regulation on real estate market.
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CPPIB laments dearth of investments for pension funds' 'patient capital'
GLOBAL – Applying SRI to infrastructure, real estate 'simply smart long-term investing'.
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French civil servants pension fund awards SRI real estate mandates
FRANCE – ERAFP awards one active, two standby property mandates in France.
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M&G to take sale-and-leaseback model to public sector
UK – Company explores new asset classes, including social infrastructure, local authority projects.
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New York pension funds to invest $500m in Sandy Redevelopment
NORTH AMERICA – Funds to be combined with leverage to provide $1.5bn of capitalisation.
