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Why a just transition must underpin a green recovery
Read this News article: Why a just transition must underpin a green recoveryWe believe that a Green+ Gilt with well-defined environmental and social benefits would help address the lack of investment and productivity gap faced by the UK by upgrading infrastructure, supporting innovation and building skills.
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Press release: UK government announces Sovereign Green Bond
Read this News article: Press release: UK government announces Sovereign Green BondThe Impact Investing Institute, the Green Finance Institute and the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment are delighted to welcome the UK government’s announcement to issue a Sovereign Green Bond.
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Mobilising more investment for place-based impact
Read this News article: Mobilising more investment for place-based impactThe Impact Investing Institute, together with the Good Economy and Pensions for Purpose, is working on a collaborative project aimed at mobilising more flows of institutional investment to address place-based inequalities and support more inclusive and sustainable development across the UK.
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Our vision for making impact reporting easier and more accessible
Read this News article: Our vision for making impact reporting easier and more accessibleMore and more consumers, investors and policy makers are interested in the long-term sustainability of businesses. They want to see companies report transparently on the positive and negative impact of their business activities on the environment and society.
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Press release: Investors with £10 trillion in assets call for the UK to issue a green+ sovereign bond
Read this News article: Press release: Investors with £10 trillion in assets call for the UK to issue a green+ sovereign bondA UK green sovereign bond would finance the green recovery plans the Prime Minister outlined in his keynote speech this week, creating green-collar jobs across the country.
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The power of pensions – how pension funds can invest with impact
Read this News article: The power of pensions – how pension funds can invest with impactThe world is changing, with new challenges relating to people and the planet. Pension money is vulnerable to these challenges, but it also possesses the power to contribute to solutions for the most pressing environmental and social issues of our time.
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Update: Looking inward and ahead
Read this News article: Update: Looking inward and aheadThe last two months have been very productive ones for the Institute. We have been making progress on several different workstreams, including the compatibility of pension trustees’ fiduciary duty and impact investing, impact measurement, management and reporting in the social housing sector.
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Investing in a resilient future – microfinance as a pathway
Read this News article: Investing in a resilient future – microfinance as a pathwayIn my first blogpost of the international series, I suggested that “resilience” should be our new North Star as impact-minded investors – the guiding principle to ensure that we build sufficient resource capacity to absorb adversity and avoid a slide into economic, social and health despair.
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Responding to the European Commission’s consultation on the review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive
Read this News article: Responding to the European Commission’s consultation on the review of the Non-Financial Reporting DirectiveWe welcome the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s consultation on the review the Non-Financial Reporting Directive. Traditionally, non-financial reporting has focused on how an organisation avoids harm, mitigates risk and manages its reputation.
