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John Belgrove, Senior Partner at Aon, appointed Chair of the Investment Leaders Group

15 October 2019

16 October 2019 – John Belgrove has been appointed Chair of the Investment Leaders Group (ILG), a group of 12 leading pension funds, insurers and asset managers convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).

Nick Villiers appointed Director of CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance

26 September 2019

September 2019 – Nick Villiers joins the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership this month to lead the Centre for Sustainable Finance, which undertakes deep industry collaboration, high-calibre research, and exceptional education programmes with over 50 global financial institutions to help them play a leading role in building a more sustainable economy.

CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance welcomes the UK’s Green Finance Strategy

1 July 2019

2 July 2019 – Today the UK government has launched its Green Finance Strategy, setting out its green finance objectives and ambitions.

Centre for Sustainable Finance chairs discussion on the challenges facing hydropower in Africa

28 May 2019

28 May 2019 – Last month, the Centre for Sustainable Finance chaired a panel discussion on attracting private finance into sustainable infrastructure, with the focus on hydropower, at the “Africa 2019” Water Storage and Hydropower Development for Africa conference in Windhoek, Namibia.

Centre for Sustainable Finance hosts the FRANTIC consortium's first workshop

22 May 2019

27 May 2019 – Earlier this month, the Centre for Sustainable Finance hosted a workshop on quantifying climate-related transition risks to the UK financial system. The workshop was organised by the consortium behind the project FRANTIC – Financial Risk and the Impact of Climate Change.

Working paper finds that better disclosures are needed to assess long-term orientation of investment funds

19 March 2019

20 March 2019 – The Investment Leaders Group found that the data necessary to enable institutional and retail investors to assess the long-term orientation of the investment funds is not currently available.

Investors and lenders need better tools to manage climate risk to homes, mortgages and assets, finds new research

18 February 2019

22 February 2019 – New open-source models from ClimateWise, a global insurance network, offer step-by-step guides to help the financial industry prepare for risks posed by climate change.

A growing interest from the investment community on ways to measure impacts at the launch event of the Sustainable Investment Framework

6 February 2019

08 February 2019 – The launch event of the Sustainable Investment Framework brought together over 120 asset managers and asset owners, academics, sustainability experts, alongside EU Commission officials, to discuss the opportunities, challenges and next steps to measure investment impacts.

Better measures needed to help savers choose investment products, new report finds

28 January 2019

January 31 2019 – The Investment Leaders Group found that the data necessary to assess the social and environmental impact of funds is lacking.

Helping insurers gear up for regulation on climate related financial risk: ClimateWise Principles now aligned with TCFD recommendations

13 December 2018

17 December 2018 – The ClimateWise Principles, which aim to help insurers disclose their response to climate change, have now been revised to align fully with the recommendations set out by the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

John Belgrove, Senior Partner at Aon, appointed Chair of the Investment Leaders Group

Nick Villiers appointed Director of CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance

CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance welcomes the UK’s Green Finance Strategy

Centre for Sustainable Finance chairs discussion on the challenges facing hydropower in Africa

Centre for Sustainable Finance hosts the FRANTIC consortium's first workshop

Working paper finds that better disclosures are needed to assess long-term orientation of investment funds

Investors and lenders need better tools to manage climate risk to homes, mortgages and assets, finds new research

A growing interest from the investment community on ways to measure impacts at the launch event of the Sustainable Investment Framework

Better measures needed to help savers choose investment products, new report finds

Helping insurers gear up for regulation on climate related financial risk: ClimateWise Principles now aligned with TCFD recommendations

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