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The latest developments in sustainable finance: Lazard and Schroders compete in 'Great Canadian ESG championship'; Philippines central bank consults on sustainability integration; Euronext launches futures contract on CAC 40 ESG index.

Effective climate governance on boards will require a significant upscale in director skills and/or an openness to bringing in candidates from alternative talent pools.

UK arm of Dutch financial group doubles flagship default fund’s ESG exposure with new BlackRock allocation.

Pioneering Californian auto enrollment scheme publishes RfP for ESG option following likely loss of Newton IM fund

Danmarks Nationalbank tenders for provider to help screen assets of foreign-exchange reserve fund on alignment with Paris

The latest developments in sustainable finance

But UK pension and insurance giant says it ‘can’t make investment decisions simply in pursuit of our net zero target’

European managers look set to oversee NYC public equities climate solutions mandate

The latest developments in ESG-related funds

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