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.” Olivier Guigné, Group Chief Investment Officer at CNP Assurances, added: “This fund demonstrates a perfect alignment around our shared values and our commitment to an inclusive and sustainable society. With this investment, our total impact financing commitments now exceed €1.5bn.
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1] GreenInvesting – risk of a new mis-selling scandal by Laurence Fletcher and Joshua Oliver, Financial Times 20.02.2022. The post From Rhetoric to Practice appeared first on ESG Investor.
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