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'Increased visibility': Hermes debuts fund manager climate risk tool

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 21 June 2018 •
'Increased visibility': Hermes debuts fund manager climate risk tool

New data analysis tool will calculate a fund's carbon performance and climate risk exposure, in latest sign of more climate-friendly mindset taking hold of finance sector

Late last year Hermes Investment Management, one of the UK's largest asset managers, declared that climate change presents a "game-changing opportunity" for the global investment community and promised...

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