Moody's: 'Investors today are more sensitive to climate change'

James Murray
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Influential ratings agency reveals assets under management linked to firms signed up to responsible investment principles have trebled over the past six years to $62tr

Interest in climate change and sustainable investment among institutional investors has expanded rapidly in recent years and is only likely to increase in importance following the ratification of the Paris...

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