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'Unprecedented demand' for Scottish forestry from high net worth individuals

Both individuals and institutions favour mix of returns, tax benefits and alignement with susitanability pledges

UBP and Blue Earth Capital seal strategic partnership

BlueEarth launched its Climate Growth Strategy to provide growth equity capital and impact expertise to businesses developing scalable solutions that are designed to take on the most pressing climate change concerns.

ISS ESG Launches Online Gateway to Deliver ESG Corporate & Fund Ratings

ISS ESG has ranked top performing companies by their ESG Performance Score

Lengthening the ESG investment horizon

Studies of the relative returns of ESG and conventional investments are inevitably focused on the past

Brown Advisory launches Sustainable International Leaders strategy

Ex-US ESG leaders

How to select companies for net zero portfolios

That’s why at Lombard Odier, we have developed a unique methodology where we not only align portfolios to temperature but we also assess if companies are on the right decarbonisation trajectory.

AllianzGI and Cevian raise pressure over linking pay to climate goals

Asset manager and activist investor urge investors to vote against businesses if conditions not met

AllianzGI vows to vote against European large-caps that fail to link exec pay to ESG KPIs

Publishes analysis of AGM voting in 2021

Sanlam opens Sustainable Global Dividend fund to external investors

£200m AuM

Human Rights and the Environment — EU publishes draft Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

The Draft Directive also provides a mechanism for sanctions to be imposed for non-compliance with the due diligence obligations and provides for director responsibility and accountability in relation to a company’s HREDD programme.

Macquarie makes £275 million debt investment in UK solar power portfolio

The portfolio is largely owned and operated by Vantage RE, a UK-based renewable energy investment and asset management firm owned by Bursa Malaysia-listed electricity utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad.

Deutsche Bank Ocean Resilience Philanthropy Fund opens for contributions

First announced at COP26, the Deutsche Bank Ocean Resilience Philanthropy Fund is now open for contributions

Brown Advisory unveils ESG analysis for bonds market

The ESG framework helps underpin Brown Advisory's new Global Sustainable Total Return Bond Fund

Network launches to transform industry ESG practices

Higgins said the financial system has “tremendous capabilities” to lead its own transition to a more sustainable future.

Banks haven’t even tackled the first question on climate

Lenders such as NatWest are still working through the balance sheets even as expectations on their role grow

Over £300bn of UK savings invested in firms linked to deforestation

Make My Money Matter is calling on pension schemes to listen to the views of their members by committing to deforestation free portfolios.

Banks as ESG partners: ensure cautious corporates don’t get left behind

As governments, banks and regulators expand their own requirements for the markets in which they operate, the challenge now is for corporates to keep up with this rapid and fundamental change to the way they do business.

Tackling Greenwashing: ESMA publishes Sustainable Finance Roadmap

The Roadmap contains a useful discussion of National Competent Authorities’ (“NCAs”) current perceptions of greenwashing risk

ESG investing can be too consultative and risk averse, warn AA-rated PMs

Boutique founders Ludovic Label and Cyril Bertrand believe they have found a unique take on how to handle sustainability concerns.

Morningstar: Europe-based fund assets decline, as ESG retains popularity with investors

Article 8 and 9 funds attracted €20.4bn

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