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Half of investors to review ESG characteristics this year

Investors expect to increase their investments in opportunities with strong environmental, social and governance metrics

Investors must prepare for climate change regulation

She is also assistant fund manager of the £4.3bn Trojan Fund, which takes into account environmental, social and governance considerations in its stock selection.

Guarding against the coronavirus, sustainably: Are reuseable face masks the answer?

Surgical masks have gone out of stock in supermarkets and pharmacies all over the world, while desperate consumers searching online for masks have reported incidences of profiteering and scams.

Redburn and OMS announce ESG research alliance

The alliance creates a unique framework and much-needed coherence for ESG analysis and responsible investing.

Standard Chartered launches new climate partnership

The four-year programme will utilise the capabilities of Imperial’s Centre for Climate Finance & Investment to embed climate risks and opportunities into financial decision-making.

Clothing With A Conscience

With London Fashion Week just around the corner, here's how a fashion retailer we work with takes action towards a better world.

Change is coming, whether you like it or not' – Greta Thunberg by Peter Graham

A significant amount of plant and machinery that qualifies for ECA is found in newly constructed commercial property.

London Stock Exchange Group: Supporting more shades of Green

The first is aimed at formalising the broadening use of proceeds classification, by adding social and sustainability segments alongside green bonds.

Generali Investments launches first sub-fund investing in green and sustainable bonds

The green bond market is in continuous expansion, driven by an increasing demand, regulation and the adoption by many issuers and institutional investors.

Liontrust aims to reduce carbon emissions

The team are also asking for evidence that companies will have started the process of reducing carbon emissions before the end of this year.

Guernsey Green Fund to adopt EU green taxonomy

The Guernsey Green Fund is the world’s first regulated green fund regime

BlackRock urged to cut oil and gas stakes

BlackRock’s plan to divest from coal, announced last month, fails to satisfy green campaigners

Luxembourg sets out five-year sustainability plan

The agency plans to lead on sustainability and drive innovation in responsible governance

EQ Investors signs up to climate-change investing pact

EQ has joined Climate Action 100+, the world's largest group of investors by assets pressuring companies to act on climate change

Comment - Should central banks join the fight against climate change? By Ahmed, JCRA

Only a few days before the BoE announced its revolutionary climate change-based stress test, we saw a breakdown of talks between governments at the UN Climate Talks

Environmental issues dominate threat list

The challenges before us demand immediate collective action, but fractures within the global community appear to only be widening.

Comment: The side-effects of ESG investing

This step can only be a first move, as other producers of fossil energy have similar effects on climate change and need to be removed from portfolios as well.

Sainsbury’s targets reducing carbon emissions

Sainsbury’s has promised to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero over the next 20-years.

Climate rebel tycoon nets tainted millions: How Extinction Rebellion's British hedge fund backer profits from 'dirty' firms

Sir Chris Hohn has donated £200,000 to Extinction Rebellion

Davos 2020 and climate change: How investment risks have shifted over a decade

As recently as ten years ago the environment didn’t register in the top risks for discussion at the World Economic Forum. Now it dominates. This has important implications for investors.

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