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Schroders tops financial institutions in the latest Global Canopy Forest 500 report

The report also highlighted the pressing need for more action across financial institutions and other companies.

Investors focus on climage change and diversity in this year's AGM season

With climate change presenting one of the biggest risks to the long-term sustainability of a company, investors are engaging with companies to support them

Wolters Kluwer creates new Corporate Performance and ESG division to meet bank demand

All four businesses serve banks and global corporations with cloud and on-premise solutions, enjoying leading market positions in their specific areas of expertise.

AXA Climate launches humorous content series to engage employees with sustainability

The subscription-based product is white-labelled and helps organizations engage their workforce in sustainability behavioural change.

Fee Income From ESG Funds Exploded in 2022

The high fees that ESG bond funds generated are in stark contrast to non-ESG fixed-income products.

ESG: weathering the market headwinds

The past two years have been challenging for ESG investment strategies. Our QEP team explain how they are navigating the current headwinds.

Leaders gather at London event in support of UN Nature COP15 agreement

UK government hosts a major multinational event to increase private finance to protect and restore nature

Climate emergency: can green technology save us?

Economic growth and prosperity have been intrinsically linked to a rise in fossil fuel consumption since the industrial revolution – the primary cause of our climate crisis.

AXA IM aligns compensation of senior executives to its ESG ambitions

The AXA IM for Progress Monitor metrics sit alongside AXA IM’s financial targets and indicators as additional indications of its progress as an investor and a business.

UK firm wins €4.2 billion Dutch ESG mandate

Osmosis has worked with Pensioenfonds PGB to create a developed markets world equity portfolio, which will incorporate PGB's exclusions while integrating the proprietary Osmosis Resource Efficiency Factor.

Finance for positive, sustainable change

Closing the say-do gap is key to tackling greenwashing and boosting confidence in ESG standards.

London-based Osmosis wins $4.5bn ESG mandate from Dutch pension fund

The fresh mandate will double Osmosis’s assets under management and comes after the firm bucked a slump among London’s asset managers last year as investors fled the market amid extreme volatility.

Rothschild & Co and Carbo Culture sign multi-year carbon removal offtake agreement

Through this agreement, Rothschild & Co has committed to purchase biochar carbon credits from Carbo Culture annually from 2025 through 2030.

SBTi validates Temenos' targets for carbon emission reduction

This commitment underpins Temenos’ strategy to integrate ESG into its operations

Downing expands renewables asset management team

This includes maximising returns, ensuring proper health and safety procedures are in place, capital expenditure investments, and running optimisation projects.

EIB Group activity in Italy in 2022: €10.09 billion of investment and record green financing

Italy, which received 15.9% of total EIB activity in the European Union in 2022, was the leading country for financing and resources managed by the EIB Group in 2022.

Northern Trust Asset Management Launches Natural Capital Paris-Aligned Strategy

The Northern Trust World Natural Capital Paris-Aligned Index Strategy Provides Institutional Clients with an Enhanced Net Zero Solution

Aviva donates £38 million to UK forest restoration

The carbon removal will begin from 2024 and will be at its fastest around 2060 when the forests are expected to be removing about 24,000 tonnes CO2 each year.

Revealed: BlackRock's three major themes

Implications for thematic investing

Credit Suisse Asset Management launches the Credit Suisse (Lux) Energy Evolution Equity Fund

The investment process is based on bottom-up fundamental analysis, ESG integration, and impact assessments.

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