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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.

Q&A: how we’ve engaged with European banks over climate change

Banks are major financers of emissions, which is why engaging with the banks we invest in is so important.

Mirabaud Advises Spanish Quoted Renewable Energy Company Soltec On Securing €100M Financing Agreement

Mirabaud, with extensive experience in the renewable energy sector and, specifically, in financing operations, designed a competitive process

BNP Paribas, a leader in financing the energy transition, enters a new phase of rapid acceleration

The Group has secured a leading global position in green bond structuring and placement in 2022, equivalent to $19.5 billion.

NetZero and Rothschild & Co announce multi-year carbon removal partnership

This credit procurement agreement forms part of the Group’s balanced portfolio approach to carbon compensation, and Rothschild & Co has committed to purchasing biochar carbon credits from NetZero every year until 2030.

Amundi to launch Europe’s first CAC 40 climate ETF

In partnership with Euronext

UniCredit and Amundi Asset Management launch four ESG mutual funds

Through these investment instruments, the bank's clients have access to innovative long-term solutions that meet the expectations and requirements for sustainable development.

Calls for more impactful funding ring out from Davos

Philanthropists have been put in the spotlight at this year’s World Economic Forum meeting over their failure to invest enough in tackling climate change.

Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and Investment Labels

A general “anti-greenwashing” rule applicable to all firms.

As Regulation Tightens, European Asset Managers Must Uphold ESG Claims

Managers’ investment practices should match their claims in areas such as climate and biodiversity

Davos 2023: greening returns - a new investment imperative

On the much-debated question of whether development and growth are at odds with tackling the climate challenge, Rania Al-Mashat agreed with Professor Lord Stern.

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