02/23/2022
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
Planet SOS
02/23/2022
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.
02/23/2022
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.
02/23/2022
Tackling Greenwashing: ESMA publishes Sustainable Finance Roadmap
The Roadmap contains a useful discussion of National Competent Authorities’ (“NCAs”) current perceptions of greenwashing risk
02/23/2022
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.
02/23/2022
Morningstar: Europe-based fund assets decline, as ESG retains popularity with investors
Article 8 and 9 funds attracted €20.4bn
02/23/2022
What is place-based impact investing?
Place-based impact investing can help real estate investors deliver clear and measurable improvements to deprived areas. But how does it work?
02/22/2022
HSBC sets net zero aligned targets to reduce financed emissions from oil and gas, power and utilities sectors
Targets for two emissions-intensive sectors follow the launch of thermal coal phase-out policy
02/22/2022
AllianzGI calls for UK and EU large caps to link pay to ESG
Boards are well supported
02/22/2022
Climate-related Financial Reporting to be mandatory from 6 April 2022
The new mandatory regime will exist in addition to the Listing Rule provisions, which already require companies admitted to the Premium segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange to report in line with TCFD or explain why they have not.
02/22/2022
The Big Exchange adds nine ESG funds to investment platform
Triodos, Federated Hermes and EdenTree
02/22/2022
How Pictet’s water fund hit €9bn in assets through performance
Last year was particularly beneficial for the strategy, as investors turned towards late-cyclical stocks and environmental themes.
02/21/2022
ESG: the next mis-selling scandal?
Plus, taming the buyout barbarians, gold outperforms, and farewell PJ O’Rourke
02/21/2022
Schroders’ greenhouse gas emission reduction goals formally validated by the Science Based Targets initiative
The targets include Schroders’ own operations, as well as our ‘financed emissions’ i.e. the emissions arising from the companies in which we invest.
02/21/2022
Schroders expands suite of UK-based sustainable thematic strategies with the Digital Infrastructure Fund
With Environmental, Social, and Governance factors at the core of the investment process
02/21/2022
Nordea ties senior remuneration to sustainability goals
The new targets are connected to green financing, implementing sustainability and gender balance.
02/20/2022
The Open Protocol’s New Crypto and ESG Requirements: Are You Ready?
The current case in point is the October 5, 2021 announcement that effective April 1, 2022
02/20/2022
Green investing: the risk of a new mis-selling scandal
ESG funds are popular, but research has found the sector is rife with greenwashing. Lawyers warn a reckoning is coming
02/18/2022
Barclays signs 10-year Power Purchase Agreement for UK operations with bp
Agreement will see Barclays sourcing a greater proportion of its UK electricity demand from renewable sources whilst increasing the UK’s zero-carbon energy capacity
02/18/2022
Net Zero and New Targets: Coutts Invest takes big steps on sustainability
New changes mean at least half the underlying investments of our digital service work towards net zero carbon emissions, and there are tough restrictions on tobacco and weapons companies.