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
Planet SOS
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.
02/18/2022
EU plans to label natural gas and nuclear ‘green' ‘reflect Asia position’
The Commission said it would include certain gas and nuclear power activities as ‘transitional activities’.
02/17/2022
Schroders Climate Progress Dashboard: Slow progress despite COP26 commitments
The long-term increase in temperature the world is currently heading towards has fallen again, albeit at a slow pace, following the commitments made at last year’s COP26 conference in Glasgow, Schroders Climate Progress Dashboard has found.
02/17/2022
Responsible investors react as Morningstar strikes 1,200 funds from its sustainable universe
Fund ratings 'subjective'
02/17/2022
EBRD, GCF and EU boost green investments in Morocco
The financing, of which the equivalent of €18.75 million in local currency (MAD) will be provided by the EBRD and €6.25 million by the GCF
02/17/2022
UK pension schemes embrace sustainability and illiquid assets
Pensions Management Institute annual survey, in association with Schroders Solutions, identifies the key issues facing UK schemes in 2022
02/16/2022
Green accounts relaunched by National Savings & Investments at double previous interest rate
After seemingly little take-up, they were relaunched yesterday with a rate of 1.3 per cent.
02/16/2022
BlackRock launches new range of ESG equity index funds for UK Wealth Market
The UK is entering a period of accelerated growth for indexing across wealth portfolios.