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Norway wealth fund will pressure, not divest from high gas emitters

Like many other long-term investors, the fund is looking at how to adapt to climate change.

UBP Asset Management (Europe) joins the Race to Zero

Shifting to net zero will be the biggest economic transformation of our time and achieving this goal by mid-century requires an urgent acceleration of current efforts.

FCA extends mandatory climate disclosure requirements

The FCA has acknowledged that there is a balance to be struck on achieving perfect methodologies and disclosures and ‘getting started

Sovereign Wealth Funds and Public Pensions Return to Making Clean Energy Investments

The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on clean energy investments for asset owners

EU to set up a system to certify carbon removals in 2022

The EU Commission will propose a certification system for carbon removed from the atmosphere next year, it has announced.

LGT and Climeworks sign ten-year CO2 removal agreement

LGT committed to reducing the net emissions of its operations and its own investments to zero by 2030.

BNP Paribas AM boss: How technology and sustainability will transform investing in 2022

Sandro Pierri reflects on the themes that will define asset management over the next year

Eighth meeting of the PRA and FCA’s joint Climate Financial Risk Forum

The Climate Financial Risk Forum met for the eighth time in October 2021.

Qatar takes 10% stake in Rolls-Royce's low-carbon nuclear business

Qatar and Rolls-Royce said last month that they would team up in a multi-billion pound project to develop and invest in green technology start-ups in the UK and the Gulf Arab state.

The role of planning in the fight against climate change

The built environment is a long-standing and major contributor to the carbon emissions driving climate change.

EFG’s 2022 perspectives: Global growth set to continue, inflation to be transitory

Inflation will be the main concern for central banks when setting their monetary policy in the coming year.

Orange teams up with Mirova and IUCN to deploy the Orange Nature fund

As more and more companies are committed to carbon neutrality, the priority must be to avoid and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Swisscanto launches European sustainable equity fund

The strategy aims to invest in companies with a strong focus on impact and quality.

FCA’s new rules on climate-related disclosures to help investors, clients and consumers

This, in turn, will strengthen competition in the interests of consumers, protecting them from buying unsuitable products and driving investment towards greener projects and activities.

EBRD approves financial sector strategy

Challenges for financial institutions abound: limiting climate change requires large-scale redirection of capital and a transformation of operating models.

Schroders swoops on renewables fund manager

The FTSE-100 fund manager is close to announcing the acquisition of a 75% stake in Greencoat Capital, which manages a number of solar, wind and other renewables funds, Sky News learns.

Schroders invests in the future of sustainable food and water with new fund

Schroder ISF Global Sustainable Food and Water will target emerging technologies and strategic industries integral to changing the food and water system.

Schroders builds on its climate investing expertise with new Global Climate Leaders fund

Schroder ISF Global Climate Leaders, managed by portfolio managers Simon Webber and Isabella Hervey-Bathurst, will aim to provide investors with exposure to companies benefitting from a competitive advantage due to their ‘climate change leadership&a

Russian Sustainable Finance Regulations finally in place

The concept of "green" projects is designed primarily to attract foreign investors seeking sustainable investment options.

Norway Wealth Fund Ratchets Up Divestments Based on ESG Risk

New ESG pre-screening tool means fund to exclude more stocks

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