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Rathbones announces net zero emissions targets

Greenbank also discloses this net zero strategy today to the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, which it has been a signatory to since March 2021.

How Key are Transparency and Consistency to Mitigating Greenwashing Concerns?

A lack of consistency in ESG terminology is a main driver of investor confusion when it comes to identifying which companies or financial instruments conform to desired standards.

Mirabaud Advisors Acts for Investors in Sale of Photovoltaic Plant to Spanish Fund Plenium Partners

This transaction exemplifies the intense interest that large institutional funds and renewable specialists have in Spanish renewable assets.

Zurich: Firms that don’t confront climate change will lose relevance

Zurich is a self-professed climate advocate with aspirations to be “one of the most responsible and impactful companies in the world", Kalcher said.

EBRD invests in Latvia’s AST inaugural green bond

The issuance attracted strong interest from Baltic and Nordic investors; bids worth €200 million reflected investors’ trust in AST’s sustainable business model.

UBP’s “wish list” for the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15)

Any commitment surrounding recycling should come with the inclusion of mandatory corporate disclosure.

ESG: the money market approach

Sustainable investment need not be limited to the long term. Money market funds can also embrace ESG and help investors achieve sustainability across their holdings.

TCFD warns of disclosure issues despite global success

The taskforce analyses findings from its latest status report

Beyond GDP growth: why natural capital matters

Markets are underestimating the fundamental role that the preservation of nature plays in the race to net zero.

Climate Solutions launches Climarket

All investment opportunities are thoroughly pre-screened using Climate Solutions’ proprietary investment screening tool.

Sustainability will drive returns

By targeting companies aligning with the goals of the Paris Agreement

Culture – A Practical Framework for Sustainable Change

Innovative resource guides organisations on their approach to cultural progression.

Funds Governance in 2021 – What it Means to Investors

The research found that the rise of ESG investing, demands for specific experience and greater expectations on transparency are all shaping the fund governance landscape

Credit Suisse and BMW pile into climate tech VC fund

The venture capital strategy has made its first five investments in firms that aim to mitigate CO2 emissions

Investors pushing the drive to net zero

Thirty two percent of investors are happy for their money to be used to reduce carbon emissions, regardless of return.

Gaps in climate disclosure will hit corporate access to capital

Yet the majority of companies in emerging markets have little visibility on what their climate risk exposure might be.

Five priorities for COP26: an investor’s perspective

In biodiversity alone, 68% of animal populations have vanished in the past 50 years

Hedge fund manager Hohn steps up campaign over banks’ fossil-fuel loans

These include setting stricter capital requirements for carbon-intensive lending, and requiring banks to improve climate-related disclosures.

BNP Paribas Asset Management broadens low carbon range with third ETF launch

BNP Paribas Easy Low Carbon 100 Eurozone PAB® UCITS ETF uses a methodology based on a significant commitment to ESG

Willis Towers Watson and Qontigo launch climate transition indices

Whilst current climate metrics can help to identify outliers, many of the current approaches to factoring climate risk into investments tend to be simplistic and fall short of accurately identifying their impact on company valuations.

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