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  • Voting in Environmental Finance's 18th Annual Market Rankings closes soon

    03 November 2017

    Voting has begun in the Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.

  • Fundsmith enters sustainability arena and slams competition

    02 November 2017

    Fundsmith launched its first sustainability fund, while taking a swipe at other offerings in the space, pointing to "fatal flaws in the way that existing environmental, social and governance (ESG) monitoring is applied."

  • Climate finance with Anglo-Chinese characteristics

    02 November 2017

    A high-powered group of UK and Chinese investors, corporates and regulators have developed a plan of action to boost climate finance. Graham Cooper reports

  • Consumers go green in China

    31 October 2017

    Companies doing business in China need to be aware that Chinese consumers increasingly care not just about the price and convenience of the products and services they buy, but also their environmental impact, says David Liao

  • S&P Dow Jones discloses carbon metrics for its equity indexes

    31 October 2017

    Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&PDJI) has begun publishing key carbon metrics for its equity indexes in response to growing investor interest in the risks associated with carbon emissions.

  • EAPF issues call-to-arms for climate transparency

    30 October 2017

    The UK's Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF) has issued a rallying cry to the finance sector to step up its focus on climate change disclosures .

  • UBS launches Global Impact Fund

    26 October 2017

    UBS Asset Management (AM) has launched UBS Equity SICAV Global Impact Fund, an open-ended fund targeting companies that aim to have a positive social and environmental impact.

  • Rathbone Greenbank funds hit £1bn

    26 October 2017

    Rathbone Greenbank Investments has hit £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in funds under management, as it claims ethical investing has gone mainstream.

  • BMO's Responsible EM fund carbon intensity 85.5% below benchmark

    25 October 2017

    BMO Global Asset Management said the carbon intensity of its Responsible Emerging Markets Strategy is 85.5% less than that of its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

  • La Francaise takes full control of Inflection Point

    25 October 2017

    French asset manager La Francaise has taken full control of Inflection Point Capital