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  • Investors develop guidance on meeting TCFD recommendations

    12 April 2017

    Advice on how institutional investors should disclose the impact of climate change on their portfolios has been issued by a group of asset owners and managers from Asia and Australia.

  • Voting begins for EF's Deals of the Year awards

    12 April 2017

    Nominations are now being accepted for the tenth annual Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.

  • More than a third of insurers looking to increase ESG allocation

    07 April 2017

    More than a third, 38%, of insurers plan to increase their allocation to ESG strategies over the year, according to a survey by AXA Investment Managers (IM).

  • MSCI launches new ESG risk data tool

    07 April 2017

    MSCI has launched a new tool for assessing environmental, social and governmental (ESG) risks.

  • EF BRIEFS: ERAFP, Delta Lloyd AM, Folksam

    07 April 2017

    French public-sector pension scheme ERAFP has mandated nearly €5 billion ($5.31 billion) to 16 environmental, social and governance (ESG) equity fund managers following an extensive selection process.

  • UK is 'laggard' of Europe for responsible investment

    06 April 2017

    The UK is the laggard of Europe when it comes to responsible investment, according to one fund manager.

  • UK regulator issues ESG guidance for defined-benefit pension schemes

    03 April 2017

    The UK pensions regulator has released guidance on responsible investment for trustees of defined-benefit (DB) pension funds.

  • European Commission's sustainable finance committee targets investment chain transformation

    03 April 2017

    The European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance will focus on transforming the entire investment and lending chain into a sustainable financial system.

  • Scaling up the energy efficiency market

    03 April 2017

    Meeting the EU's ambitious 2030 target for energy efficiency improvements will require more private finance, better data and standardisation, reports Peter Cripps

  • Shareholders to march on AGM season buoyed by Paris & TCFD

    31 March 2017

    With more than 100 environmental shareholder resolutions already filed, it is financial firms as well as the oil & gas majors that are in the firing line, reports Joe Walsh