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  • La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup

    20 November 2024

    Financial services group La Banque Postale has invested - via its venture capital fund, 115K - in a French ESG-focused fintech start-up.

  • 'Very encouraging' European 'light green' fund investment in Middle East

    15 November 2024

    There is a "very encouraging" level of investment from 'light green' European funds in Middle Eastern real estate firms which suggests emerging positive sustainability disclosure trends in the region, according to Emirates NBD.

  • Manager of €100m French listed equities biodiversity fund selected - with RfP for private fund expected in Q1

    21 October 2024

    Sustainability specialist Mirova has won a competitive tender to manage a listed equities fund focused on biodiversity, with a private assets strategy expected to be launched in coming months.

  • Lending with 'true additionality'

    08 October 2024

    Impact debt is the remedy to missing middle, Eiffel's Fabrice Dumonteil tells Jennifer Forrest

  • The 2024 AGM season showed us the power of a vote

    18 September 2024

    Dual-class share structures skew voting outcomes and insulate company management from the views of independent shareholders and the discipline of the market, writes Caroline Escott

  • Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper

    17 September 2024

    Interest rates, right-wing populism and the sustainability impact of artificial intelligence are three of the biggest challenges facing decarbonisation for public equity investors, according to asset manager Ninety One.

  • Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail

    16 September 2024

    Heating is still dominated by fossil fuels but scientists on the electric heat side are catching up, writes Ted Franks

  • Fair Reward Framework launches exec pay tool

    13 September 2024

    Asset owner-led Fair Reward Framework has launched a tool that will help investors assess whether FTSE 100 executive pay is 'fair and proportionate'.

  • Over 100 organisations demand stop to financing of industrial livestock farming

    12 September 2024

    A letter signed by 105 civil organisations has demanded that US banks halt financing of industrial livestock production for its role in fuelling climate change.

  • SIX launches 'climate equity flag' for companies

    23 August 2024

    SIX has launched a new Paris Agreement-aligned climate flag for companies who are listed through the Swiss financial exchange firm, with S&P Global Ratings and SGS the first approved reviewers for the scheme.