Archive

  • News Round Up: Tabula, Aviva, Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, and more

    14 January 2021

  • Impact: Six areas to watch in 2021

    07 January 2021

    A legal framework for impact, harmonisation of reporting frameworks and the rise of impact indexes could shape 2021, writes Michael Hurley

  • Biden urged to bolster US impact market with disclosure rules

    16 December 2020

    The incoming Biden administration has been urged to bolster US impact investment by pushing regulators to require sustainability disclosures and clarify the role of impact in investors' fiduciary duty.

  • Net Zero Asset Alliance paper maps out Paris Alignment for high‐emitting sectors

    10 December 2020

    The Net Zero Asset Alliance in conjunction with the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) has published the 'Sectoral Pathways to Net Zero' paper, which maps out possible 1.5 °C pathways for five key high‐emitting sectors: energy, utilities, materials in specific steel and cement, and transport.

  • News Round Up: EU Commission, BlackRock, Nordea, and more

    03 December 2020

  • Barclays criticised for fossil fuel lending growth

    11 November 2020

    Barclays has been criticised by campaigners for increasing the amount it has lent to fossil fuel firms in 2020, just months after it pledged to become net-zero emissions across its lending portfolio by 2050.

  • News round-up: Investor group urges coal exit, ESG index numbers jump, Franklin Templeton boosts social assets

    06 November 2020

    $5trn UN-convened global alliance calls for thermal coal exit

  • People Moves 23 October: Clim8 Invest; CofE Pensions Board; SEKSL; AllianceBernstein; Earth Capital; Christian Super

    23 October 2020

    Sustainability investment platform recruits Hiscox CIO

  • WWF launches water risk scenarios

    06 October 2020

    The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has released a set of scenarios intended to help companies and investors assess water risks and build resilience into activities or portfolios.

  • Science Based Targets initiative launches financial sector framework

    01 October 2020

    Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched its "breakthrough" pilot framework for financial institutions to set science-based climate targets, but campaigners were "disappointed" and "disturbed" by what they perceive to be shortcomings.