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  • People moves: SASB, J.P. Morgan AM, Chronos, Ramboll

    01 March 2019

    Madelyn Antoncic has been named chief executive of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Foundation.

  • UK pension fund forum urges greater climate action from 16 firms

    10 August 2018

    The UK Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) issued several climate-related voting alerts to ramp up pressure on 16 oil and gas, mining and transport companies in the second quarter of this year.

  • TPI plans new index to accelerate low-carbon transition

    03 July 2018

    The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) – an asset-owner led initiative backed by more than $9.3 trillion in assets – plans to create a new, global, low-carbon equity index.

  • Companies take $14bn hit from water problems in 2016, CDP finds

    18 November 2016

    The value of water-related financial impacts borne by companies soared to $14 billion last year, up from $2.6 billion the previous year.

  • The changing climate for investors

    20 June 2016

    Just as the transition to a low-carbon economy is gathering pace, so are investors' responses.

  • 'The irresistible force'

    17 June 2016

    Investors are increasingly demanding that companies disclose material climate risks. CalPERS' Anne Simpson tells Peter Cripps why

  • EF BRIEFS: Greencoat, Anglo American, Recharge AS, Kommuninvest

    14 March 2016

    A pension fund joint venture Investment vehicle has joined forces with yieldco Greencoat UK Wind to acquire a stake in a Scottish wind farm for £355 million ($510 million).

  • BNP Paribas IP changes voting policy to be 'a lot more aggressive' on climate change

    23 February 2016

    The asset management arm of BNP Paribas is increasingly going to use its weight as a shareholder to tackle firms that do not disclose adequately their carbon footprints and strategies for transitioning to a low-carbon economy.

  • How the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund is handling climate risk

    10 February 2016

    Norges Bank's latest responsible investment report shows environmental issues are still the key driver for engagement and divestment. Sophie Robinson-Tillett reports.

  • Stranded assets and bankruptcy threaten US coal miners, says S&P

    01 September 2015

    Environmental regulations and supply-demand imbalances threaten to force more US coal mining firms into bankruptcy, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor's.