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Investor Agenda finds $32trn of backing

Investors with a combined $32 trillion in assets have signed up to an initiative to step up action on climate change.

Majority of Australian investments are ‘responsible’, report finds

More than half of all professionally managed investments in Australia were labelled ‘responsible’ in 2017, according to a survey of asset managers.

Australia and New Zealand to develop sustainable finance roadmap

More than 300 organisations with a combined $10 trillion in assets have agreed to produce a roadmap to grow sustainable finance in Australia and New Zealand.

Green bond round-up, 11 July 2018

Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Asia conference

Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Asia conference saw the agreement of a deal that could help drive growth in the region, writes Michael Hurley.

Development bank finance for climate projects jumps 28%

Financing of climate-related projects by multilateral development banks (MDBs) soared 28% last year to a record high of $35.2 billion.

Rio Tinto shareholders in largest ever vote for climate resolution

Investors with a combined $4 billion of shares in Rio Tinto have recorded the largest vote for a climate change-related resolution, without board support, in Australian corporate history.

Investors round on Rio Tinto's funding of fossil fuel lobby groups

Rio Tinto will face mounting pressure at its annual general meeting (AGM) as investors with a combined £1.8 trillion ($2.5 trillion) take aim at its policy on funding lobby groups that obstruct action to combat climate change.

People moves: SASB, FMO, SLM and IHS Towers

Jean Rogers has stepped down from her role as chair of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).

Investors wake up to collective engagement clout

Climate-related resolutions at Exxon and Shell garnered the support of the world's largest investors. Now asset managers and owners are massing together to move entire sectors, writes Michael Hurley.