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  • Aviva: OECD climate platform could reduce greenwashing

    04 June 2021

    Aviva Investors has renewed calls for an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) climate finance platform it said could reduce greenwashing by encouraging investment in emerging markets.

  • Investors urged to join sovereign climate performance assessment project

    17 May 2021

    Investors have been urged to get involved in a project to develop an assessment framework for the carbon performance of sovereigns, currently backed by groups including the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).

  • Macquarie and BT Pension push TPI support past $20trn

    16 October 2020

    Membership of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) has surged past the $20 trillion milestone, just over three years after it was launched.

  • People Moves, 10 July: BT Pension; Mirova; JPMorgan; RPMI Railpen; Aegon; Gresham House

    10 July 2020

  • People Moves: Nature Conservancy, UBS, Premier Asset Management, AP6, LuxFLAG

    21 June 2019

    NGO the Nature Conservancy has announced board directors and leadership members.

  • Private sector lagging on climate disclosure, report claims

    17 August 2018

    Private sector asset owners tend to be less prepared than their public sector counterparts to make voluntary public statements and disclosures related to climate change, a report has claimed.

  • Federated Investors takes majority stake in Hermes

    03 July 2018

    Federated Investors, a US investment manager, has purchased a 60% stake in Hermes Investment Management from the BT Pension Scheme for a total consideration of £259.9 million ($341.5 million).

  • ‘Worryingly complacent’ UK pension funds neglect climate risk

    25 May 2018

    Some of the largest pension funds in the UK are ‘worryingly complacent’ about the risks posed by climate change to investments, according to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC).

  • Brave new world

    24 December 2015

    What does the landmark Paris agreement mean for the financial community, asks Peter Cripps

  • Winch leaves PRI for Low Carbon

    20 March 2015

    Helene Winch has left the UN-supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), where she was director of policy and research, to join Low Carbon.