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  • Car parts makers in Columbia Threadneedle's deforestation engagement crosshairs

    14 March 2024

    Car parts manufacturers have been targeted for engagement by Columbia Threadneedle, as the investor seeks "a different route" to tackling deforestation in corporate supply chains, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

  • NA100 prepares to publish benchmark to judge company progress on nature

    14 March 2024

    A benchmark of the 100 listed companies deemed to be systemically important in reversing nature and biodiversity loss is to be published in coming weeks, to inform investors looking to push for positive change with company management.

  • CT UK Social Bond Fund to target preventative outcomes

    11 March 2024

    Columbia Threadneedle's UK Social Bond Fund will refocus in an attempt to identify "preventative outcomes" as it enters its second decade.

  • Columbia Threadneedle upgrades SFDR status of ten funds

    20 November 2023

    Columbia Threadneedle Investments has upgraded ten of its funds under the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) - two to Article 9 and eight to Article 8.

  • Columbia Threadneedle launches global social bond fund

    29 June 2023

    Columbia Threadneedle Investments has launched a dedicated global social bond fund, nine years after it launched its ground-breaking UK social bond fund.

  • Sustainability-linked bonds 'risk green/social-washing'

    04 March 2022

    Columbia Threadneedle Investments has warned that the sustainability-linked bond (SLBs) market risks accusations of green- and social-washing due to unambitious target setting.

  • EU taxonomy ‘niche’ and likely to do as much harm as good, says fund manager

    27 June 2019

    The EU’s taxonomy of sustainable climate-related economic activities “is likely to do as much harm as good”, a UK-based fund manager has said.

  • UK is 'laggard' of Europe for responsible investment

    06 April 2017

    The UK is the laggard of Europe when it comes to responsible investment, according to one fund manager.

  • Social bond fund is 'swimming with the tide'

    27 February 2017

    The tide of mainstream investment is firmly headed in the direction of green and social assets, according to one fund manager.

  • Zurich chooses Columbia Threadneedle to manage ESG equity strategy

    21 February 2017

    Swiss insurer Zurich's German business has appointed Columbia Threadneedle Investments to manage its new European equity environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.