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  • $3.2trn investor group to 'step-up' chemical sector emissions engagement

    09 September 2021

    An investor working group has been formed to "step-up" engagement with major chemical firms around their carbon emissions, arguing the sector has been "neglected" by investors as being 'hard-to-abate'.

  • EU Commission criticised over conflicts of interest on BlackRock contract

    25 November 2020

    The European Commission did not properly consider conflicts of interest when it granted a contract to BlackRock to advise on the EU's new sustainable finance agenda for banks, according to an opinion by the European Ombudsman.

  • Science-Based Targets initiative sees uptake double

    05 December 2019

    The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has seen uptake from corporates double over the past year-and-a-half.

  • ESG data files - part 3, continued: ESG rating providers

    29 July 2019

    The second instalment of this analysis of ESG rating agencies finds that investors are increasingly drilling down into the data that underlies the ratings. Peter Cripps reports.

  • ESG data files - part 3: ESG rating providers

    25 July 2019

    As ESG ratings become embedded in mainstream investment decision making, they are attracting criticism. Is it justified, asks Peter Cripps.

  • People moves: CalPERS, FCLTGlobal, NNIP, Lightsource BP, ALLCOT Colombia

    18 January 2019

    Elisabeth Bourqui has resigned as chief operating investment officer at public pension fund California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), after less than eight months in office.

  • Terry Smith bullish on anniversary of sustainable equities fund

    23 November 2018

    Fundsmith's foray into sustainable investing has yielded early success and is poised for further growth, founder Terry Smith tells Graham Cooper

  • People moves: AP3, ISS-Oekom, IETA

    10 August 2018

    Mårten Lindeborg, AP3’s CIO and deputy CEO, has passed away. The Swedish buffer fund announced yesterday that Lindeborg died after a short illness

  • The green and sustainability loan market: ready for take-off

    20 July 2018

    Green and sustainability loans are the hot new trend in sustainable finance. Could they outgrow the booming green bond market, ask Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps.

  • CMS Energy signs first US sustainability-linked loan of $1.4bn

    08 June 2018

    CMS Energy has signed a sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, claiming to have become the first US company to strike a deal of this kind.