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'40% of global equity value at risk unless decarbonisation efforts accelerate'

Climate risks may cost infra investors $600bn by 2050

Ring Capital and EDHEC Business School launch impact seed fund

'Investors won't play major role in transition'

Responsible investors are unlikely to play a major role in the transition to a low-carbon economy unless their active ownership becomes more effective, the EDHEC-Risk Institute has suggested.

The concept of low-carbon alpha is 'fake', claim academics

Constructing equity portfolios using 'low-carbon' as a factor does not generate alpha, contrary to the beliefs of many investors, a paper has claimed.

People Moves, 6 March: DG FISMA, ResponsAbility, Carbon4 Finance

New initiative to evaluate the impact of ESG on infrastructure investing

French investment bank Natixis has partnered with academic researcher EDHECinfra to launch a three-year research initiative to examine how sustainability impacts infrastructure investing.

Low-carbon indexes: the next generation

The number of passive vehicles that allow investors to decarbonise continues to grow, but will future additions look at projected as well as current emissions, asks Sophie Robinson-Tillett

Low-carbon index space gets latest addition

A family of low-carbon indexes has been launched, which claim to reduce the carbon footprint of a portfolio by more than 80% while outperforming the market.