Archive

  • People Moves: BMO Global Asset Management, ClimateWorks Foundation, Japan's Financial Services Agency, Rockefeller Capital Management, Global Parametrics, Refinitiv, Aviva Investors, FIM Asset Management and S-Bank Wealth Management

    15 March 2019

  • $1.8trn investor group urges US utilities to set net-zero carbon deadline

    01 March 2019

    Investors representing a combined $1.8 trillion in assets have demanded that the 20 largest publicly traded electricity utilities in the US commit to achieving net-zero carbon emissions.

  • Sustainability by proxy - Part one: Glass Lewis

    25 February 2019

    Countless investors rely on the advice of proxy voting providers to support their investment decisions. In the first of a four-part series, Michael Hurley asks are these firms doing enough to develop their guidance on environmental issues?

  • European investors 'oversleep watershed moment formed by Shareholder Directive', finds survey

    13 February 2019

    European investors are poorly informed and unprepared for the "watershed moment" the new Shareholder Directive creates, a survey has found.

  • BP to support CA100+ shareholder resolution

    01 February 2019

    Oil and gas giant BP is set to broaden its corporate reporting to describe how its strategy is consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement, after it committed to supporting a Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) shareholder resolution.

  • Hermes EOS identifies mining companies as engagement focus

    29 January 2019

    Hermes EOS has identified mining companies as a focus for engagement over the next two years, as it looks to build on its 2018 interactions with corporates – about half of which were successful.

  • People Moves: Transition Pathway Initiative, GRI, Credit Suisse, IETA, CalPERS, Hermes EOS, CGC, Robeco and DZ Bank

    25 January 2019

  • Investors and corporates join forces in new plastics initiative

    31 October 2018

    More than 15 major institutional investors and organisations representing several hundred companies have joined forces in support of a new initiative "to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at source".

  • Green bonds round-up - 24 Oct - 17 new deals

    24 October 2018

    Royal Schiphol Group, the owner of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, has priced a green bond worth €500 million ($576 million), making it the first European airport to issue green-labelled notes.

  • Brunel selects Hermes EOS for engagement

    05 September 2018

    Brunel Pension Partnership has appointed Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) to provide voting and engagement services.