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  • Eurosif's Micilotta moves to LGX

    09 January 2019

    Flavia Micilotta has left her position as executive director of the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif) to take up a new post as director of Luxembourg Stock Exchange's green exchange, LGX.

  • People Moves: Gold Standard, Cicero, Investec AM and ShareAction

    30 November 2018

    Yvo de Boer has been announced as new president-elect of the Gold Standard Foundation Board, replacing David Shelmerdine.

  • Eurosif observes substantial growth in engagement on sustainability

    26 November 2018

    Significant growth in investor engagement on sustainability-related issues has been tempered by growing concerns of greenwashing, a Eurosif survey has found.

  • Sustainable investing assets in US hit $12trn

    19 November 2018

    Sustainable, responsible and impact investing assets have hit $12 trillion in the US, according to the US Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF) Foundation.

  • Half of Ireland's asset managers have sustainability strategy, finds survey

    08 November 2018

    Half of the asset managers domiciled in Ireland have implemented a sustainability-themed strategy, in a sign that responsible investment is going mainstream in the country.

  • Mandatory US climate disclosure law proposed by leading Democrat

    17 September 2018

    Every publicly listed company in the US could be forced to make climate-related disclosures, under new legislation introduced by a senior Democratic Party senator.

  • Climate change impacts asset value, UN study finds

    13 August 2018

    Insurers increasingly ESG screen their investments, but even the value of their favoured asset is at risk

  • Water: managing risk and embracing opportunity

    10 May 2018

    More than 100 delegates gathered at Environmental Finance's conference on water, hosted by the London Stock Exchange, to discuss an investment opportunity worth about $7.5 trillion, writes Michael Hurley.

  • UN body plans TCFD-style guidelines for insurance regulators

    30 April 2018

    The Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) initiative is aiming to launch guidelines for insurance regulators that are similar to those for companies and investors issued by the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • An action plan for sustainable finance

    27 April 2018

    The European Commission in March launched an ambitious action plan it hopes will catapult the European Union (EU) into the position of global leader for sustainable finance. Nick Roumpis reports