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  • ABP to double sustainable investments by 2020

    16 October 2015

    Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds (ABP), the third-largest pension fund in the world, has pledged to double its sustainable investments in an overhaul of its responsible investment strategy.

  • French renewables firm secures €100m in private equity financing

    12 October 2015

    Paris-based Eren Renewable Energy has secured approximately €100 million in equity financing from a consortium of four investors.

  • UK asset manager accuses PRI of 'losing its way'

    14 September 2015

    The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has been accused of having "lost its way" by an asset manager hoping to join the organisation's board.

  • The hidden benefits of green bonds: reflections from an issuer

    11 September 2015

    Issuing a green bond has more benefits for the issuer than mere investor diversification, says Manuel Thomas.

  • Oil firms demand worldwide carbon pricing in open letter

    01 June 2015

    A group of six oil companies have called for the introduction of a global carbon price as part of "ambitious policy frameworks" to help tackle climate change, in an open letter to world leaders.

  • Shell, Statoil commit to improving disclosure of climate change risks

    20 May 2015

    Shareholders of Shell and Statoil have overwhelmingly passed resolutions committing the companies to improve disclosure of their climate change strategies and to aim for an 'A' rating in the CDP Leadership Performance Index.

  • Shell and Statoil next to face climate votes at AGM

    15 May 2015

    Shell and Statoil will become the latest fossil fuel companies to address mounting shareholder concerns about climate change when they hold their annual general meetings (AGMs) next week.

  • Nearly half asset owners are 'negligently gambling on climate risk'

    27 April 2015

    Nearly half of the biggest asset owners in the world have failed to take action to safeguard their portfolios against the threat of climate change, according to a report.

  • BP chairman urges policymakers to put price on carbon

    17 April 2015

    The chairman of oil giant BP has used the firm's annual general meeting (AGM), held yesterday, to call for governments to impose a carbon price in what climate-change activists have called a "game changing day".

  • BP follows Shell in supporting investor climate resolution

    06 February 2015

    Oil giant BP has joined Royal Dutch Shell in backing shareholders' demands for more emphasis on the move to a low-carbon economy.